Life on a Quarter Acre > Birds

Passeriformes (Perching Birds)

Finches and Allies (Fringillidae)

Cassin's Finch

Haemorhous cassinii

House Finch

Haemorhous mexicanus

Red Crossbill

Loxia curvirostra

Pine Siskin

Spinus pinus

Lesser Goldfinch

Spinus psaltria

American Goldfinch

Spinus tristis


New World Sparrows (Passerellidae)

Dark-eyed Junco

Junco hyemalis

Song Sparrow

Melospiza melodia

Chipping Sparrow

Spizella paserrina

White-crowned Sparrow

Zonotrichia leucophrys


Crows, Jays, and Magpies (Corvidae)

American Crow

Corvus brachyrynchos

Common Raven

Corvus corax

Steller's Jay

Cyanocitta stelleri

Black-billed Magpie

Pica hudsonia


Waxwings (Bombycillidae)

Cedar Waxwing

Bombycilla cedrorum

Bohemian Waxwing

Bombycilla garrulus


Thrushes (Turdidae)

Varied Thrush

Ixoreus naevius

American Robin

Turdus migratorius


Cardinals and Allies (Cardinalidae)

Black-headed Grosbeak

Pheucticus melanocephalus


New World Blackbirds and Orioles (Icteridae)

Red-winged Blackbird

Agelaius phoeniceus


Tits, Chickadees, and Titmice (Paridae)

Black-capped Chickadee

Poecile atricapillus

Mountain Chickadee

Poecile gambeli


New World Warblers (Parulidae)

Townsend's Warbler

Setophaga townsendi


Old World Sparrows (Passeridae)

House Sparrow

Passer domesticus


Kinglets (Regulidae)

Golden-crowned Kinglet

Regulus satrapa


Nuthatches (Sittidae)

Red-breasted Nuthatch

Sitta canadensis

White-breasted Nuthatch

Sitta carolinensis


Starlings (Sturnidae)

European Starling

Sturnus vulgaris


Wrens (Troglodytidae)

Bewick's Wren

Thryomanes bewickii

House Wren

Troglodytes aedon