| A | B |
|---|
| Blue Jay | raise or lower its crest; yells "Thief! Thief" or "Jay! Jay!" |
| Brown pelican | wingspread-6 and one half feet; plunge from 30 foot into the sea for its prey |
| Chickadee | usually doesn't migrate; calls its name: "Chick-a-dee-dee-dee" seeds, hangs upside down on the undersides of twigs to seach for food |
| Cardinal | also called "Red bird" attracted to birdfeeders filled with sunflower seeds usually doesn't migrate |
| Chicken | only birds with combs |
| Flicker | Yellowhamer, high-role yaffle, wichy-up, golden-winged woodpecker |
| Flamingo | knees hinge backwards; 4 kinds of flamingo; bill also used to scoop mud for cities chicks "thuacked" by adults beaks if in the wrong nest; pink color comes from shrimp |
| Grouse | male known for drumming its wings; ground dwelling |
| Goldfinch | has roller coaster flight pattern |
| Great Blue Heron | folds neck and trails long legs while flying; may return eyear after year to the same group of trees or nesting area |
| Hermit Thrush | beautiful song; American nightingale |
| Loon | has a loud, long yodeling |
| Lark Bunting | often sings while flying |
| Meadowlark | whistle sound nests on the ground |
| Mockingbird | mimicks other birds and neighborhood sounds |
| Northern Oriole | leaves a hanging asket for a nest |
| Nene | found naturally only in Hawaii; aboids water because its feet are only partially webbed |
| Owl | hunts at night |
| Purple Finch | coloring is rose or rasberry rather than true purple |
| Pheasant | swift runner; long, pointed tail about 10" long; found in South Dakota |
| Puffin | sheds beaks; brilliantly colored growths after breeding season |
| Ptarmigan | winter coat is white; digest woody minerals |
| Raven | he served Oligah |
| Robin | the first bird to return north in the spring |
| Roadrunner | Habitat: Cactuses; Diet: Small creatures, such as grasshoppers, lizards, snakes, mice; 18mph |
| Scissor-tailed Flycatcher | usually perches with its tail folded shut;14" long; over half that length is tail |
| Wren | sits with its tail straight up |
