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Song Birds are characterized as having a distinctive, patterned call.  Some of these birds have very soothing calls, others do not.  Other birds listed here are common to the area but make very light sounds that can't be easily heard by the human ear. 

Eastern Bluebird · Blue Jay · Cardinal · Crow · Mourning Dove · Finch · Hummingbird · Junco · Martin · Nuthatch · Oriole · Red-winged Blackbird · Robin · Sparrow · Starling · Swift · Warbler · Downy Woodpecker

Eastern Bluebird           Sialia sialis

Description:	Size, 6½ - 7½ in. (16.5 - 17.8 cm). Spring male: bright blue above, breast reddish, belly white. Spring female: grayish, with bright blue on wings and tail. Juvenal: spotted above and below. Fall adult: duller.
Habitat:	Orchards, wood edges, roadsides, farmlands.
Habits:	Often seen on roadside wire, looks hunched when perched; catches some insects in air, drops from perch to pounce on others.
Voice:	Song is a soft mellow warble, purity, purity; call, oola or aloola
Eggs:	3 to 7 light blue, nest is hole in stump or tree, often abandoned woodpecker's hole
Range:	Breeds locally throughout eastern U.S. from southern Canada to Gulf of Mexico and west to Rockies; winters from southern New England and Missouri south to Mexico.

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Blue Jay           Cyanocitta cristata

Description:	Size, 12 in. (30.5 cm.). Crested; tail long, wedge-shaped; violet-blue above, azure on wings and tail; white face, throat, wing bars, and outer tail tips; pale below and under tail.
Habitat:	Woods, edges, suburbs.
Habits:	Active, aggressive, drives other birds away from feeder; its loud cries warn of intruders, but it is furtive about its own nest; flight steady, slow, on level plane, and with primaries spread; hops, does not walk.
Voice:	Noisy, varied; a shriek, jay, jay; a scream, teearr; a creaky tea-cup, tea-cup; a chillak, chillak.
Eggs:	3 - 6; variable, often olive-blotched with brown. Nest is of twigs, ragged, bulky near tree trunk.
Range:	Mainly resident east of Rockies from southern Canada south to Gulf of Mexico.

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Cardinal Cardinalis cardinalis

Description:	7½ - 9 in. Bill red-orange. Male: crested, red with a black face and throat. Female: reddish hue confined to crest, wings, and tail; back brownish gray
Habitat:	Thickets, gardens.
Habits:	Tame, frequents feeders (likes sunflower seeds.)
Voice:	Song is a loud, clear whistle, wheat-wheat-wheat, what-cheer, what-cheer, what-cheer
Eggs:	3 - 4; whitish, blotched with brown and lilac. Nest is ragged, of twigs, bark shreds, in low bush
Range:	Resident from Nova Scotia to South Dakota to Florida, Gulf Coast and south Texas, south to Mexico.

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Crow Corvus brachyrhynchos

Description:	Size 17-21 in. All-black, tail gently rounded
Habitat:	Fields, woods, coasts, parks
Habits:	Wary, intelligent; hops and walks; frequents parkways feeding on animal life killed by cars; soars with wings in shallow V; congregates in great roosts in the winter.
Voice:	Caw, caw and variations thereof.
Eggs:	3-6 greenish, blotched with brown; 1.7 x 1.2 in. Nest is bulky, of sticks, 10-50 ft. up in a tree.
Range:	Breeds from Newfoundland, south to Florida and the Gulf Coast and west across Canada and the U.S.; Winters from northern U.S. south to Mexico and southward.

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Mourning Dove Zenaida macroura

Description:	Size, 11-13 in. One of the most abundant and widespread North American birds. Wings long, pointed; tail long, white-edged.
Habitat:	Open woodlands, suburban roadsides.
Habits:	Feeds on ground, often takes dust baths or picks gravel from roadside; flight direct, wings whir as it rises.
Voice:	Mournful coo-ah, coo, coo
Eggs:	2 white; 1.1 x 0.9 in. Nest is usually in a tree, loosely built of twigs, or on the ground.
Range:	Breeds from Nova Scotia west across Canada and south through U.S. to Central America; winters from northern U.S. southward.

