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Clearcuts

55 Bird Species

Evening Grosbeak

This large finch is readily recognized by its massive pale bill, which is the color of dried corn, and a bold wing pattern that features a large white patch in the secondaries. A large head and heavy torso combine with a short tail to produce a very stocky appearance. Male: Brownish-black head and b more...

Length: 18 cm Wingspan: 33 cm

Golden-crowned Kinglet

Tiny, with predominantly drab plumage; barely larger than a hummingbird; gray and olive overall. Face pattern is distinctive: white supercilium and throat, dark eye and eyeline, short black bill, and yellow-orange to yellow crown with thick black border. Male has golden-orange crown, while females an more...

Length: 10 cm Wingspan: 18 cm

Golden-winged Warbler

A flashy yellow, black, white, and gray warbler of the Northeastern U.S. Adult male has a mostly gray body and wings, a bright yellow patch on the wing coverts, white undertail coverts, yellow crown, black throat and auriculars, and white supercilium and moustachial stripe. Adult female looks like a more...

Length: 12 cm Wingspan: 19 cm

Gray Catbird

Plain charcoal-gray to medium gray overall with rusty undertail coverts, relatively long dark tail, black cap, and slender black bill. Sexes are similar. If seen well, this bird is unlikely to be mistaken for another species. more...

Length: 21 cm Wingspan: 28 cm

Great Horned Owl

The large, familiar "hoot" owl, widespread in North America. Adult is dark brown overall, thickly barred underneath and patterned on the back and wings, with yellow eyes, white throat, and obvious ear tufts. Some regional plumage variation; northern birds are relatively pale, western birds splotchy a more...

Length: 55 cm Wingspan: 111 cm

Greenish Elaenia

A small Central and South American flycatcher that resembles North American Empidonax, but generally lacks wingbars and has a fairly obvious whitish supercilium. Adult: Head, throat, and breast are medium gray; palest on throat and breast. Short white supercillium. Partially concealed yellowish crown more...

Length: 14 cm Wingspan: 21 cm

House Wren

A common, familiar wren across most of North America. Adult is earthy brown overall with fine black bars on wings, tail, and undertail coverts. Throat is pale and unmarked, contrasting weakly with buffy-brown underparts. Pale buffy supercilium blends into darker auricular patch. Bill is relatively lo more...

Length: 12 cm Wingspan: 15 cm

Indigo Bunting

This species is closely related to Lazuli Bunting. Alternate Male: Dark iridescent blue overall, darker on the head. The lores and wings are blackish. The bill is gray. First alternate males usually blotched blue and brown. Basic Male: Brown feather edges obscure most of the blue. Brownish belly fade more...

Length: 13 cm Wingspan: 20 cm

La Sagra's Flycatcher

Medium-sized Myiarchus flycatcher that is proportionally large-headed and short-tailed. Dark earth-brown and reddish-brown above and pale below; usually shows a conspicuous bushy crest. Adult: Dark dusky face and crest. Long dark bill. Shows much less yellow (almost none) below than other Myiarchus, more...

Length: 19 cm Wingspan: 27 cm

Lazuli Bunting

This species (pronounced as both lah-ZU-lee and LAZH-oo-lie) is closely related to Indigo Bunting, and sometimes hybridizes with that species. Alternate Male: Bright iridescent blue head and upperparts, with two white wing bars. Upper wing bar is broader than lower. The breast shows a band of rusty-o more...

Length: 13 cm Wingspan: 20 cm

MacGillivray's Warbler

Adult male has bright yellow underparts, uniform greenish back and wings, greenish tail, dark gray hood that is nearly black on the upper breast, twin white eye arcs above and below eye, and short, dark bill. Female and immature have lighter gray hoods and pale ashy throats. Mourning Warbler lacks wh more...

Length: 13 cm Wingspan: 19 cm

Magnolia Warbler

Alternate Adult male nearly unmistakable: yellow underparts are overlaid by thick black streaks converging into a necklace on the breast, upperparts are black with a white panel on wing coverts, undertail coverts are white, a black stripe through auriculars divides yellow throat from gray crown, and more...

