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Developing you ‘Search Image’. Knowing your Birds and Bees. Black-capped. Chestnut-backed. they ‘say’ their name…. Chickadee..dee..dee..dee.. dee. Red dot. Pink feet. Herring gull. A little secret… birders don’t call them ‘seagulls’ anymore. Red-winged. Blackbird.
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Developing you ‘Search Image’ Knowing your Birds and Bees
Black-capped Chestnut-backed they ‘say’ their name… Chickadee..dee..dee..dee..dee
Red dot Pink feet Herring gull A little secret… birders don’t call them ‘seagulls’ anymore
Red-winged Blackbird metallic flutelike song
Towhee Rufous-sided secretive… shy on the ground.. in the bushes slurring call…. chee chee chee
V-eye-olet green swallow Tree swallow Pg 53 Swallows (Insect-eaters)
Barn swallow (Insect-eaters)
Red-throated Loon Pacific Loon Yellow-billed Loon Common Loon
Hooded merganser Red-breasted merganser Common merganser Male and female
Male and female Male and female Male and female Male and female Bufflehead
Bonus question Common merganser … female
Pileated Woodpecker
American goldfinch Washington State Bird
Dark-eyed junco two-footed hop along the ground
Varied thrush American robin
Sparrows Song sparrow Song starts with… three clear notes… followed by various ‘warble’
Sparrows White-crowned sparrow
Sparrows House sparrow Hint…. think of a butlers tuxedo … butler takes care of the ‘house’
Spotted Sandpiper walking the edge of the saltwater
Raven Common
Crow American
searching for carcasses caution… don’t fall asleep in the grass Turkey vulture
Bald eagle Juvenile