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How to ID Birds:

How to ID Birds: Determine group Determine species Size Surroundings (Habitat) Shade (Field Marks) Song Golden-crowned Kinglet What is it? House Sparrow American Crow American Robin Downy Woodpecker Northern Flicker Pileated Woodpecker Determine Species: Size

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How to ID Birds:

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  1. How to ID Birds: • Determine group • Determine species • Size • Surroundings (Habitat) • Shade (Field Marks) • Song Golden-crowned Kinglet What is it?

  2. House Sparrow American Crow American Robin Downy Woodpecker Northern Flicker Pileated Woodpecker Determine Species: Size Use familiar birds to estimate size. ≈ 6 inches ≈ 10 inches ≈ 17 inches

  3. Belted Kingfisher Determine Species: Surroundings Species Distribution: Learn which birds live in or visit your area and in which seasons. We know the exact species, because only one species of this group occurs in Michigan.

  4. House Wren Marsh Wren www.birdsgonewild.org Winter Wren Determine Species: Habitat

  5. Determine Species: ShadeField Marks and Plumage Patterns Learn to recognize plumage patterns and field marks.

  6. Chipping Sparrow Tufted Titmouse Blue-gray Gnatcatcher White-crowned Sparrow • Crest • Cap • Eyeline stripe • Eyebrow stripe • Eye ring • Throat patch • Bill color Head Field Marks

  7. Eastern Kingbird Cooper’s Hawk Red-tailed Hawk Barn Swallow Tail Field Marks • Notched or forked • Rounded • Straight • Barred • Location of white

  8. Yellow Warbler Black-throated Blue Northern Harrier Herring Gull Wing and Body Field Marks • Wing patches • Wing bars • Breast stripes • Colored flank or rump • Leg color

  9. Determine Species: Song Learning to a bird’s song and calls can help you identify the bird to species (and know that it is around!) Red-breasted Nuthatch White-breasted Nuthatch Small tin horn “Yank, yank, yank”

  10. How to ID Birds: Process of Elimination • Determine group • Shape and silhouette • Sweep • Signs • Determine species • Size • Surroundings (Habitat) • Shade (Field Marks) • Song Ruby-crowned Kinglet What is it?

  11. Get Outside, Practice and See More Birds! • Go for a Walk • Sit quietly in a favorite place • Work in the garden • Visit a new birding spot

  12. Help Birds: Record What You See & Share • Keep a checklist or journal • Life list • Backyard list • Submit to eBird • Get involved • local and state organizations • Counts and Citizen Science

  13. Homework Before class on March 31: Choose a spot, your backyard or a favorite nearby location, make a list of the birds you see and hear. Do your best! Anything that you do not recognize, take a picture, make a drawing in your journal or a list of field marks. For the birds you see and hear, whether you recognize them or not, look each up in your field guide. Read the description and take a close look at the range map.

  14. Migrating past your feeders soon? White-throated Sparrow

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