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Eastern Kingbird Tyrannus tyrannus Camden State Park Minnesota May 22, 2016
Eastern Kingbird
Tyrannus tyrannus
Like other kingbirds, the Eastern Kingbird is a conspicuous
gray and white bird found in open areas with scattered trees and bushes,
perching on wires or treetops to watch for flying insects.
Smaller with narrower and more pointed wings than other
kingbirds.
Voice: Song of sharp, rasping or sputtering notes in series
ending with emphatic descending buzz kdik
kdik kdik PIKaPIKa PIKa kzeeeer; elements often given separately. Most
frequently heard call a sharp, buzzy
kzeer. Dawn song is a high, rapid, electric rattling building to crescendo kiu kittttttttttttiu ditide.
All species in the genus Tyrannus have an orange or red
median crown-stripe usually concealed by the dark crown feathers; the stripe is
brightest in adult male and exposed only during displays.
Works Cited
Sibley, D. A. The Sibley Guide to Birds. New
York City: Chanticleer Press, Inc. (2000): 335.
Eastern Kingbird Tyrannus tyrannus Camden State Park Minnesota May 22, 2016
Eastern Kingbird
Tyrannus tyrannus
Like other kingbirds, the Eastern Kingbird is a conspicuous
gray and white bird found in open areas with scattered trees and bushes,
perching on wires or treetops to watch for flying insects.
Smaller with narrower and more pointed wings than other
kingbirds.
Voice: Song of sharp, rasping or sputtering notes in series
ending with emphatic descending buzz kdik
kdik kdik PIKaPIKa PIKa kzeeeer; elements often given separately. Most
frequently heard call a sharp, buzzy
kzeer. Dawn song is a high, rapid, electric rattling building to crescendo kiu kittttttttttttiu ditide.
All species in the genus Tyrannus have an orange or red
median crown-stripe usually concealed by the dark crown feathers; the stripe is
brightest in adult male and exposed only during displays.
Works Cited
Sibley, D. A. The Sibley Guide to Birds. New
York City: Chanticleer Press, Inc. (2000): 335.
Eastern Kingbird Tyrannus tyrannus Camden State Park Minnesota May 22, 2016
Eastern Kingbird
Tyrannus tyrannus
Like other kingbirds, the Eastern Kingbird is a conspicuous
gray and white bird found in open areas with scattered trees and bushes,
perching on wires or treetops to watch for flying insects.
Smaller with narrower and more pointed wings than other
kingbirds.
Voice: Song of sharp, rasping or sputtering notes in series
ending with emphatic descending buzz kdik
kdik kdik PIKaPIKa PIKa kzeeeer; elements often given separately. Most
frequently heard call a sharp, buzzy
kzeer. Dawn song is a high, rapid, electric rattling building to crescendo kiu kittttttttttttiu ditide.
All species in the genus Tyrannus have an orange or red
median crown-stripe usually concealed by the dark crown feathers; the stripe is
brightest in adult male and exposed only during displays.
Works Cited
Sibley, D. A. The Sibley Guide to Birds. New
York City: Chanticleer Press, Inc. (2000): 335.
Eastern Kingbird Tyrannus tyrannus Camden State Park Minnesota May 22, 2016
Eastern Kingbird
Tyrannus tyrannus
Like other kingbirds, the Eastern Kingbird is a conspicuous
gray and white bird found in open areas with scattered trees and bushes,
perching on wires or treetops to watch for flying insects.
Smaller with narrower and more pointed wings than other
kingbirds.
Voice: Song of sharp, rasping or sputtering notes in series
ending with emphatic descending buzz kdik
kdik kdik PIKaPIKa PIKa kzeeeer; elements often given separately. Most
frequently heard call a sharp, buzzy
kzeer. Dawn song is a high, rapid, electric rattling building to crescendo kiu kittttttttttttiu ditide.
All species in the genus Tyrannus have an orange or red
median crown-stripe usually concealed by the dark crown feathers; the stripe is
brightest in adult male and exposed only during displays.
Works Cited
Sibley, D. A. The Sibley Guide to Birds. New
York City: Chanticleer Press, Inc. (2000): 335.
Eastern Kingbird Tyrannus tyrannus Camden State Park Minnesota May 22, 2016
Eastern Kingbird
Tyrannus tyrannus
Like other kingbirds, the Eastern Kingbird is a conspicuous
gray and white bird found in open areas with scattered trees and bushes,
perching on wires or treetops to watch for flying insects.
Smaller with narrower and more pointed wings than other
kingbirds.