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House Finch Carpodacus mexicanus

Description:	Size, 5½ in. Male; more orange-red and streaked below. Female and immature; like small, dingy less-patterned Purple Finch.
Habitat:	Cities, towns, open country.
Habits:	Gregarious, comes to feeders.
Voice:	Song is a continuous warble, higher, longer than that of Purple Finch; notes various, some like House Sparrow's; also a chatter.
Eggs:	4-5; pale blue, with some black spots; 0.7 x 0.5 in. Nest is of grass, paper, rags; in vines, conifers, often near houses.
Range:	Resident originally in West but introduced to eastern U.S. and now established from Maine south to South Carolina.

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Hummingbird Archilochus colubris

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Dark-eyed Junco Junco hyemalis

Description:	Size, 5½ - 6½ in. Solid gray, brown-gray or blackish head, pinkish-white bill. Dark tail with white outer feathers, white belly.
Habitat:	Diverse conifers, mixed, deciduous woods, edges, brushy fields, suburban gardens.
Habits:	Tame; winters in flocks, often with other sparrows; sings from tree.
Voice:	Song is a chipping sparrow-like trill, but more musical; also a warbled song; call, a click.
Eggs:	3-6; grayish-white, thickly spotted with lilac and brown; 0.8 x 0.6 in.
Range:	Breeds from Newfoundland and Manitoba, south to Georgia and Mexico; winters from southern parts of breeding range to Gulf Coast and Mexico.

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Purple Martin Progne subis

Description:	Size 7½-8½. The largest swallow. Male: all purple. Female and immature: grayish throat and breast, whitish underparts.
Habitat:	Seashore, meadows, about houses, even common in some midwestern towns.
Habits:	Wings triangular in flight; rapid wingbeats alternate with sails, often in a great arc. Prior to migration, martins collect in large flocks in groves where their united voices sound like escaping steam.
Voice:	Rich, liquid, loud chirruping, a somewhat guttural too-too and too-too-weadle.
Eggs:	3-5 white; 0.9 x 0.7 in. Nesting is colonial, originally in holes in trees, now largely in artificial birdhouses.
Range:	Breeds from Nova Scotia and Manitoba south to Florida, the Gulf Coast and the West Indies; winters in South America.

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White-breasted Nuthatch Sitta carolinensis

Description:	Size 5-6 in. Black cap and nape, beady black eye. White completely encircling eyes; blue-gray back, white underparts, chestnut undertail coverts, white markings on outer tail feathers. Female often has grayer crown.
Habitat:	Large trees in deciduous woods and about habitations.
Habits:	Tame, comes to feeders, likes suet; stores food in crevices; flight slightly undulating.
Voice:	Nasal yank-yank-yank; a short, high conversational hit-hit; song, a low-pitched to what what what what.
Eggs:	4 - 8; 0.6 x 0.8 in. white spotted with reddish-brown.
Range:	Resident from Nova Scotia and Ontario south to Florida, Gulf Coast, and Mexico.

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Northern Oriole Icterus galbula

Description:	Size 7-8 in. Adult male: bright orange, black head and throat, patterned black and yellow tail, white wing bar. Female: variable, brownish-olive or grayish above, brighter on tail.
Habitat:	Shade trees and edges.
Habits:	Sings from treetop or upper branch; migrates by day, flying high.
Voice:	Song is loud, robust whistles ; highly varied, usually a series of 1 and 2 note phrases.
Eggs:	4-6 grayish-white, streaked and scrawled with browns and black. 0.9 x 0.6 in. Nest is off grass and string, gourd shaped, carefully woven, hanging from a branch.
Range:	Breeds from Nova Scotia and Saskatchewan south to Georgia, Louisiana, and Mexico; winters from Mexico southward.