Length: 13 cm Wingspan: 19 cm

Nashville Warbler

Adult male has gray head, prominent white eye ring and an inconspicuous reddish crown patch, yellow throat and underparts, and plain greenish upperparts. First-spring males are similar, but show brownish rather than greenish alula and flight feathers (molt limits) and also have some grayish fringing more...

Length: 12 cm Wingspan: 19 cm

Northern Bobwhite

Plump and quail-like with short legs and tail, stubby wings, and squat structure. Adult male has white throat and long white supercilium; head is otherwise black except rufous-tinged crown. Underparts and back are bright rufous, darker blackish in Florida, with white streaks on flanks and white-spott more...

Length: 25 cm Wingspan: 33 cm

Northern Cardinal

Familiar and colorful resident of Eastern North America and the Desert Southwest. Adult male is bright red overall with dusky red wings and back, black lores and bib, conical red bill, and prominent, triangular crest. Female is muted brownish-red with reddish wings and tail, dull reddish crest, brigh more...

Length: 22 cm Wingspan: 30 cm

Northern Flicker

Two distinct races of this large woodpecker occur in North America. Yellow-shafted Flicker predominates in the east and north, Red-shafted Flicker in the west. Intergrades between these two subspecies are common in the central part of the continent. Upperparts are golden-brown with black barring. The more...

Length: 32 cm Wingspan: 48 cm

Non-vegetated Areas

2 species

Great Horned Owl

Bubo virginianus

Rimrocks and Mesas, Urban Landscapes, Suburban/residential Landscapes, Open Country and Grasslands, Deserts and Sagebrush Plains, Clearcuts, Boreal Forest, Oak Savannah and Woodlands, Eastern Deciduous Forest, Southeastern Pine-oak Forest, Western Confierous Forest, Dry Western Woodlands, Streamside Gallery Forest and Riparia

Turkey Vulture

Cathartes aura

Rocky Cliffs and Gorges, Rimrocks and Mesas, Suburban/residential Landscapes, Open Country and Grasslands, Deserts and Sagebrush Plains, Chapparal, Clearcuts, Oak Savannah and Woodlands, Eastern Deciduous Forest, Southeastern Pine-oak Forest, Western Confierous Forest, Dry Western Woodlands, Streamside Gallery Forest and Riparia

Salt Water

5 species

Brewer's Blackbird

Euphagus cyanocephalus

Beaches, Urban Landscapes, Suburban/residential Landscapes, Fresh Water Marshes, Open Country and Grasslands, Chapparal, Clearcuts, Northern Wooded Swamps

Common Nighthawk

Chordeiles minor

Coastal Dunes, Urban Landscapes, Suburban/residential Landscapes, Open Country and Grasslands, Deserts and Sagebrush Plains, Clearcuts

Northern Shrike

Lanius excubitor

Estuaries and Bays, Fresh Water Marshes, Open Country and Grasslands, Deserts and Sagebrush Plains, Chapparal, Clearcuts, Oak Savannah and Woodlands

Rufous Hummingbird

Selasphorus rufus

Coastal Dunes, Suburban/residential Landscapes, Alpine Tundra and Meadows, Clearcuts, Western Confierous Forest, Streamside Gallery Forest and Riparia

Song Sparrow

Melospiza melodia

Coastal Dunes, Tidal Mudflats and Shallows, Saltmarshes, Urban Landscapes, Suburban/residential Landscapes, Fresh Water Marshes, Open Country and Grasslands, Deserts and Sagebrush Plains, Chapparal, Clearcuts, Oak Savannah and Woodlands, Eastern Deciduous Forest, Southeastern Pine-oak Forest, Western Confierous Forest, Dry Western Woodlands, Streamside Gallery Forest and Riparia, Thickets

Human-altered Areas

27 species

Black Vulture

Coragyps atratus

Suburban/residential Landscapes, Southern Wooded Swamps, Open Country and Grasslands, Clearcuts, Eastern Deciduous Forest, Southeastern Pine-oak Forest, Thickets

