WINTER BIRDS 
Characteristic Marks, Motions, 
_ OR Notes 
Hawk, Sparrow. . . . .... . . . . .; 
Upper parts cohspumpusly reddish brown 
small. . 
Jay, Blue 
Crest; wings and tail bright blue with whit 
spots; size and bright color distinguish thi 
species. 
Junco, Slate-colored 
Slaty gray above ; belly white ; two outer tai ^ 
feathers and part of third white; breast slaty 
Kinglet, Golden-crowned 
Crown orange edged with yellow and black. ^ 
Lark, Horned 
“Horns” and line from bill under eye, alon) ^ 
sides of throat, and band across upper breas 
black ; forehead, line over eye, ear, am 
throat yellow. 
Merganser 
No crest on hind head ; entire under parts! ^ 
except neck, white. 
Nuthatch, Red-breasted 
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Stripe through eye and top of head black ^ 
below reddish brown ; above grayish blue. 
Nuthatch, White-breasted 
Tail short and square ; above grayish blue 
below white. 
Owl, Great Horned 
Collar across breast white ; notice size. 
Owl, Screech 
Ear tufts on sides of head. 
Owl, Short-eared 
Yellowish brown above ; very short ear tufts. 
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Redpoll 
Middle of throat blackish ; crown crimson. ^ 
Shrike, Northern 
Generally grayish ; forehead whitish ; blackisl 
stripe back of eye to base of bill. 
Siskin, Pine 
Wing feathers and all but middle tail featlier: "^ 
yellow at base. 
Sparrow, Tree 
Small black dot in center of otherwise un 3 
marked grayish breast. 
Woodpecker, Downy 
Outer white tail feathers barred with black 
smaller than the following. 
Woodpecker, Hairy 
Notice size; no bars on outer white tail feathers 
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