Getting to Know Our Backyard Friends By Ann McCarthy

1. Getting to KnowOur Backyard FriendsBy Ann McCarthy

2. Can you match the birds and their names? Black-Capped Chickadee Belted Kingfisher Cardinal Rose-Breasted Grosbeck Tufted Titmouse

3. Which backyard friend is a … medium-sized, stocky songbird with large, thick, pale, cone-shaped bill,male distinctive with black hood, red chest, and white belly • Rose-breasted Grosbeak • Black-capped Chickadee • Cardinal • Tufted Titmouse • Belted Kingfisher

4. Which backyard friend has … gray upper partsgray crestorange or buff sidesbig black eye in gray face • Rose-breasted Grosbeak • Cardinal • Belted Kingfisher • Tufted Titmouse • Black-capped Chickadee

5. Which backyard friend has … a black chin, throat crown "cap,” and white cheek patches. The back is greenish-gray, and the breast is white. The belly and flanks are buff-colored. The tail is gray, and the wings are gray with white edges. • Rose-breasted Grosbeak • Black-capped Chickadee • Tufted Titmouse • Cardinal • Belted Kingfisher

6. Which backyard friend is … a medium-sized songbird with short, rounded wings, a long tail, a heavy conical bill, and a crest. Males are nearly all brilliant red. • Black-capped Chickadee • Tufted Titmouse • Belted Kingfisher • Rose-breasted Grosbeak • Cardinal

7. Which backyard friend is … Short and stocky with shaggy blue crestStout black billWhite under partsThe male shows single blue breast bandthe female has two breast bands • Black-capped Chickadee • Tufted Titmouse • Rose-breasted Grosbeak • Cardinal • Belted Kingfisher

8. Way to go, a Rose-breasted Grosebeak! Click to go on

9. Way to go, a Black-capped Chickadee Click to go on

10. Way to go, The Tuft-Titmouse! Click to go on

11. Way to go, a Cardinal! Click to go on

12. Way to go, a Belted Kingfisher! Click to go on

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18. Once you know them, you will never see them the same way again.