Brewer's Blackbird

Euphagus cyanocephalus

Beaches, Urban Landscapes, Suburban/residential Landscapes, Fresh Water Marshes, Open Country and Grasslands, Chapparal, Clearcuts, Northern Wooded Swamps

Bushtit

Psaltriparus minimus

Suburban/residential Landscapes, Chapparal, Clearcuts, Oak Savannah and Woodlands, Western Confierous Forest, Dry Western Woodlands, Streamside Gallery Forest and Riparia

California Quail

Callipepla californica

Suburban/residential Landscapes, Open Country and Grasslands, Deserts and Sagebrush Plains, Chapparal, Clearcuts, Oak Savannah and Woodlands, Western Confierous Forest, Dry Western Woodlands, Streamside Gallery Forest and Riparia, Thickets

Carolina Wren

Thryothorus ludovicianus

Suburban/residential Landscapes, Southern Wooded Swamps, Clearcuts, Eastern Deciduous Forest, Southeastern Pine-oak Forest, Thickets

Common Grackle

Quiscalus quiscula

Suburban/residential Landscapes, Fresh Water Marshes, Southern Wooded Swamps, Open Country and Grasslands, Clearcuts, Boreal Forest, Northern Wooded Swamps

Common Nighthawk

Chordeiles minor

Coastal Dunes, Urban Landscapes, Suburban/residential Landscapes, Open Country and Grasslands, Deserts and Sagebrush Plains, Clearcuts

Dark-eyed Junco

Junco hyemalis

Suburban/residential Landscapes, Open Country and Grasslands, Clearcuts, Boreal Forest, Eastern Deciduous Forest, Western Confierous Forest, Dry Western Woodlands, Streamside Gallery Forest and Riparia, Thickets

Eastern Kingbird

Tyrannus tyrannus

Suburban/residential Landscapes, Open Country and Grasslands, Clearcuts, Oak Savannah and Woodlands, Streamside Gallery Forest and Riparia

Evening Grosbeak

Coccothraustes vespertinus

Suburban/residential Landscapes, Clearcuts, Boreal Forest, Eastern Deciduous Forest, Western Confierous Forest, Dry Western Woodlands

Golden-crowned Kinglet

Regulus satrapa

Urban Landscapes, Suburban/residential Landscapes, Clearcuts, Boreal Forest, Eastern Deciduous Forest, Northern Wooded Swamps, Southeastern Pine-oak Forest, Western Confierous Forest, Dry Western Woodlands, Streamside Gallery Forest and Riparia

Gray Catbird

Dumetella carolinensis

Suburban/residential Landscapes, Clearcuts, Eastern Deciduous Forest, Streamside Gallery Forest and Riparia, Thickets

Great Horned Owl

Bubo virginianus

House Wren

Troglodytes aedon

Suburban/residential Landscapes, Chapparal, Clearcuts, Oak Savannah and Woodlands, Northern Wooded Swamps, Dry Western Woodlands, Streamside Gallery Forest and Riparia, Thickets

Lazuli Bunting

Passerina amoena

Suburban/residential Landscapes, Open Country and Grasslands, Deserts and Sagebrush Plains, Shrubby Slopes, Chapparal, Clearcuts, Streamside Gallery Forest and Riparia, Thickets

Northern Cardinal

Cardinalis cardinalis

Urban Landscapes, Suburban/residential Landscapes, Clearcuts, Eastern Deciduous Forest, Streamside Gallery Forest and Riparia, Thickets

Northern Flicker

Colaptes auratus

Urban Landscapes, Suburban/residential Landscapes, Southern Wooded Swamps, Clearcuts, Oak Savannah and Woodlands, Northern Wooded Swamps, Southeastern Pine-oak Forest, Dry Western Woodlands, Streamside Gallery Forest and Riparia

Oriental Greenfinch

Chloris sinica

Suburban/residential Landscapes, Ponds and Rivers, Clearcuts, Boreal Forest

Red-headed Woodpecker

Melanerpes erythrocephalus

Suburban/residential Landscapes, Open Country and Grasslands, Clearcuts, Oak Savannah and Woodlands, Eastern Deciduous Forest, Southeastern Pine-oak Forest