Voice: Song of sharp, rasping or sputtering notes in series
ending with emphatic descending buzz kdik
kdik kdik PIKaPIKa PIKa kzeeeer; elements often given separately. Most
frequently heard call a sharp, buzzy
kzeer. Dawn song is a high, rapid, electric rattling building to crescendo kiu kittttttttttttiu ditide.
All species in the genus Tyrannus have an orange or red
median crown-stripe usually concealed by the dark crown feathers; the stripe is
brightest in adult male and exposed only during displays.
Works Cited
Sibley, D. A. The Sibley Guide to Birds. New
York City: Chanticleer Press, Inc. (2000): 335.
American Redstart Setophaga ruticilla Camden State Park Minnesota May 22, 2016
American Redstart
Steophaga ruticilla
Wood-Warblers: Genera Mniotilta and Setophaga
Two of our most distinctive warblers with distinctive
foraging actions, these species are related to Dendroica warblers. Both are
found in a variety of broadleaf or mixed forest habitats.
Long tail; short, broad bill; rounded wings.
Acquires adult plumage at one year of age, after first
breeding season.
Fans tail and flits through vegetation.
Voice: Song is of high and rather sharp notes: one
distinctive pattern with emphatic buzzy, down-slurred ending tsee tsee tsee tsee tzirr; also a
softer, lower tseeta tseeta tseeta tseet and
many variations. Call is a clear, high, squeaky chip. Flight call is a high,
squeaky, rising tsweet.
American Redstart, unlike most other wood-warblers, usually
alternates between two different songs during bouts of singing. Other species
generally sing the same song repeatedly.
Works Cited
Sibley, D. A. The Sibley Guide to Birds. New
York City: Chanticleer Press, Inc. (2000): 446.
Rose Breasted Grosbeak Pheucticus ludovicianus Camden State Park Minnesota May 22, 2016
Rose-breasted Grosbeak
Pheucticus ludovicianus
Identifying Black-Headed and
Rose-Breasted Grosbeaks: Breast color and streaking separates most female birds
of these two species, but there is variation, and not all individuals are
identifiable. Also beware of hybrids, which are seen regularly in the small
area of range overlap but only occasionally elsewhere. Confusion is created by
some worn Black-headed females (May-Aug) with whitish breasts, but these will
have also lost most breast streaking through wear. A more common source of
confusion is some 1st winter Rose-breasted males (Aug-Mar) with
finely streaked buffy breasts like Black-headed. These birds have pink
underwing coverts, however, and usually some pinkish on the breast. Also beware
that 1st summer males of both species are quite variable and that
Rose-breasted can be extensively buffy on underparts. Determining age and sex
can be a useful step toward identification.
Voice: Song is a slow,
whistled warble, sort of robinlike but slightly husky in quality, without
gurgling notes; pace steady and slow. Call is a sharp, squeaky iik like
sneakers on a gym floor. Flight call a soft, wheezy wheek; thrushlike, with
airy quality (unlike husky trumpet sound of the Baltimore Oriole).
Works Cited
Sibley, D. A. The Sibley Guide to Birds. New
York City: Chanticleer Press, Inc. (2000): 466-467.
Rose Breasted Grosbeak Pheucticus ludovicianus Camden State Park Minnesota May 22, 2016
Rose-breasted Grosbeak
Pheucticus ludovicianus
Identifying Black-Headed and
Rose-Breasted Grosbeaks: Breast color and streaking separates most female birds
of these two species, but there is variation, and not all individuals are
identifiable. Also beware of hybrids, which are seen regularly in the small
area of range overlap but only occasionally elsewhere. Confusion is created by
some worn Black-headed females (May-Aug) with whitish breasts, but these will
have also lost most breast streaking through wear. A more common source of
confusion is some 1st winter Rose-breasted males (Aug-Mar) with
finely streaked buffy breasts like Black-headed. These birds have pink
underwing coverts, however, and usually some pinkish on the breast. Also beware
that 1st summer males of both species are quite variable and that
Rose-breasted can be extensively buffy on underparts. Determining age and sex
can be a useful step toward identification.
Voice: Song is a slow,
whistled warble, sort of robinlike but slightly husky in quality, without
gurgling notes; pace steady and slow. Call is a sharp, squeaky iik like
sneakers on a gym floor. Flight call a soft, wheezy wheek; thrushlike, with
airy quality (unlike husky trumpet sound of the Baltimore Oriole).
Works Cited
Sibley, D. A. The Sibley Guide to Birds. New
York City: Chanticleer Press, Inc. (2000): 466-467.