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American Robin Turdus migratorius

Description:	Size 9-11 in. Slaty back, reddish breast, bill yellow, head black, belly and tips of outer tail feathers white; female paler than male.
Habitat:	Lawns, gardens, suburbs, fields, swamps, and clearings.
Habits:	Adapts well to civilization, hops or runs on lawn, cocks head, nests near houses, likes to bath.
Voice:	Song is a carol, cheerily cheer-up, cheerily cheer-up; notes include a cuk, cuk and a rattling chi, il, il, il and others.
Eggs:	3-4 robin's egg blue; 1.1 x 0.8 in; Nest is cup-shaped, of grass and mud, in crotch or branch of tree usually 5-20 feet up.
Range:	Breeds throughout most of Canada and U.S. from Newfoundland and Manitoba south to South Carolina, Arkansas, and Central America.

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House Sparrow Passer domesticus

Description:	Size 6 in. Bill stout; tail short. Male; white cheek and wing bars, chestnut nape, red-brown and gray above, grayish white below. Female: streaked, buffy, gray and brown above, pale brownish-gray below. Albinos are not uncommon.
Habitat:	Cities, suburbs, farms, ranches. Common.
Habits:	Tame, gregarious, aggressive, hardy, prolific. Hops, does not walk. Frequents feeders, likes dust baths.
Voice:	Calls, a chissik, chissik ; a chirp; alarm note, tell, tell, and a noisy chatter.
Eggs:	5-6 gray-white marked with brown and gray; 0.9 x 0.6 in. Nest is bulky, of straw, debris, in ivy, tree, or cranny in habitations.
Range:	Resident throughout much of Canada and most of the U.S. from Newfoundland and northern Manitoba south to Mexico.

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Starling Sturnus vulgaris

Description:	Size 7½-8½ in. Short-tailed, chubby, black bird. Spring adult: white dots on back, strong pointed yellow bill, square tail. Fall adult: similar but liberally covered with white spots, some brown spots, black bill.
Habitat:	Cities, suburbs, farmlands, edges, lawns, pastures, even deserts.
Habits:	Gregarious, persistent, wary, aggressive, comes to feeders, walks or waddles energetically. Collects in great flocks in cities, suburbs, and marshes.
Voice:	Varied, including whistles, squeaking, squealing, harsh and grating notes ; mimics other species.
Eggs:	4-7 pale blue; 1.2 x 0.9 in. Nest is of sticks, grass, in hole in tree or other natural or man-made cavity.
Range:	Resident throughout much of Canada and most of U.S. from Quebec to Gulf Coast and Mexico; introduced from Europe in 1890.

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Chimney Swift Chaetura pelagica

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Kirtland's Warbler Ss

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Downy woodpecker Picoides pubescens

Description:	Size 6-7 in. Commonest small woodpecker, size of a house sparrow.
Habitat:	Open woodland, wood edges, trees about habitations, orchards.
Habits:	Easily attracted to feeders, tame, often travels in mixed flocks with chickadees, nuthatches, and kinglets.
Voice:	Short, sharp pik ; a rattle of 15 or so staccato notes, normally descending in pitch.
Eggs:	4-7 white; 0.7 x 0.6 in.
Range:	Resident from northern Canada south to southern U.S.

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Red-winged Blackbird Agelaius phoeniceus

Description:	Size 7-9 in. Adult male: black with red and yellow shoulder patch. Female: like a large dark sparrow with a sharp pointed bill, heavily streaked below, light stripe over eye.
Habitat:	Fields, marshes, edges.
Habits:	Noisy, gregarious; sings from reeds, tree, or fence post; comes to feeders; on the ground, walks, runs, or hops.
Voice:	Song is a pleasing conk-er-EEE ; call a loud chak.
Eggs:	3-5 pale blueish-green variously marked with brown, purple, and black; 1.0 x 0.7 in. Nest is bulky, bowl-shaped, of grasses attached to reeds or bush.
Range:	Breeds from Newfoundland and central Manitoba south to Florida, Gulf Coast, and Mexico; winters from Pennsylvania south to Central America.

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