Rufous Hummingbird

Selasphorus rufus

Coastal Dunes, Suburban/residential Landscapes, Alpine Tundra and Meadows, Clearcuts, Western Confierous Forest, Streamside Gallery Forest and Riparia

Shiny Cowbird

Molothrus bonariensis

Suburban/residential Landscapes, Mangroves, Open Country and Grasslands, Clearcuts, Thickets

Song Sparrow

Melospiza melodia

Spotted Towhee

Pipilo maculatus

Suburban/residential Landscapes, Shrubby Slopes, Chapparal, Clearcuts, Streamside Gallery Forest and Riparia, Thickets

Turkey Vulture

Cathartes aura

Western Bluebird

Sialia mexicana

Suburban/residential Landscapes, Clearcuts, Oak Savannah and Woodlands, Western Confierous Forest, Dry Western Woodlands, Streamside Gallery Forest and Riparia

Western Tanager

Piranga ludoviciana

Suburban/residential Landscapes, Clearcuts, Western Confierous Forest, Dry Western Woodlands, Streamside Gallery Forest and Riparia

Wilson's Warbler

Cardellina pusilla

Suburban/residential Landscapes, Clearcuts, Western Confierous Forest, Streamside Gallery Forest and Riparia, Thickets

Fresh Water

13 species

Black Vulture

Coragyps atratus

Suburban/residential Landscapes, Southern Wooded Swamps, Open Country and Grasslands, Clearcuts, Eastern Deciduous Forest, Southeastern Pine-oak Forest, Thickets

Brewer's Blackbird

Euphagus cyanocephalus

Beaches, Urban Landscapes, Suburban/residential Landscapes, Fresh Water Marshes, Open Country and Grasslands, Chapparal, Clearcuts, Northern Wooded Swamps

Brown-chested Martin

Progne tapera

Ponds and Rivers, Open Country and Grasslands, Clearcuts, Oak Savannah and Woodlands

Carolina Wren

Thryothorus ludovicianus

Suburban/residential Landscapes, Southern Wooded Swamps, Clearcuts, Eastern Deciduous Forest, Southeastern Pine-oak Forest, Thickets

Common Grackle

Quiscalus quiscula

Suburban/residential Landscapes, Fresh Water Marshes, Southern Wooded Swamps, Open Country and Grasslands, Clearcuts, Boreal Forest, Northern Wooded Swamps

La Sagra's Flycatcher

Myiarchus sagrae

Mangroves, Clearcuts

Northern Flicker

Colaptes auratus

Northern Shrike

Lanius excubitor

Estuaries and Bays, Fresh Water Marshes, Open Country and Grasslands, Deserts and Sagebrush Plains, Chapparal, Clearcuts, Oak Savannah and Woodlands

Oriental Greenfinch

Chloris sinica

Suburban/residential Landscapes, Ponds and Rivers, Clearcuts, Boreal Forest

Shiny Cowbird

Molothrus bonariensis

Suburban/residential Landscapes, Mangroves, Open Country and Grasslands, Clearcuts, Thickets

Smooth-billed Ani

Crotophaga ani

Fresh Water Marshes, Open Country and Grasslands, Clearcuts

Song Sparrow

Melospiza melodia

Yucatan Vireo

Vireo magister

Mangroves, Clearcuts, Streamside Gallery Forest and Riparia

Grassland and Scrubland

55 species

Bahama Mockingbird

Mimus gundlachii

Clearcuts, Thickets

Black Vulture

Coragyps atratus

Suburban/residential Landscapes, Southern Wooded Swamps, Open Country and Grasslands, Clearcuts, Eastern Deciduous Forest, Southeastern Pine-oak Forest, Thickets

Blue Grosbeak

Passerina caerulea

Open Country and Grasslands, Deserts and Sagebrush Plains, Clearcuts, Southeastern Pine-oak Forest, Streamside Gallery Forest and Riparia