Rose Breasted Grosbeak Pheucticus ludovicianus Camden State Park Minnesota May 22, 2016
Rose-breasted Grosbeak
Pheucticus ludovicianus
Identifying Black-Headed and
Rose-Breasted Grosbeaks: Breast color and streaking separates most female birds
of these two species, but there is variation, and not all individuals are
identifiable. Also beware of hybrids, which are seen regularly in the small
area of range overlap but only occasionally elsewhere. Confusion is created by
some worn Black-headed females (May-Aug) with whitish breasts, but these will
have also lost most breast streaking through wear. A more common source of
confusion is some 1st winter Rose-breasted males (Aug-Mar) with
finely streaked buffy breasts like Black-headed. These birds have pink
underwing coverts, however, and usually some pinkish on the breast. Also beware
that 1st summer males of both species are quite variable and that
Rose-breasted can be extensively buffy on underparts. Determining age and sex
can be a useful step toward identification.
Voice: Song is a slow,
whistled warble, sort of robinlike but slightly husky in quality, without
gurgling notes; pace steady and slow. Call is a sharp, squeaky iik like
sneakers on a gym floor. Flight call a soft, wheezy wheek; thrushlike, with
airy quality (unlike husky trumpet sound of the Baltimore Oriole).
Works Cited
Sibley, D. A. The Sibley Guide to Birds. New
York City: Chanticleer Press, Inc. (2000): 466-467.
Baltimore Oriole Icterus galbula Camden State Park Minnesota May 22, 2016
Baltimore Oriole
Icterus galbula
Northern Orioles: These species, the Bullock’s Oriole and
Baltimore Oriole are very closely related and are sometimes merged as a single
species, Northern Oriole. Both are found in open broadleaf woods, foraging
among the leaves in trees.
The Baltimore Oriole shape like Bullock’s, but averages
slightly smaller. Some very drab females are difficult to distinguish from
Bullock’s.
Identification of Orioles: Bullock’s and Baltimore Orioles
are usually easily distinguished by plumage. 1st year male Bullock’s
develop a black throat by October and is subsequently easily identified. Female
Bullock’s varies little from the gary-bodies/yellow-ended pattern shown, but
female Baltimore is extremely variable. The drabbest pale female Baltimore is
most confusing, as it closely resembles Bullock’s female. Care study of the
head pattern reveals that on Baltimore the brightest color is on the breast
(usually tinged orange, unlike the paler yellow of Bullock’s), while on
Bullock’s the brightest color is on the malar; Baltimore has dusky-brown
auriculars washed with orange-yellow about the same color as the crown, while
Bullock’s has cleaner and brighter yellow auriculars and supercilium
contrasting with a dark eye-line and crown. Bullock’s tends to have broader
whitish edges on the greater coverts, mirroring the panel of adult males, and
pointed dark centers on the median coverts, creating a jagged border; Baltimore
has a straight border. Many Bullock’s Orioles have grayish undertail coverts,
unlike Baltimores. Not also that molt timing differs: Bullock’s molts later,
during or after fall migration (September-November); Baltimore molts on the
breeding grounds before migration (July-August). Hybrids and backcrosses are
fairly common where ranges overlap, creating a confusing array of intermediate
plumages. Only male hybrids are identifiable.
Voice: Song a short series of rich, clear, whistled, notes pidoo tewdi tewdi yewdi tew tidew; variable
in pattern, with pauses between each phrase; often gives simple two-note
whistle hulee and variations. Call is
a dry, harsh, uneven rattle. Flight call is husky, tinny, trumpeting veeet.
Works Cited
Sibley, D. A. The Sibley Guide to Birds. New
York City: Chanticleer Press, Inc. (2000): 519.
Rose Breasted Grosbeak Pheucticus ludovicianus Camden State Park Minnesota May 22, 2016
Rose-breasted Grosbeak
Pheucticus ludovicianus
Identifying Black-Headed and
Rose-Breasted Grosbeaks: Breast color and streaking separates most female birds
of these two species, but there is variation, and not all individuals are
identifiable. Also beware of hybrids, which are seen regularly in the small
area of range overlap but only occasionally elsewhere. Confusion is created by
some worn Black-headed females (May-Aug) with whitish breasts, but these will
have also lost most breast streaking through wear. A more common source of
confusion is some 1st winter Rose-breasted males (Aug-Mar) with
finely streaked buffy breasts like Black-headed. These birds have pink
underwing coverts, however, and usually some pinkish on the breast. Also beware
that 1st summer males of both species are quite variable and that
Rose-breasted can be extensively buffy on underparts. Determining age and sex
can be a useful step toward identification.
