Here is a list of all species included in the flash cards. This list begins with widespread species, then western species, then eastern.
The slash / indicates two similar east/west species included on a single card
- Eastern Meadowlark/Western Meadowlark
- Fox Sparrow
- Purple Finch
- House Finch
- American Goldfinch
- Brown-headed Cowbird
- Red-winged Blackbird
- Dark-eyed Junco
- Song Sparrow
- Chipping Sparrow
- Wilson’s Warbler
- Common Yellowthroat
- Yellow-rumped Warbler
- Yellow Warbler
- European Starling
- Cedar Waxwing
- Northern Mockingbird
- American Robin
- Hermit Thrush
- House Wren
- White-breasted Nuthatch
- Tree Swallow
- Cliff Swallow
- American Crow
- Common Raven
- Northern Flicker
- Hairy Woodpecker
- Downy Woodpecker
- Belted Kingfisher
- Chimney Swift/ Vaux’s Swift
- Great Horned Owl
- Eurasian Collared-Dove
- Mourning Dove
- Rock Pigeon
- Ring-billed Gull
- Killdeer
- American Coot
- Bald Eagle
- Red-tailed Hawk
- Cooper’s Hawk
- Turkey Vulture
- Mallard
- Great Egret
- Great Blue Heron
- Double-crested Cormorant
- Brown Pelican
- Canada Goose
- Barn Swallow
- House Sparrow
- Black-capped Chickadee
- White-crowned Sparrow
- Brewer’s Blackbird
- Yellow-headed Blackbird
- Bullock’s Oriole
- Lark Sparrow
- Spotted Towhee
- California Towhee
- Black-headed Grosbeak
- Western Tanager
- Curve-billed Thrasher
- Western Bluebird
- Bewick’s Wren
- Chestnut-backed Chickadee
- Mountain Chickadee
- Western Scrub-Jay
- Steller’s Jay
- Western Kingbird
- Black Phoebe
- Red-naped Sapsucker
- Acorn Woodpecker
- Rufous Hummingbird
- Anna’s Hummingbird
- Greater Roadrunner
- White-winged Dove
- California Quail
- Common Grackle
- Baltimore Oriole
- White-throated Sparrow
- American Tree Sparrow
- Northern Cardinal
- Painted Bunting
- Indigo Bunting
- Rose-breasted Grosbeak
- Scarlet Tanager
- American Redstart
- Gray Catbird
- Eastern Bluebird
- Carolina Wren
- Tufted Titmouse
- Purple Martin
- Blue Jay
- Eastern Kingbird
- Eastern Phoebe
- Pileated Woodpecker
- Red-bellied Woodpecker
- Ruby-throated Hummingbird
- Laughing Gull
- Wood Duck
- Green Heron
- Mute Swan
Dear Mr. Sibley –
I kindly beg – how did you decide to draw/paint the golden eagles on your raptor posters?
The coloration you depict with the reddish areas and gray on the head are not like any golden eagle pictures I have seen on the internet (which show them thoroughly chocolate brown), and yet I have observed them in the wild looking as you have depicted.
Please help. No one believes me that I have had golden eagles visiting my yard, and then, even bird experts think I’m extra nutty when I say they are goldens and describe the varied colors I saw. I observed through binoculars when a bird was close, with enough magnification that I could see each individual feather and the whole bird did not fit in the field of view at one time.