This handsome little finch, the state bird of New Jersey, Iowa, and Washington, is welcome and common at feeders, where it takes primarily sunflower and nyjer.
It is a medium-sized, mostly brown, gray, and yellow bird named for its wax-like wing tips.
Full list of small birds found in Australia. Walks on ground, wades in water to forage. Surprisingly the wren has a loud voice for its size. Yum! Carolina Chickadee (left and below), a bird of the south, and its look-alike cousin, the Black-capped Chickadee, a bird of the north, are quite difficult to separate, especially along the north-south line where the two populations meet. Listen to the Mourning Dove's call below, and learn more about its range and behaviors here. These cuties roam around together in family flocks that stay together all year-round. Juveniles are mottled gray-brown, and have black masks and yellow tail-bands. Yellow eyes. The wren is the UK’s most common breeding bird. The long-tailed tit is easily recognisable with its distinctive colouring, a tail that is longer than its body, and a bouncy flight.
Long, keeled tail. Plumage/Description: Male plumage is a brightly orange/red colored breast and belly, with gray wings, back, tail. Anna’s Hummingbird Plumage / Description: Male have a deep magenta-red iridescent color that encompasses the whole head, both above and below the beak.
Spring males are brilliant yellow and shiny black with a bit of white.
Goldfinches often flock with Pine Siskins and Common Redpolls. Diet includes fish and small birds.
Bohemians are larger and grayer than Cedars, without the yellow tinge underneath. Male: yellow-green all over with bright yellow wing and tail edges. Yellow-rumped Warblers are impressive in the sheer numbers with which they flood the continent each fall. Shrubs and trees fill with the streaky brown-and-yellow birds and their distinctive, sharp chips.
The siskin is a small, lively finch, which is smaller than a greenfinch. A colourful mix of blue, yellow, ... A small brown and grey bird. Small in size, the wren is a slim brown bird that is roundish in shape with a fine tail, which can be vertical. There are yellow patches in the wings and tail. Light morph has white neck, pale yellow collar, white lower breast, mottled breast band, sides. Juvenile: similar colours to the female but with a streaky breast and back. Thick bill, pale base, two long central feathers twisted vertically on tail. Great-tailed Grackle: Large blackbird, iridescent black body and purple sheen.