Blue-winged Warbler

Vermivora cyanoptera

Open Country and Grasslands, Clearcuts, Eastern Deciduous Forest

Brewer's Blackbird

Euphagus cyanocephalus

Beaches, Urban Landscapes, Suburban/residential Landscapes, Fresh Water Marshes, Open Country and Grasslands, Chapparal, Clearcuts, Northern Wooded Swamps

Brown-chested Martin

Progne tapera

Ponds and Rivers, Open Country and Grasslands, Clearcuts, Oak Savannah and Woodlands

Bushtit

Psaltriparus minimus

Suburban/residential Landscapes, Chapparal, Clearcuts, Oak Savannah and Woodlands, Western Confierous Forest, Dry Western Woodlands, Streamside Gallery Forest and Riparia

California Quail

Callipepla californica

Caribbean Elaenia

Elaenia martinica

Clearcuts, Thickets

Carolina Wren

Thryothorus ludovicianus

Suburban/residential Landscapes, Southern Wooded Swamps, Clearcuts, Eastern Deciduous Forest, Southeastern Pine-oak Forest, Thickets

Chestnut-sided Warbler

Setophaga pensylvanica

Clearcuts, Eastern Deciduous Forest, Streamside Gallery Forest and Riparia, Thickets

Common Grackle

Quiscalus quiscula

Suburban/residential Landscapes, Fresh Water Marshes, Southern Wooded Swamps, Open Country and Grasslands, Clearcuts, Boreal Forest, Northern Wooded Swamps

Common Nighthawk

Chordeiles minor

Coastal Dunes, Urban Landscapes, Suburban/residential Landscapes, Open Country and Grasslands, Deserts and Sagebrush Plains, Clearcuts

Dark-eyed Junco

Junco hyemalis

Dusky Flycatcher

Empidonax oberholseri

Chapparal, Clearcuts, Dry Western Woodlands, Thickets

Eastern Kingbird

Tyrannus tyrannus

Suburban/residential Landscapes, Open Country and Grasslands, Clearcuts, Oak Savannah and Woodlands, Streamside Gallery Forest and Riparia

Evening Grosbeak

Coccothraustes vespertinus

Suburban/residential Landscapes, Clearcuts, Boreal Forest, Eastern Deciduous Forest, Western Confierous Forest, Dry Western Woodlands

Golden-crowned Kinglet

Regulus satrapa

Golden-winged Warbler

Vermivora chrysoptera

Clearcuts, Eastern Deciduous Forest, Northern Wooded Swamps

Gray Catbird

Dumetella carolinensis

Suburban/residential Landscapes, Clearcuts, Eastern Deciduous Forest, Streamside Gallery Forest and Riparia, Thickets

Great Horned Owl

Bubo virginianus

Greenish Elaenia

Myiopagis viridicata

Clearcuts, Streamside Gallery Forest and Riparia

House Wren

Troglodytes aedon

Suburban/residential Landscapes, Chapparal, Clearcuts, Oak Savannah and Woodlands, Northern Wooded Swamps, Dry Western Woodlands, Streamside Gallery Forest and Riparia, Thickets

Indigo Bunting

Passerina cyanea

Shrubby Slopes, Clearcuts, Oak Savannah and Woodlands, Streamside Gallery Forest and Riparia, Thickets

La Sagra's Flycatcher

Myiarchus sagrae

Mangroves, Clearcuts

Lazuli Bunting

Passerina amoena

Suburban/residential Landscapes, Open Country and Grasslands, Deserts and Sagebrush Plains, Shrubby Slopes, Chapparal, Clearcuts, Streamside Gallery Forest and Riparia, Thickets

MacGillivray's Warbler

Geothlypis tolmiei

Clearcuts, Streamside Gallery Forest and Riparia, Thickets

Magnolia Warbler

Setophaga magnolia

Clearcuts, Boreal Forest, Eastern Deciduous Forest, Northern Wooded Swamps

Nashville Warbler

Oreothlypis ruficapilla

Chapparal, Clearcuts, Boreal Forest, Eastern Deciduous Forest, Northern Wooded Swamps, Streamside Gallery Forest and Riparia

