Common backyard feeder birds identified by color pattern and call, with a note on typical behavior, one bird per card.
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- Northern Cardinal: male plumage
- Bright red all over with a black face mask and prominent crest on head
- Northern Cardinal: female plumage
- Tan or buff colored with red tinges on wings and tail, black face mask, pointed crest
- Northern Cardinal: call
- Loud, clear whistled song, sounds like cheer-cheer-cheer or birdie-birdie-birdie
- Blue Jay: plumage pattern
- Bright blue and white with black markings, blue crest on head, white underparts
- Black-capped Chickadee: plumage
- Black cap and bib, white cheeks, gray back and wings
- Black-capped Chickadee: call
- Chick-a-dee-dee-dee call, also a clear two-note fee-bee whistle
- Tufted Titmouse: identification
- Gray back and white underparts, peachy or rust-colored flanks, gray crest, black forehead
- Tufted Titmouse: call
- Clear whistle peter-peter-peter or tee-tee-tee repeated
- American Goldfinch: breeding male
- Bright yellow body with black wings and white wing bars, black cap on head
- American Goldfinch: winter plumage
- Dull olive or tan colored, still showing white wing bars and black wings
- House Finch: male plumage
- Red or pink wash on face, breast and rump, rest brown and streaky
- House Finch: female plumage
- Brown and heavily streaked throughout, no red coloring
- Song Sparrow: plumage
- Brown and heavily streaked with a dark spot in the center of breast, rufous crown stripe
- White-breasted Nuthatch: plumage
- Gray back and wings, white face and underparts, black cap and nape, short tail
- Red-breasted Nuthatch: identification
- Rust-colored breast and flanks, black line through eye, black cap, smaller than White-breasted