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Bird Identification Guide

BWD Bird Identification Guide

Welcome to our bird identification section. Click on the hyperlinks below to select the bird you wish to learn more about. This section features sound files containing the songs and calls of the birds listed. Note that you will need RealPlayer to open the audio files provided on this site.

Shorebirds
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killdeer
piping plover
semipalmated plover
snowy plover
Wilson's plover
Blackbirds, Crows, Jays
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American crow
Brewer's blackbird
common grackle
common raven
eastern meadowlark
fish crow
red-winged blackbird
rusty blackbird
yellow-headed blackbird
Doves, Quail, Grouse, etc.
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California quail
Eurasian collar-dove
mourning dove
rock dove
white-winged dove
Waxwings & Kinglets
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Bohemian waxwing
cedar waxwing
golden-crowned kinglet
ruby-crowned kinglet
Swallows, Martins, Flycatchers
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tree swallow
violet green swallow
purple martin
scissor-tailed flycatcher
Hawks & Owls
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American kestrel
bald eagle
barn owl
barred owl
great horned owl
long-eared owl
short-eared owl
spotted owl
Wrens & Vireos
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house wren
winter wren
blue-headed vireo
Philadelphia vireo
red-eyed vireo
warbling vireo
white-eyed vireo
yellow-throated vireo
Warblers & Orioles
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blackburnian warbler
hooded warbler
kirtland's warbler
yellow warbler
Baltimore oriole (female)
orchard oriole (female)
Thrushes, Bluebirds
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American robin
eastern bluebird
hermit thrush
wood thrush
Gulls, Terns
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common tern
Caspian tern
Forster's tern
laughing gull
ring-billed gull
Waterbirds
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Atlantic puffin
blue-winged teal
green-winged teal
cinnamon teal
Canada goose
snow goose
eared grebe
horned grebe
greater scaup
lesser scaup
northern pintail
ring-necked duck
whooping crane
great blue heron
Finches, Grosbeaks, Sparrows, Tanagers
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blue grosbeak
indigo bunting
lazuli bunting
northern cardinal
painted bunting
purple finch
rose-breasted grosbeak
red crossbill
scarlet tanager
white-throated sparrow
Woodpeckers and Cuckoos
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black-backed woodpecker
red-bellied woodpecker
black-billed cuckoo
mangrove cuckoo
yellow-billed cuckoo
Hummingbirds
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Allen's hummingbird
Anna's hummingbird
black-chinned hummingbird
broad-tailed hummingbird
ruby-throated hummingbird

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