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Small Species – 5 to 9 inches in length


This diverse group includes smaller shorebirds, flycatchers, woodpeckers, bluebirds, vireos, warblers, sparrows, towhees, buntings, blackbirds, orioles, finches, titmice and chickadees.

 

Sandpipers – Family Scolopacidae

ruddy turnstone

Ruddy Turnstone – 9 in.

 

 

sanderling

Sanderling – 8 in.

 

 

least sandpiper

Least Sandpiper – 6 in.

 

Owls – Family Strigidae

eastern-screech-owl

Eastern Screech Owl – 8 in.

 

Woodpeckers - Family Picidae

downy woodpecker

Downy Woodpecker – 7 in.

 

 

hairy woodpecker

Hairy Woodpecker – 9 in.

 

 

Tyrant Flycatchers - Family Tyrannidae

eastern phoebe

Eastern Phoebe – 7 in.

 

 

great crested flycatcher

Great Crested Flycatcher – 8 in.

 

 

Vireos – Vireonidae

red-eyed vireo

Red-eyed Vireo – 6 in.

 

 

Chickadees and Titmice – Family Paridae

tufted titmouse

Tufted Titmouse – 6 in.

 

 

black-capped chickadee

Black-capped Chickadee – 5 in.

 

 

Thrushes, including Bluebirds and Robins – Family Turdidae

eastern-blue-bird

Eastern Bluebird, male – 7 in.

 

 

western bluebird

Western Bluebird, male – 7 in.

 

 

Wood Warblers – Parulidae

yellow-rumped warbler

Yellow-rumped Warbler – 5 in.

 

 

yellow warbler

Yellow Warbler – 5 in.

 

 

Tanagers –Family Thraupidae

western tanager

Western Tanager , male – 7 in.

 

 

Towhees and Sparrows – Family Emberizidae

eastern towhee

Eastern Towhee – 8 in.

 

 

song sparrow

Song Sparrow – 6 in.

 

 

white-throated-sparrow

White-throated Sparrow – 7 in.

 

 

Cardinals, Certain Grosbeaks, Certain Buntings – Family Cardinalidae

indigo bunting

Indigo Bunting, male – 6 in.

 

 

Blackbirds, including Meadowlarks, Blackbirds, Grackles, Orioles - Family Icteridae

red-winged blackbird

Red-winged Blackbird, male – 9 in.

 

 

baltimore oriole

Baltimore Oriole, male – 8 in.

 

 

Finches, Crossbills, certain Grosbeaks, Siskins, Redpolls – Family Fringillidae

house finch

House Finch, male – 6 in.

 

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This songbird walks and even swims underwater in icy mountain streams!

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