Voice: Song is a slow,
whistled warble, sort of robinlike but slightly husky in quality, without
gurgling notes; pace steady and slow. Call is a sharp, squeaky iik like
sneakers on a gym floor. Flight call a soft, wheezy wheek; thrushlike, with
airy quality (unlike husky trumpet sound of the Baltimore Oriole).
Works Cited
Sibley, D. A. The Sibley Guide to Birds. New
York City: Chanticleer Press, Inc. (2000): 466-467.
Rose Breasted Grosbeak Pheucticus ludovicianus Camden State Park Minnesota May 22, 2016
Rose-breasted Grosbeak
Pheucticus ludovicianus
Identifying Black-Headed and
Rose-Breasted Grosbeaks: Breast color and streaking separates most female birds
of these two species, but there is variation, and not all individuals are
identifiable. Also beware of hybrids, which are seen regularly in the small
area of range overlap but only occasionally elsewhere. Confusion is created by
some worn Black-headed females (May-Aug) with whitish breasts, but these will
have also lost most breast streaking through wear. A more common source of
confusion is some 1st winter Rose-breasted males (Aug-Mar) with
finely streaked buffy breasts like Black-headed. These birds have pink
underwing coverts, however, and usually some pinkish on the breast. Also beware
that 1st summer males of both species are quite variable and that
Rose-breasted can be extensively buffy on underparts. Determining age and sex
can be a useful step toward identification.
Voice: Song is a slow,
whistled warble, sort of robinlike but slightly husky in quality, without
gurgling notes; pace steady and slow. Call is a sharp, squeaky iik like
sneakers on a gym floor. Flight call a soft, wheezy wheek; thrushlike, with
airy quality (unlike husky trumpet sound of the Baltimore Oriole).
Works Cited
Sibley, D. A. The Sibley Guide to Birds. New
York City: Chanticleer Press, Inc. (2000): 466-467.
American Redstart Setophaga ruticilla Camden State Park Minnesota May 22, 2016
American Redstart
Steophaga ruticilla
Wood-Warblers: Genera Mniotilta and Setophaga
Two of our most distinctive warblers with distinctive
foraging actions, these species are related to Dendroica warblers. Both are
found in a variety of broadleaf or mixed forest habitats.
Long tail; short, broad bill; rounded wings.
Acquires adult plumage at one year of age, after first
breeding season.
Fans tail and flits through vegetation.
Voice: Song is of high and rather sharp notes: one
distinctive pattern with emphatic buzzy, down-slurred ending tsee tsee tsee tsee tzirr; also a
softer, lower tseeta tseeta tseeta tseet and
many variations. Call is a clear, high, squeaky chip. Flight call is a high,
squeaky, rising tsweet.
American Redstart, unlike most other wood-warblers, usually
alternates between two different songs during bouts of singing. Other species
generally sing the same song repeatedly.
Works Cited
Sibley, D. A. The Sibley Guide to Birds. New
York City: Chanticleer Press, Inc. (2000): 446.
Cedar Waxwing Bombycilla cedrorum Camden State Park Minnesota May 22, 2016
Cedar Waxwing
Bombycilla cedrorum
Smooth, sleek; distinguished from other passerines by short
tail, pointed wings, stubby bill, crest. Voice: Song simply a series of high sreee notes in irregular rhythm. Call is
a very high, thin, clear or slightly trilled sreee. Aerial predator alarm is a piercing seeeew similar to thrushes.
Bombycillidae: There are 2 species in 1 genus. Unique, with
sleek plumage, crests, pointed wings, and short, yellow-tipped tails. Except
when nesting, waxwings are found in flocks, feeding on berries; they are easily
detected by their constant, high-pitched calls. Compare European Starling in
flight. The two species differ mainly in size and plumage.
Works Cited
Sibley, D. A. The Sibley Guide to Birds. New
York City: Chanticleer Press, Inc. (2000): 423.
Cedar Waxwing Bombycilla cedrorum Camden State Park Minnesota May 22, 2016
Cedar Waxwing
Bombycilla cedrorum
Smooth, sleek; distinguished from other passerines by short
tail, pointed wings, stubby bill, crest. Voice: Song simply a series of high sreee notes in irregular rhythm. Call is
a very high, thin, clear or slightly trilled sreee. Aerial predator alarm is a piercing seeeew similar to thrushes.
Bombycillidae: There are 2 species in 1 genus. Unique, with
sleek plumage, crests, pointed wings, and short, yellow-tipped tails. Except
when nesting, waxwings are found in flocks, feeding on berries; they are easily
detected by their constant, high-pitched calls. Compare European Starling in
flight. The two species differ mainly in size and plumage.
