| Common Name | Scientific Name | Look For These Markings | Size |
|---|---|---|---|
| American Crow | Corvus brachyrhynchos | Glossy black | 19" |
| American Pipit | Anthus spinoletta | Brown, slender sparrow-sized; buffy with streaks underparts; white outer tail feathers; constantly bobs tail | 6-7" |
| American Robin | Turdus migratorius | Reddish brown breast; slate back; dark head | 10" |
| Boat-tailed Grackle | Quiscalus major | Large grackle with long tail; golden eyes | 14 1/2-16 1/2" |
| Bobolink | Dolichonyx oryzivorus | Black body; yellowish nape; white rump and on wings | 7 1/4" |
| Brown-headed Cowbird | Molothrus ater | Male glossy greenish black with brown head; female dull gray | 7 3/4" |
| Common Grackle | Quiscalus quiscula | Male has purple head and greenish back; female is more brownish gray | 12" |
| Common Redpoll | Carduelis flammea | Red cap, black chin, streaked rosy breast | 5 1/4" |
| Dark-eyed Junco | Junco hyemalis | Slate head, breast and back; white below and outer tail feathers | 6 1/4" |
| Eastern Meadowlark | Sturnella magna | Yellow breast with black; crescent; streaked above | 11" |
| Eastern Towhee | Pipilo erythrophthalmus | Brown sides; black head throat and back; white on wings and tail | 8" |
| Fish Crow | Corvus ossifragus | Longer tail than American Crow; head and bill smaller | 15 1/2" |
| Gray Jay | Perisoreus canadensis | Gray; black patch across the back of the head; white crown | 11-13" |
| Hoary Redpoll | Carduelis hornemanni | Whitish rump unstreaked; bright red cap on forehead; gray-brown streaked; black chin; unstreaked undertail coverts | 5" |
| Horned Lark | Eremophila alpestris | Brown; larger than sparrow; black sideburns; two small black horns; black breast splotch | 7-8" |
| Kentucky Warbler | Oporornis formosus | Yellow below; black crown and ears; yellow over eye | 5 1/2" |
| Lapland Longspur | Calcarius lapponicus | Winter male, black streaks on sides; rusty nape; smudge across breast. Summer male, black face outlined with white; rusty collar. Summer female resembles winter male. | 6 1/2" |
| Mourning Dove | Zenaida macroura | Brown; pointed tail with large white spots | 12" |
| Mourning Warbler | Oporornis philadelphia | Yellow below; gray head and breast | 5 1/2" |
| Northern Flicker | Colaptes auratus | Barred brown back; spotted underparts; black crescent bib; white rump | 12 1/2" |
| Ovenbird | Seiurus aurocapillus | Orange-brown crown edged with black; green back and spotted breast | 6" |
| Prairie Warbler | Dendroica discolor | Yellow below; green back; brown spots on back; black stripes on side | 4 3/4" |
| Red-winged Blackbird | Agelaius phoeniceus | Male black with scarlet & buff shoulders; female brownish black above & streaked below | 7-9 1/2" |
| Rusty Blackbird | Euphagus carolinus | Rusty only in fall. Spring male, pale yellow eye. Spring female, slate with light eyes | 9" |
| Worm-eating Warbler | Helmitheros vermivorus | Bold dark stripes on buffy head; brownish- olive upperparts; buffy underparts; long spikelike bill | 5 1/4" |