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Water birds/ near shore birds

Green heron (to 22”) Green heron

Great blue heron (to 4.5 feet)

Belted kingfisher (not required) Belted kingfisher, small fish and insect eaters…near water

Canada goose (to 43 inches) Call: A-RONK, A-RONK

Killdeer To 12” Note two breast bands Call: loud, repetitive KILL-DEE

Woodpeckers And Misc

Downy woodpecker (to 6”) Call: sharp, descending whinny and a single pick Downy woodpecker (downy versus Hairy) Hairy (to 10”)

Red bellied woodpecker (not required bird)

Wing and tail linings are yellow Up to 13” Northern flicker Northern flicker Wing and tail linings are yellow Up to 13” Call: WICK, WICK, WICK OR WIK-A-WIK-A-WIK

Call: OOAHOO, COO, COO, COO Mourning dove Mourning dove Call: OOAHOO, COO, COO, COO Rock dove “pigeon”

Ruby throated hummingbird

Birds of Prey

Swainson’s hawk Red tailed hawk Red shouldered

Distinct V shape when flying Red head Turkey vulture Distinct V shape when flying Red head Trailing half of wings are silvery Turkey vulture

Golden eagle Golden eagle

Bald eagle (with juvenile)

Perching Birds

Western kingbird (to 8”) Not required

Western/Eastern meadowlarks – not required Western and eastern meadowlark (very similar looking)

American goldfinch To 5”, fields

Purple martin (to 8”) Notice notch in tail (NOT REQUIRED) Purple martins (blue/black)

Barn Swallow (to 8”) Note forked tail Barn swallow

Scissor-tailed flycatcher Oklahoma state bird To 14” Scissor tail flycatcher, state bird

Northern Mockingbird call is in triplets – mimics other songs To 11”

Call: CHEER, CHEER, CHEER, PERTY, PERTY, PERTY Northern Cardinal To 9” Call: CHEER, CHEER, CHEER, PERTY, PERTY, PERTY cardinal

American robin (CALL: CHEERY-UP, CHEERYDEE Not to be confused with Baltimore oriole

CALL: musical warble, ending in a descending CHEER House finch CALL: musical warble, ending in a descending CHEER House finch

Painted bunting – not required Painted bunting, dense forests, often not seen Painted bunting – not required

Summer tanager – not required Summer tanagers Summer tanager – not required

Compare with Painted bunting Eastern Bluebird, to 7” Eastern bluebird Compare with Painted bunting

To 14”, note crest; Call is a loud, harsh JAY, JAY Blue jay To 14”, note crest; Call is a loud, harsh JAY, JAY Blue jay

Indigo bunting – not required

Carolina wren to 6”. Note white eyebrow stripe and upward tail Call: TEA KETTLE, TEA KETTLE, TEA KETTLE

(to 4.5”) Call: CHIC-A-DEE, DEE, DEE Carolina chickadee (to 4.5”) Call: CHIC-A-DEE, DEE, DEE Carolina chickadee

White breasted nuthatch (to 6”, creeps head down, down a tree) Call: ANNK, ANNK White breasted nuthatch. Creeps head down down tree (mature forests), extra long claws for grasping.

Gray catbird (to 9”) Note black cap Gray Cat bird (rust colored under tail, black cap)

Ruby crowned kinglet (to 3.5 inches) (NOT REQUIRED) Ruby crowned kinglet very small. In US only smaller bird are the hummingbirds. 3.5 inches

Call is Peter-peter-peter Tufted titmouse (to 6”) Tufted titmouse. Mate for life Call is Peter-peter-peter

House Sparrow Call is a repeated Chirp, Chirp, Chirp (to 6”)

Perching Birds “Black Birds”

Common grackle (to 14”) Call is a harsh, nasal SPI-KANK also, CHUCK Brown headed cow bird Red winged blackbird Great tailed grackle (to 18”)

Brewer’s Blackbird (to 9 in) American Crow (To 22”) Call is distinct “caw” European Starling (to 8”)