Works Cited
Sibley, D. A. The Sibley Guide to Birds. New
York City: Chanticleer Press, Inc. (2000): 423.
Female Rose Breasted Grosbeak Pheucticus ludovicianus Camden State Park Minnesota May 22, 2
Rose-breasted Grosbeak
Pheucticus ludovicianus
Identifying Black-Headed and
Rose-Breasted Grosbeaks: Breast color and streaking separates most female birds
of these two species, but there is variation, and not all individuals are
identifiable. Also beware of hybrids, which are seen regularly in the small
area of range overlap but only occasionally elsewhere. Confusion is created by
some worn Black-headed females (May-Aug) with whitish breasts, but these will
have also lost most breast streaking through wear. A more common source of
confusion is some 1st winter Rose-breasted males (Aug-Mar) with
finely streaked buffy breasts like Black-headed. These birds have pink
underwing coverts, however, and usually some pinkish on the breast. Also beware
that 1st summer males of both species are quite variable and that
Rose-breasted can be extensively buffy on underparts. Determining age and sex
can be a useful step toward identification.
Voice: Song is a slow,
whistled warble, sort of robinlike but slightly husky in quality, without
gurgling notes; pace steady and slow. Call is a sharp, squeaky iik like
sneakers on a gym floor. Flight call a soft, wheezy wheek; thrushlike, with
airy quality (unlike husky trumpet sound of the Baltimore Oriole).
Works Cited
Sibley, D. A. The Sibley Guide to Birds. New
York City: Chanticleer Press, Inc. (2000): 466-467.
Rose Breasted Grosbeak Pheucticus ludovicianus Camden State Park Minnesota May 22, 2016
Rose-breasted Grosbeak
Pheucticus ludovicianus
Identifying Black-Headed and
Rose-Breasted Grosbeaks: Breast color and streaking separates most female birds
of these two species, but there is variation, and not all individuals are
identifiable. Also beware of hybrids, which are seen regularly in the small
area of range overlap but only occasionally elsewhere. Confusion is created by
some worn Black-headed females (May-Aug) with whitish breasts, but these will
have also lost most breast streaking through wear. A more common source of
confusion is some 1st winter Rose-breasted males (Aug-Mar) with
finely streaked buffy breasts like Black-headed. These birds have pink
underwing coverts, however, and usually some pinkish on the breast. Also beware
that 1st summer males of both species are quite variable and that
Rose-breasted can be extensively buffy on underparts. Determining age and sex
can be a useful step toward identification.
Voice: Song is a slow,
whistled warble, sort of robinlike but slightly husky in quality, without
gurgling notes; pace steady and slow. Call is a sharp, squeaky iik like
sneakers on a gym floor. Flight call a soft, wheezy wheek; thrushlike, with
airy quality (unlike husky trumpet sound of the Baltimore Oriole).
Works Cited
Sibley, D. A. The Sibley Guide to Birds. New
York City: Chanticleer Press, Inc. (2000): 466-467.
American Robin Turdus migratorius Camden State Park Minnesota May 22, 2016
American Robin
Turdus migratorius
Large and conspicuous, this species is one of the most
familiar birds. It is commonly seen on grassy lawns but is found in many
habitats from tundra to forests, often in large flocks in winter.
Large and sturdy, with long legs and fairly long tail; plain
orange breast and grayish back distinctive in all plumages.
Wingbeats smooth, flicking; short glides with wings held
close to body.
Robinlike Songs: American Robin sings in a pattern of
several short, warbled phrases, followed by a pause and then another set of
phrases, and so on. This song pattern is shared in varying degrees by many
other species of birds, and references to “robinlike songs” are frequent. Songs
most often compared to robins include those of the Red-eyed Vireo group,
tanagers, Rose-breasted (Pheucticus) grosbeaks, and some orioles.
Voice: Song a series of low whistled phrases with liquid
quality typical of thruses; each phrase delivered rather quickly but with long
pauses between phrases; often two or three phrase alternately repeated over and
over plurrri, kliwi, plurrri, kliwi. .
. . Call varies from a low mellow pup
or a sharp, clucking, often double piik to
a sharper, rapid, urgent series kli
quiquiquiqui koo; also a lower, softer puk
puk pukand a harsh, high, descending shheerr.
Flight call a very high, trilled, descending srreel; often combined with other calls such as srreel puk puk puk. Alarm like other
thruses: a very high, thin tseeew or
shorter seew.
Geographic variation is limited and clinal. Most Western
populations average paler and drabber than Eastern and nearly lack white
corners on the tail. Breeders of Atlantic Canada are richly colored with
extensive black on nape and mantle. Western birds have very limited white tail
corners.
