Wildlife

Bufflehead - Anseriformes Anatidae Bucephala albeola Identification & Description: • Very small compact diving duck • Very small dark gray bill • Immature female similar to adult female, but immature male has a larger white cheek patch • Black-and-white. • White patch on side of head. • Size: 32-40 cm (13-16 in) • Wingspan: [...]

Black-Capped Chickadee - Passeriformes Paridae Poecile atricapillus Identification & Description: • Small, short-billed bird. • Black cap. • Black bib. • Black crown and throat • White cheeks. • Pale gray upperparts • White edges to wing coverts • Grayish-white underparts • Rusty flanks • Sexes similar • Often found in small flocks • [...]

Bewick's Wren - Passeriformes Troglodytidae Thryomanes bewickii Identification & Description: • Small gray and brown songbird. • Long, thin, slightly decurved bill • Bold white supercilium • Gray-brown upperparts • Grayish-white underparts • Wings and tail barred with black • Long tail has white corners and is frequently held upright • Dark legs • [...]

Barn Swallow - Passeriformes Hirundinidae Hirundo rustica Identification & Description: • Small slender songbird. • Tiny bill • Dark orange forehead and throat • Pale orange underparts • Dark, iridiscent upperparts • Long, deeply forked tail • Juvenile similar to adult but paler underneath with a shorter tail • Most often seen flying • [...]

Bald Eagle - Falconiformes Accipitridae Haliaeetus leucocephalus Identification & Description: • Very large raptor. • Adults unmistakable with brown body and white head and tail. • Sexes similar • Very large, broad-winged, broad-tailed hawk • Rounded long broad wings held flat while soaring. • Bill large and hooked. • Plucks fish from water with [...]