Northern Cardinal
The Northern Cardinal, mid-sized songbirds with big orange-red beaks. Males are red with black details.
The Females are grayish-brown with the same black details as well as red highlights.
Ways to identify them include:
- Males are red, Females are grayish-brown
- They forage for seeds and insects on the ground
- They build cup-shaped nests lower to the ground
- Their call is a whistle of repeated notes
Blue Jay
The Blue Jay, a large bird with a straight black bill. Males and Females look alike.
They are blue on the top and grey and white white on the bottom and have black detailing in their faces.
They eat acorns, nuts, insects, and other small creatures. They are also known to eat other bird's eggs.
Tufted Titmouse
The Tufted Titmouse, a small blue-gray bird with a white face.
Males and Females look the same. They have little black mark over their black beaks.
Ways to identify them include:
- Small gray bird with a pale underside and a white face
- Feeds on seeds and insects and are known to visit feeders
- Nests in tree cavities and nest boxes
American Crow
The American Crow, a big black bird with a strong bill. Males and Females look the same.
They are very social birds and are usually seen in flocks. They eat anything they can find.
American Goldfinch
Adult male American Goldfinches have black foreheads, black wings and are bright yellow in the spring and early summer. Female American Goldfinches are paler yellow underneath and olive on top. In the winter, both males and females are unstreaked brown with blackish wings