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Bird ID and calls
Call website:
http://www.enature.com/birding/audio.aspLINK
Water birds/ near shore birds
Green heron (to 22”)
Great blue heron (to 4.5 feet)
Belted kingfisher (not required)
Canada goose (to 43 inches)Call: A-RONK, A-RONK
KilldeerTo 12” Note two breast bandsCall: loud, repetitive KILL-DEE
Woodpeckers
And Misc
Downy woodpecker (to 6”)Call: sharp, descending whinny and a single pick
Hairy (to 10”)
Red bellied woodpecker (not required bird)
Northern flickerWing and tail linings are yellowUp to 13”Call: WICK, WICK, WICK OR WIK-A-WIK-A-WIK
Rock dove“pigeon”
Mourning doveCall: OOAHOO, COO, COO, COO
Ruby throated hummingbird
Birds of Prey
Swainson’s hawk
Red shouldered
Turkey vultureDistinct V shape when flyingRed headTrailing half of wings are silvery
Golden eagle
Bald eagle
Perching Birds
Western kingbird (to 8”) Not required
Western/Eastern meadowlarks – not required
American goldfinchTo 5”, fields
Purple martin (to 8”)Notice notch in tail(NOT REQUIRED)
Barn Swallow(to 8”)Note forked tail
Scissor-tailed flycatcherOklahoma state birdTo 14”
Northern Mockingbird call is in triplets – mimics other songsTo 11”
Northern CardinalTo 9”Call: CHEER, CHEER, CHEER, PERTY, PERTY, PERTY
American robin (CALL: CHEERY-UP, CHEERYDEE
Not to be confused with Baltimore oriole
House finchCALL: musical warble, ending in a descending CHEER
Painted bunting – not required
Summer tanager – not required
Compare with Painted bunting
Eastern Bluebird, to 7”
Blue jayTo 14”, note crest; Call is a loud, harsh JAY, JAY
Indigo bunting – not required
Carolina wren to 6”. Note white eyebrow stripe and upward tailCall: TEA KETTLE, TEA KETTLE, TEA KETTLE
Carolina chickadee(to 4.5”) Call: CHIC-A-DEE, DEE, DEE
White breasted nuthatch(to 6”, creeps head down, down a tree)Call: ANNK, ANNK
Gray catbird(to 9”)
Note black cap
Ruby crowned kinglet(to 3.5 inches)(NOT REQUIRED)
Call is Peter-peter-peter
Tufted titmouse(to 6”)
House Sparrow Call is a repeated Chirp, Chirp, Chirp(to 6”)
Perching Birds
“Black Birds”
Common grackle (to 14”) Call is a harsh, nasal SPI-KANK also, CHUCK
Great tailed grackle (to 18”)
Red winged blackbird
Brown headed cow bird
American Crow (To 22”)Call is distinct “caw”
Brewer’s Blackbird (to 9 in)
European Starling(to 8”)
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