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Ornithology Behavior Unit. Birds for Identification. 4 ½ - 5 ½ inches Breeding Forests Insects. Black and White Warbler. 20 – 28 inches Year round Water and ag fields Seeds, aquatic plants and insects. Mallards. 5 – 5 ½ inches Breeding Forest understory Insects.
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Ornithology Behavior Unit Birds for Identification
4 ½ - 5 ½ inches Breeding Forests Insects Black and White Warbler
20 – 28 inches Year round Water and ag fields Seeds, aquatic plants and insects Mallards
5 – 5 ½ inches Breeding Forest understory Insects Black-Throated Blue Warbler
11 inches Breeding Wetlands Insects, worms Common Snipe
17 – 24 inches Year round Forests and swamps Rodents, birds, fish, snakes, lizards, insects Barred Owl
8 – 9 inches Breeding Forests Insects and larvae Yellow-Bellied Sapsucker
5 ½ inches Year round Brushy areas Insects, sometimes seeds Carolina Wren
6 inches Breeding Close to ground in deciduous forests Insects Ovenbird
9 – 11 inches Year round Yards, thickets Insects and fruit Northern Mockingbird
6 inches Breeding Forests Insects Red-Eyed Vireo
5 ½ inches Breeding Edges and brushy areas Fruit, insects and seeds Indigo Bunting
4 ½ - 5 inches Breeding Mostly evergreen forests Insects Black-Throated Green Warbler
4 ½ - 5 ½ inches Breeding Edges and forest undergrowth Insects Chestnut-Sided Warbler
5 inches Breeding Forests Insects Blackburnian Warbler
8 ½ - 9 ½ inches Year round Scattered trees Insects and larvae Red-Headed Woodpecker
Information in this presentation was taken from:*A Field Guide to the Birds of Eastern and Central North America, 5th ed. Roger Tory Peterson and Virginia Marie Peterson. Houghton Mifflin Company. 2002.*Bird Song Ear Training Guide by John Feith