| Common Name | Scientific Name | Look For These Markings | Size |
|---|---|---|---|
| American Crow | Corvus brachyrhynchos | Glossy black | 19" |
| American Goldfinch | Carduelis tristis | Yellow above and below; black cap, wings & tail | 5 1/4" |
| American Pipit | Anthus spinoletta | Brown, slender sparrow-sized; buffy with streaks underparts; white outer tail feathers; constantly bobs tail | 6-7" |
| 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 Nighthawk | Chordeiles minor | Gray-brown; broad white bar on pointed wings; male has white throat and white bar across tail | 9 1/2" |
| 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 Bluebird | Sialia sialis | Blue above; brownish breast | 7" |
| Eastern Meadowlark | Sturnella magna | Yellow breast with black; crescent; streaked above | 11" |
| Field Sparrow | Spizella pusilla | Pink bill; rusty cap; rusty underparts with a whitish breast; narrow light eye-ring | 5" |
| Fish Crow | Corvus ossifragus | Longer tail than American Crow; head and bill smaller | 15 1/2" |
| 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" |
| Indigo Bunting | Passerina cyanea | Blue, shading to purplish on head | 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" |
| Northern Flicker | Colaptes auratus | Barred brown back; spotted underparts; black crescent bib; white rump | 12 1/2" |
| Palm Warbler | Dendroica palmarum | Yellow below; green back; brown crown and streaks on side; white on tail | 5 1/4" |
| Prairie Warbler | Dendroica discolor | Yellow below; green back; brown spots on back; black stripes on side | 4 3/4" |
| Rusty Blackbird | Euphagus carolinus | Rusty only in fall. Spring male, pale yellow eye. Spring female, slate with light eyes | 9" |
| Vesper Sparrow | Pooecetes gramineus | Brown shoulder; streaked above; white outer tail feathers | 6" |
| Whip-poor-will | Caprimulgus vociferus | Rounded wings; long tail; mottled gray- brown all over | 9 3/4" |
| Yellow Warbler | Dendroica petechia | Yellow below; green back; yellow crown; brown strips; on sides | 5" |