Carolina Wren
Classification: Passerine
What it looks like: Rusty brown, un-streaked above, cinnamon below. White throat and chin, and a eye stripe of white. Black slender bill, which curves downward. Tail is often held high up.
Behavior: Creeps around vegetation and tree trunks in search of insects, often nesting in yards or woodpiles. It cocks its tail upwards when forraging for food, and keeps it down when singing.
Size:Slightly smaller than a sparrow but bigger than a House Wren
Habitat: Dense, vegetated, wooded areas, or neighborhoods.
Song: “TEA-KETTLE”
Diet: Invertebrates such as grasshoppers, spiders, ants, and wasps. They will also eat small lizards and tree frogs. Sometimes they will eat fruit pulp and various seeds, but this is not common.
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Classification: Passerine
What it looks like: Male: Brilliant red, black face, large crest, massive bill, with brownish wings. Female: grayish tan with reddish wings, tail and bill.
Behavior:Tend to sit on the lower end of shrubs or trees, usually forage on the ground. Can also be found at birdfeeders.
Size:Between a sparrow and a robin
Habitat:usually found in backyards, parks, and forest edges, mainly in the shrubs.
Song: “tik” “Cheeeeeeeeeeer” “birdies”
Diet: They will mostly eat the seeds of weeds, grains, and fruits. They will also eat insects like grasshoppers and snails.
Picture: Taken on NCC
Classification: American Songbird
What it looks like: Olive colored head, yellow chest and throat, white belly. Wings have a white stripe on them as well.
Behavior:usually solitary when migrating and during winter, pairs long enough to breed. Forages in the forest.
Size:About the size of a sparrow
Habitat:Mainly woodlands, sometimes seen in urban areas, such as the suburbs.
Song: “CHICK-a-per-weeoo-CHICK” sort of sounds, having an accent on the opening and closing notes.
Diet: Insects, berries, various seeds.
Picture:Taken on NCC
Classification: Passerine
What it looks like: Rusty brown, un-streaked above, cinnamon below. White throat and chin, and a eye stripe of white. Black slender bill, which curves downward. Tail is often held high up.
Behavior: Creeps around vegetation and tree trunks in search of insects, often nesting in yards or woodpiles. It cocks its tail upwards when forraging for food, and keeps it down when singing.
Size:Slightly smaller than a sparrow but bigger than a House Wren
Habitat: Dense, vegetated, wooded areas, or neighborhoods.
Song: “TEA-KETTLE”
Diet: Invertebrates such as grasshoppers, spiders, ants, and wasps. They will also eat small lizards and tree frogs. Sometimes they will eat fruit pulp and various seeds, but this is not common.
Picture:Taken on NCC
Classification: Passerine
What it looks like:The breeding male has a lemon-yellow overall with black cap, wings and tail with some white. Beak is small. The tail is notched, and both male and female’s plumage becomes more dull in the winter.
Behavior: Very active bird that cling to weeds and seed stocks, they are occasionally found in large numbers at feeders or the ground below. They will often call in flight, and fly with a bouncy pattern.
Size: About the same size of a sparrow, or smaller
Habitat: They’re most common around floodplains and weedy fields, but they’re also found on roadsides, orchards, and backyards.
Song:”Per-chik’-o ree” and “sei silieeeee” in a song
Diet: Will occasionally eat insects, but diet mainly consists of seeds from plants such as thistle, dandelion, and alder. They will also consume tree buds, maple sap, and berries. Will eat from a bird feeder, but mainly in the winter months.
Classification: Passerine
What it looks like:Black cap, bib against white cheeks, with a grey on the wings while the belly is light grey.
Behavior: They are a flocking species, but will widely separate themselves when feeding. They are curious birds that can also be described as acrobatic.
Size: Very tiny, about half the size of a Robin
Habitat: Urban and suburban yards or parks and forested areas
Song: “Chick-a-dee-dee-dee” and various whistled songs with high low high low patterns.
Diet: They will mostly feed on insects and spiders, but will readily use bird feeders to eat sunflower seeds, peanut chips, and suet.
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