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Birds. Canvasback Black Bill and Crown White Body Limited Black Breast White Tertials Head Forms Triangle. Female Canvasback Black Bill Pale Gray-Brown Sides Long Stout Neck Head Still Forms Triangle As In Male. Canada goose Black Neck and Crown Brownish Back Pale Breast
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Canvasback • Black Bill and Crown • White Body • Limited Black Breast • White Tertials • Head Forms Triangle
Female Canvasback • Black Bill • Pale Gray-Brown Sides • Long Stout Neck • Head Still Forms Triangle As In Male
Canada goose • Black Neck and Crown • Brownish Back • Pale Breast • White Cheek Patch
Mallard • Green Head • Yellow Bill • Orange Legs and Feet • Blue Secondaries
Female Mallard • Orange Bill With Dark Center • Dark Eye Line • Orange Legs • Whitish Tail
Pintail • Chestnut Head • White Neck Strip • White Breast • Long Pointed Tail
Female Pintail • Long Neck • Dark Grey Bill • Plain Head
Redhead • Dark Rump • Gray Back • Bright Rufous Head • Blue Bill with Black Tip • Black Breast
Female Redhead • Plain Soft Brown Head • Round Head • Brownish-tawny overall • Paler Than The Scaup
Ring-neck duck • White outline and ring on bill. • Gray Side • White “spur”
Female Ring-Necked • Dark Cap • White Ring • Gray Cheeks • Faint Pale “Spur”
Ruddy duck • Long Tail Often Raised • Wide Blue Bill • White Cheek Patch • Dark Crown
Female Ruddy Duck • White Cheek Patches • Dark Cap • Long Tail Often Raised
Scaup (Bluebill) • White Side • Blueish Gray Bill • Black Head, Neck and Breast
Female Scaup • White Patches Next to Bill • Dull Grayish Brown Overall Appearance
Shoveler • Wide Black Bill • Rufous Sides • White Breast • Green Iridescent Head
Female Shoveler • Broad Pale Edges • Large Bill • Green Speculum
Snow goose • Orange Bill • White Body • Black Tips of Wings (primaries)
Teal • Blue Winged • White Crescent • White Hip Patch • Green Winged • White Bar • Dark Rufous Head • Green Eye Strip
Blue Winged Female • Dark Eye-line • White Eye Arcs • White Base Of The Bill Joins White Throat • Green Winged Female • Head Is Dark • Faint Eye Ring • Dark Line Across The Cheek • Buff Streak on Rump
Whistling Swan (Tundra) • Large White body • Black Bill • Yellow Tear Drop
Wood duck • Round Head With Drooping Crest • Very Brightly Colored • Bright White “Bridle”
Female Wood Duck • Grayish With Pale Spotted Flanks • Small Bill • White Around Eye
American kestrel • Boldly Patterned Face • Blue Gray Wings • Rufous Barred Back
Broad-winged hawk • Wing Tips Are Just Shorter Than Tail • Chest Is Heavily Marked • Will Have One White Tail Band
Cooper’s hawk • Large Head • White Tipped Tail • Rounded Tail • Pale Nape
Northern harrier (Marsh hawk) • White Rump Always Obvious
Red-tailed hawk • Stocky, Broad-winged • Red Tail
Sharp-shinned hawk • Square Tail • Smaller Head Than Coopers
Barred owl • Heavily Streaked Breast • Yellowish Bill • Short Tailed
Great horned owl • Densely Barred Belly • Large Head • Stout Ear Tufts Create A Catlike Head Shape
Screech owl • Small Ears • Prominent Dark Streaks and Weak Cross Bars
Short-eared owl • Very Fine Streaks • Dark Eye Patch • Back Mostly Dark With Buff Spots
Cowbird • Dark Brown Head • Black Body With Green Iridescent
Female Cowbird • Whitish Throat • Usually Finely Streaked Breast • Dull Gray Brown Overall
Crow • Large Size • Black Plumage • Broad Wings
House Sparrow • Stout, Blunt-tipped, black Bill • Black Breast • Large Head
Female House Sparrow • Plan Drab Crown • Dingy Gray Brown Breast • Plain Face
Grackle • Long Heavy Bill • Pale Eye • Glossy Black with limited Iridescence
Great blue heron • Black Plumes • Dark Crown • Two Toned Upper Wing
Hungarian Partridge (Gray) • Bland Gray and Rufous • Rufous Bars and Pale Streaks On Flanks
Loon • Extensive White Checkering On Back • Black Head and Bill
Ring-necked pheasant • Red Facial Skin • Bright Orange • Rufous Flanks • Neatly barred orangish brown tail
Female Pheasant • Long Pointed Tail • Drab Buffy Brown Color • Pale Drab Buff With Dark Spots and Bars
Red-winged blackbird • Dull Black Body • Orange-Red Lesser Converts
Female Red-Winged Blackbird • Throat Often Washed Pinkish Orange • Rufous Tones, Especially on the Scapulars • Usually All Dark Underside
Ruffed Grouse • Crested • Dark Neck Ruff • Dark Tail Band • Bold Dark Bars On Flanks
Sharp-Tailed Grouse • Slightly Crested • Pale Below With Dark Chevrons • White Spotted Wing Coverts
Starling • Yellow Bill • Oily, Greenish Black Body • Intricately Spotted