Works Cited
Sibley, D. A. The Sibley Guide to Birds. New
York City: Chanticleer Press, Inc. (2000): 403.
Rose Breasted Grosbeak Pheucticus ludovicianus Camden State Park Minnesota May 22, 2016
Rose-breasted Grosbeak
Pheucticus ludovicianus
Identifying Black-Headed and
Rose-Breasted Grosbeaks: Breast color and streaking separates most female birds
of these two species, but there is variation, and not all individuals are
identifiable. Also beware of hybrids, which are seen regularly in the small
area of range overlap but only occasionally elsewhere. Confusion is created by
some worn Black-headed females (May-Aug) with whitish breasts, but these will
have also lost most breast streaking through wear. A more common source of
confusion is some 1st winter Rose-breasted males (Aug-Mar) with
finely streaked buffy breasts like Black-headed. These birds have pink
underwing coverts, however, and usually some pinkish on the breast. Also beware
that 1st summer males of both species are quite variable and that
Rose-breasted can be extensively buffy on underparts. Determining age and sex
can be a useful step toward identification.
Voice: Song is a slow,
whistled warble, sort of robinlike but slightly husky in quality, without
gurgling notes; pace steady and slow. Call is a sharp, squeaky iik like
sneakers on a gym floor. Flight call a soft, wheezy wheek; thrushlike, with
airy quality (unlike husky trumpet sound of the Baltimore Oriole).
Works Cited
Sibley, D. A. The Sibley Guide to Birds. New
York City: Chanticleer Press, Inc. (2000): 466-467.
Rose Breasted Grosbeak Pheucticus ludovicianus Camden State Park Minnesota May 22, 2016
Rose-breasted Grosbeak
Pheucticus ludovicianus
Identifying Black-Headed and
Rose-Breasted Grosbeaks: Breast color and streaking separates most female birds
of these two species, but there is variation, and not all individuals are
identifiable. Also beware of hybrids, which are seen regularly in the small
area of range overlap but only occasionally elsewhere. Confusion is created by
some worn Black-headed females (May-Aug) with whitish breasts, but these will
have also lost most breast streaking through wear. A more common source of
confusion is some 1st winter Rose-breasted males (Aug-Mar) with
finely streaked buffy breasts like Black-headed. These birds have pink
underwing coverts, however, and usually some pinkish on the breast. Also beware
that 1st summer males of both species are quite variable and that
Rose-breasted can be extensively buffy on underparts. Determining age and sex
can be a useful step toward identification.
Voice: Song is a slow,
whistled warble, sort of robinlike but slightly husky in quality, without
gurgling notes; pace steady and slow. Call is a sharp, squeaky iik like
sneakers on a gym floor. Flight call a soft, wheezy wheek; thrushlike, with
airy quality (unlike husky trumpet sound of the Baltimore Oriole).
Works Cited
Sibley, D. A. The Sibley Guide to Birds. New
York City: Chanticleer Press, Inc. (2000): 466-467.
Saturday, May 21, 2016
Rose Breasted Grosbeak Pheucticus ludovicianus Camden State Park Minnesota May 20, 2016
I went for a short hike at Camden State Park, hoping to see one of my favorite birds, the Rose-breasted Grosbeak. It wasn't until near the end of my visit when I finally saw it. Today, it was sure talkative. Awesome! I hope you enjoy these videos and some information from the Sibley Guide to Birds below. Thank you.
Rose-breasted Grosbeak
Pheucticus ludovicianus
Identifying Black-Headed and Rose-Breasted Grosbeaks: Breast color and streaking separates most female birds of these two species, but there is variation, and not all individuals are identifiable. Also beware of hybrids, which are seen regularly in the small area of range overlap but only occasionally elsewhere. Confusion is created by some worn Black-headed females (May-Aug) with whitish breasts, but these will have also lost most breast streaking through wear. A more common source of confusion is some 1st winter Rose-breasted males (Aug-Mar) with finely streaked buffy breasts like Black-headed. These birds have pink underwing coverts, however, and usually some pinkish on the breast. Also beware that 1st summer males of both species are quite variable and that Rose-breasted can be extensively buffy on underparts. Determining age and sex can be a useful step toward identification.
Voice: Song is a slow, whistled warble, sort of robinlike but slightly husky in quality, without gurgling notes; pace steady and slow. Call is a sharp, squeaky iik like sneakers on a gym floor. Flight call a soft, wheezy wheek; thrushlike, with airy quality (unlike husky trumpet sound of the Baltimore Oriole).
