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Thirty Common Birds of Loudoun County

Thirty Common Birds of Loudoun County. Downy Woodpecker. Smallest Va. wodpecker. Shorter beak then similar Hairy woodpecker. Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted Flicker).

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Thirty Common Birds of Loudoun County

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  1. Thirty Common Birds of Loudoun County

  2. Downy Woodpecker Smallest Va. wodpecker. Shorter beak then similar Hairy woodpecker

  3. Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted Flicker) Large bill and a black mustache. When flying it exhibits a white rump patch. Often hops across ground eating grubs and ants.

  4. Red-bellied Woodpecker Red belly is often obscured against tree trunk. Head not completely red. Common.

  5. Upright tail. White eyebrow. Curved beak. Small often seen around wood piles and sheds. Builds nest in boxes and over turned cans in garages and outbuildings. Carolina Wren

  6. White-breasted Nuthatch Grey, black and white. Walks down trees upside down. Chiseled beak

  7. Tufted Titmouse

  8. Very small. “Chick a dee dee dee” Carolina Chickadee

  9. White-throated Sparrow White chin. Black and white stripped head with yellow lores.

  10. Sings a lot. Black tie pin on chest. Streaked breast. Song Sparrow

  11. Slate grey above. White to cream below. Outer tail feathers are white. Dark-eyed Junco

  12. American Goldfinch

  13. Mourning Dove

  14. American Robin

  15. Eastern Towhee Chestnut sides. Black back. Sings “Drink your tea, Drink your tea”

  16. Indigo Bunting Iridescent Blue with a black beak

  17. Eastern Phoebe Pumps its tail as it perches. Builds nests under the eves of a house or a cave. Flies out from conspicuous perches to catch insects.

  18. Year round resident. Yellow rump patch and yellow side patch. Thin insect beak. Yellow-rumped Warbler

  19. Thin. Long tail and a curved beak. White patch in wings are used to scare up insects. Northern Mockingbird

  20. Northern Cardinal

  21. European Starling Nonindigenous. Black with small white dots. Yellow beak. Nest in holes and has caused decline in Blue-bird populations. Hangs out near fast-food joints.

  22. Nests in cattails and reeds near wetlands. Red-winged Blackbird

  23. Perches over water and dives for small fish and minnows. Belted Kingfisher

  24. Barn Swallow

  25. Member of the crow family. Blue Jay

  26. Solid black. Smaller then a raven and unlike the raven it cannot soar. Has a square tail, not wedge shaped. Protected. American Crow

  27. Chimney Swift Flying cigars. Each bird eats hundreds of insects per night. Roosts in chimneys.

  28. Common in winter in parking lots and at garbage dumps. Ring-billed Gull

  29. Nest often in gravel driveways. Mother does a “broken wing” routine to draw away predators. Cries “killdeer, killdeer” Killdeer

  30. Mallard

  31. Great Blue Heron

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