Northern Bobwhite

Colinus virginianus

Open Country and Grasslands, Clearcuts, Southeastern Pine-oak Forest, Thickets

Northern Cardinal

Cardinalis cardinalis

Urban Landscapes, Suburban/residential Landscapes, Clearcuts, Eastern Deciduous Forest, Streamside Gallery Forest and Riparia, Thickets

Northern Flicker

Colaptes auratus

Northern Hawk Owl

Surnia ulula

Open Country and Grasslands, Clearcuts, Boreal Forest, Northern Wooded Swamps

Northern Shrike

Lanius excubitor

Estuaries and Bays, Fresh Water Marshes, Open Country and Grasslands, Deserts and Sagebrush Plains, Chapparal, Clearcuts, Oak Savannah and Woodlands

Olive-sided Flycatcher

Contopus cooperi

Clearcuts, Boreal Forest, Northern Wooded Swamps, Western Confierous Forest, Dry Western Woodlands, Streamside Gallery Forest and Riparia

Orange-billed Nightingale-Thrush

Catharus aurantiirostris

Clearcuts, Streamside Gallery Forest and Riparia, Thickets

Orange-crowned Warbler

Oreothlypis celata

Chapparal, Clearcuts, Boreal Forest, Dry Western Woodlands, Streamside Gallery Forest and Riparia, Thickets

Oriental Greenfinch

Chloris sinica

Suburban/residential Landscapes, Ponds and Rivers, Clearcuts, Boreal Forest

Philadelphia Vireo

Vireo philadelphicus

Clearcuts, Eastern Deciduous Forest, Northern Wooded Swamps, Thickets

Red-headed Woodpecker

Melanerpes erythrocephalus

Suburban/residential Landscapes, Open Country and Grasslands, Clearcuts, Oak Savannah and Woodlands, Eastern Deciduous Forest, Southeastern Pine-oak Forest

Rufous Hummingbird

Selasphorus rufus

Coastal Dunes, Suburban/residential Landscapes, Alpine Tundra and Meadows, Clearcuts, Western Confierous Forest, Streamside Gallery Forest and Riparia

Rusty Blackbird

Euphagus carolinus

Open Country and Grasslands, Clearcuts, Boreal Forest, Northern Wooded Swamps

Shiny Cowbird

Molothrus bonariensis

Suburban/residential Landscapes, Mangroves, Open Country and Grasslands, Clearcuts, Thickets

Smooth-billed Ani

Crotophaga ani

Fresh Water Marshes, Open Country and Grasslands, Clearcuts

Song Sparrow

Melospiza melodia

Sooty Grouse

Dendragapus fuliginosus

Clearcuts, Western Confierous Forest

Spotted Towhee

Pipilo maculatus

Suburban/residential Landscapes, Shrubby Slopes, Chapparal, Clearcuts, Streamside Gallery Forest and Riparia, Thickets

Tawny-shouldered Blackbird

Agelaius humeralis

Open Country and Grasslands, Clearcuts

Turkey Vulture

Cathartes aura

Variegated Flycatcher

Empidonomus varius

Open Country and Grasslands, Clearcuts

Western Bluebird

Sialia mexicana

Suburban/residential Landscapes, Clearcuts, Oak Savannah and Woodlands, Western Confierous Forest, Dry Western Woodlands, Streamside Gallery Forest and Riparia

Western Tanager

Piranga ludoviciana

Suburban/residential Landscapes, Clearcuts, Western Confierous Forest, Dry Western Woodlands, Streamside Gallery Forest and Riparia

Wilson's Warbler

Cardellina pusilla

Suburban/residential Landscapes, Clearcuts, Western Confierous Forest, Streamside Gallery Forest and Riparia, Thickets

Yellow-breasted Chat

Icteria virens

Clearcuts, Eastern Deciduous Forest, Streamside Gallery Forest and Riparia, Thickets

Yucatan Vireo

Vireo magister

Mangroves, Clearcuts, Streamside Gallery Forest and Riparia

Forest and Woodlands

50 species