Birds

Wood Duck - Anseriformes Anatidae Aix sponsa Identification & Description: • Medium-sized duck. • A medium-sized duck with a long crest on head • Long-winged and long-tailed • Blue-green speculum with white rear border • White patches in face. • Size: 47-54 cm (19-21 in) • Wingspan: 66-73 cm (26-29 in) • Weight: 454-862 [...]

Western Screech-Owl - Strigiformes Strigidae Ottus kennicutti Identification & Description: • Length: 8? inches Wingspan: 22? inches • Small, nocturnal, predatory bird • Large, rounded head with feathered ear tufts • Yellow eyes • Dense streaking on underparts with finer barring • Dark gray or brown upperparts • Gray or gray-brown with small black [...]

Steller's Jay - Passeriformes Corvidae Cyanocitta stellari Identification & Description: • Large songbird. • Black sturdy bill • Crest on head dark blue or black • Forehead and throat may have some white flecks • Wings, tail, and body deep blue. • Wings and tail have dark bars • Dark legs • Size: 30-34 [...]

Spotted Towhee - Passeriformes Emberizidae Pipilo erythrophthalmus Identification & Description: • Medium-sized songbird. • Conical bill • Red eye • Rusty sides • White belly • Buffy undertail coverts • Chest and belly white. • Sides and flanks rufous. • White wing bars and spots on back • Long tail with white outer tail [...]

Snipe - Charadriiformes Scolopacidae Gallinago gallinago       Identification & Description: • Stocky, short-legged, pointed-winged shorebird • Explosive takeoff when flushed, rapid zigzag flight • Very long, straight bill • Legs olive • Head patterned with alternating dark and pale stripes • Pale breast with darker spots and bars • Strongly patterned back [...]

Red-winged Blackbird - Passeriformes Ictidae Agelaius phoeniceus Identification & Description: • Large hawk. • Medium-sized songbird. • Moderately long and slender bill. • Tail of medium length. • Male plumage is well described by the name. • Size: 17-23 cm (7-9 in) • Wingspan: 31-40 cm (12-16 in) • Weight: 32-77 g (1.13-2.72 ounces) [...]

Red-tailed Hawk - Falconiformes Accipitridae Buteo jamaicensis Identification & Description: • Large hawk. • Short, dark, hooked beak • Large, broad-winged, broad-tailed hawk • Immatures have notably narrower wings and tail, and appear slimmer • Dark patagial mark on underwing, present on all ages and races, is unique • Blocky translucent area in outer [...]

Red-breasted Sapsucker - Piciformes Picidae Sphyrapicus ruber Identification & Description: • Medium-sized woodpecker. • Red head and breast. • White stripe running up side. • Size: 20-22 cm (8-9 in) • Wingspan: 37-40 cm (15-16 in) • Weight: 39-68 g (1.38-2.4 ounces) Facts • The Red-breasted Sapsucker has two subspecies. The northern form, resident [...]

Pine Siskin - Passeriformes Fringillidae Carduelis pinus Identification & Description: • Small, seed-eating finch • Short, conical bill • Brown upperparts with heavy streaking • Brown and heavily streaked, paler underneath. • Yellow patches in wings and tail-not always visible • Short, forked tail • Distinctive call note given in flight • Size: 11-14 [...]

Oregon (Dark-eyed) Junco - Passeriformes Emberizidae Junco hyemalis Identification & Description: • Medium-sized sparrow. • Pink, conical bill • White outer tail feathers • Considerable geographic variation in plumage • Various forms were formerly considered separate species • Unstreaked gray or brown, no wingbars (usually). • Gray to black hood. • Belly white. • [...]

Northwestern Crow - Passeriformes Corvidae Corvus caurinus Identification & Description: • Length: 14.5 inches • Entirely black plumage • Squared-off tail • Range restricted to coastal areas from Alaska to Washington Similar species: American Crow is very similar but has different range. Common Raven is larger with wedge-shaped tail and different call. Life History [...]

Northen (Common) Raven - Passeriformes Corvidae Corvus corax Identification & Description: • Very large crow. • Entirely black plumage • Larger than crows • Wedge-shaped tail • Relatively short legs • Size: 56-69 cm (22-27 in) • Wingspan: 116-118 cm (46-46 in) • Weight: 689-1625 g (24.32-57.36 ounces) Similar species: Crows are smaller, have [...]

Greater Scaup - Anseriformes Anatidae Aythya marila Identification & Description: • Small slender songbird. • Tiny bill • Dark orange forehead and throat • Medium-sized diving duck. • Rounded head. • Bill bluish with black tip. • Male with black head, chest, and rear end, and gray sides (black on the ends and white [...]

Northern Flicker - Piciformes Picidae Colaptes auratus Identification & Description: • Medium to large woodpecker • Grayish brown back and wings barred with black • Barred on top, spotted below. • Black crescent on upper breast • Beige breast and belly spotted heavily with black • White rump, conspicuous in flight. • Tail dark [...]