Works Cited
Sibley, D. A. The Sibley Guide to Birds. New York City: Chanticleer Press, Inc. (2000): 466-467.
Rose Breasted Grosbeak Pheucticus ludovicianus Camden State Park Minnesota May 20, 2016
I went for a short hike at Camden State Park, hoping to see one of my favorite birds, the Rose-breasted Grosbeak. It wasn't until near the end of my visit when I finally saw it. Today, it was sure talkative. Awesome! I hope you enjoy these videos and some information from the Sibley Guide to Birds below. Thank you.
Rose-breasted Grosbeak
Pheucticus ludovicianus
Identifying Black-Headed and Rose-Breasted Grosbeaks: Breast color and streaking separates most female birds of these two species, but there is variation, and not all individuals are identifiable. Also beware of hybrids, which are seen regularly in the small area of range overlap but only occasionally elsewhere. Confusion is created by some worn Black-headed females (May-Aug) with whitish breasts, but these will have also lost most breast streaking through wear. A more common source of confusion is some 1st winter Rose-breasted males (Aug-Mar) with finely streaked buffy breasts like Black-headed. These birds have pink underwing coverts, however, and usually some pinkish on the breast. Also beware that 1st summer males of both species are quite variable and that Rose-breasted can be extensively buffy on underparts. Determining age and sex can be a useful step toward identification.
Voice: Song is a slow, whistled warble, sort of robinlike but slightly husky in quality, without gurgling notes; pace steady and slow. Call is a sharp, squeaky iik like sneakers on a gym floor. Flight call a soft, wheezy wheek; thrushlike, with airy quality (unlike husky trumpet sound of the Baltimore Oriole).
Works Cited
Sibley, D. A. The Sibley Guide to Birds. New York City: Chanticleer Press, Inc. (2000): 466-467.
Rose Breasted Grosbeak Pheucticus ludovicianus Camden State Park Minnesota May 20, 2016
I went for a short hike at Camden State Park, hoping to see one of my favorite birds, the Rose-breasted Grosbeak. It wasn't until near the end of my visit when I finally saw it. Today, it was sure talkative. Awesome! I hope you enjoy these videos and some information from the Sibley Guide to Birds below. Thank you.
Rose-breasted Grosbeak
Pheucticus ludovicianus
Identifying Black-Headed and Rose-Breasted Grosbeaks: Breast color and streaking separates most female birds of these two species, but there is variation, and not all individuals are identifiable. Also beware of hybrids, which are seen regularly in the small area of range overlap but only occasionally elsewhere. Confusion is created by some worn Black-headed females (May-Aug) with whitish breasts, but these will have also lost most breast streaking through wear. A more common source of confusion is some 1st winter Rose-breasted males (Aug-Mar) with finely streaked buffy breasts like Black-headed. These birds have pink underwing coverts, however, and usually some pinkish on the breast. Also beware that 1st summer males of both species are quite variable and that Rose-breasted can be extensively buffy on underparts. Determining age and sex can be a useful step toward identification.
Voice: Song is a slow, whistled warble, sort of robinlike but slightly husky in quality, without gurgling notes; pace steady and slow. Call is a sharp, squeaky iik like sneakers on a gym floor. Flight call a soft, wheezy wheek; thrushlike, with airy quality (unlike husky trumpet sound of the Baltimore Oriole).
Works Cited
Sibley, D. A. The Sibley Guide to Birds. New York City: Chanticleer Press, Inc. (2000): 466-467.
Rose Breasted Grosbeak Pheucticus ludovicianus Camden State Park Minnesota May 20, 2016
I went for a short hike at Camden State Park, hoping to see one of my favorite birds, the Rose-breasted Grosbeak. It wasn't until near the end of my visit when I finally saw it. Today, it was sure talkative. Awesome! I hope you enjoy these videos and some information from the Sibley Guide to Birds below. Thank you.
Rose-breasted Grosbeak
Pheucticus ludovicianus
Identifying Black-Headed and Rose-Breasted Grosbeaks: Breast color and streaking separates most female birds of these two species, but there is variation, and not all individuals are identifiable. Also beware of hybrids, which are seen regularly in the small area of range overlap but only occasionally elsewhere. Confusion is created by some worn Black-headed females (May-Aug) with whitish breasts, but these will have also lost most breast streaking through wear. A more common source of confusion is some 1st winter Rose-breasted males (Aug-Mar) with finely streaked buffy breasts like Black-headed. These birds have pink underwing coverts, however, and usually some pinkish on the breast. Also beware that 1st summer males of both species are quite variable and that Rose-breasted can be extensively buffy on underparts. Determining age and sex can be a useful step toward identification.
Voice: Song is a slow, whistled warble, sort of robinlike but slightly husky in quality, without gurgling notes; pace steady and slow. Call is a sharp, squeaky iik like sneakers on a gym floor. Flight call a soft, wheezy wheek; thrushlike, with airy quality (unlike husky trumpet sound of the Baltimore Oriole).
Works Cited
Sibley, D. A. The Sibley Guide to Birds. New York City: Chanticleer Press, Inc. (2000): 466-467.
Rose Breasted Grosbeak Pheucticus ludovicianus Camden State Park Minnesota May 20, 2016
I went for a short hike at Camden State Park, hoping to see one of my favorite birds, the Rose-breasted Grosbeak. It wasn't until near the end of my visit when I finally saw it. Today, it was sure talkative. Awesome! I hope you enjoy these videos and some information from the Sibley Guide to Birds below. Thank you.
Rose-breasted Grosbeak
Pheucticus ludovicianus
Identifying Black-Headed and Rose-Breasted Grosbeaks: Breast color and streaking separates most female birds of these two species, but there is variation, and not all individuals are identifiable. Also beware of hybrids, which are seen regularly in the small area of range overlap but only occasionally elsewhere. Confusion is created by some worn Black-headed females (May-Aug) with whitish breasts, but these will have also lost most breast streaking through wear. A more common source of confusion is some 1st winter Rose-breasted males (Aug-Mar) with finely streaked buffy breasts like Black-headed. These birds have pink underwing coverts, however, and usually some pinkish on the breast. Also beware that 1st summer males of both species are quite variable and that Rose-breasted can be extensively buffy on underparts. Determining age and sex can be a useful step toward identification.
Voice: Song is a slow, whistled warble, sort of robinlike but slightly husky in quality, without gurgling notes; pace steady and slow. Call is a sharp, squeaky iik like sneakers on a gym floor. Flight call a soft, wheezy wheek; thrushlike, with airy quality (unlike husky trumpet sound of the Baltimore Oriole).
Works Cited
Sibley, D. A. The Sibley Guide to Birds. New York City: Chanticleer Press, Inc. (2000): 466-467.
Sibley, D. A. The Sibley Guide to Birds. New York City: Chanticleer Press, Inc. (2000): 466-467.
Eastern Kingbird Tyrannus tyrannus Camden State Park Minnesota May 20, 2016
I went for a short hike at Camden State Park, hoping to see one of my favorite birds, the Rose-breasted Grosbeak. It wasn't until near the end of my visit when I finally saw it. I got some short video footage of this Eastern Kingbird sitting in the tree. Awesome! I hope you enjoy this video and some information from the Sibley Guide to Birds below. Thank you.
Eastern Kingbird
Tyrannus tyrannus
Like other kingbirds, the Eastern Kingbird is a conspicuous gray and white bird found in open areas with scattered trees and bushes, perching on wires or treetops to watch for flying insects.Smaller with narrower and more pointed wings than other kingbirds.
Voice: Song of sharp, rasping or sputtering notes in series ending with emphatic descending buzz kdik kdik kdik PIKaPIKa PIKa kzeeeer; elements often given separately. Most frequently heard call a sharp, buzzy kzeer. Dawn song is a high, rapid, electric rattling building to crescendo kiu kittttttttttttiu ditide.
All species in the genus Tyrannus have an orange or red median crown-stripe usually concealed by the dark crown feathers; the stripe is brightest in adult male and exposed only during displays.
Works Cited Sibley, D. A. The Sibley Guide to Birds. New York City: Chanticleer Press, Inc. (2000): 335.
Chipping Sparrow Spizella passerina Camden State Park Minnesota May 20, 2016
I went for a short hike at Camden State Park, hoping to see one of my favorite birds, the Rose-breasted Grosbeak. It wasn't until near the end of my visit when I finally saw it. I also got to see this Chipping Sparrow on a tree in one video and on the bridge in the other two videos. Awesome! I hope you enjoy these videos and some information from the Sibley Guide to Birds below. Thank you.
Chipping Sparrow
Spizella passerine
Although Chipping prefers open woods and Clay-colored brushy areas away from trees, in winter they are often found together in small flocks and can be difficult to distinguish.Averages larger, longer-billed, and relatively shorter-tailed than Clay-colored. Dark lores and gray rump distinctive.
Voice: Song is a simple, usually rather long mechanical drill. Call is a sharp chip like other Spizella sparrows. Flight call is a high, thin, slightly rising tsiis.
Works Cited
Sibley, D. A. The Sibley Guide to Birds. New York City: Chanticleer Press, Inc. (2000): 485.
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