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Cardinal

• Medium-sized finch-like songbird with long tail
  
• Strongly conical, seed-eating bill
  
• Crested head

Crow

• Large size
• Stout body, medium-length tail
• Heavy, strong bill

Dabbling Duck

• Typical duck shape, with heavy body
• Short tail, held above water's surface
• Horizontally flattened bill

Dove

• Plump body, with short legs and neck
• Small head
• Pointed wings
• Slight swelling at base of upper bill

Finch

• Small to medium size
• Conical, seed-eating bill
• Notched tail

  

Grackle

• Slender body, long tail
• Strong, slightly curved bill

Jay

• Mid-sized crow-relative with long tail
• Some have crest on head

Kestrel

• Small bird of prey
• Typical streamlined falcon shape, with long pointed wings and long tail
• Short raptorial (sharply hooked) bill, feet with sharp talons

Kingbird

• Medium-sized perching bird with relatively large head
• Broadly-flattened, typical flycatcher bill

Kingfisher

• Large head, often with shaggy crest
• Very short legs and tail
• Long, strong, pointed bill

Meadowlark

• Chunky body, short tail
• Strong legs
• Straight, strong, pointed bill

Mockingbird

• Long, slender body, long legs and tail
• Small, slender bill

Nuthatch

• Small size, chunky body, short tail
• Straight, slightly upturned bill
• Strong legs and feet
• Clings to tree trunks, usually head downwards

Plover

• Small to medium-sized shorebird
• Relatively large head, short neck
• Short, rather thick bill, sometimes slightly swollen at tip
• Ground dwelling

Quail

• Chunky, rounded body, with short tail
• Small head, very short neck
• Ground dwelling

Screech-Owl

• Small nocturnal bird of prey
• Chunky body, large head
• Feathered tufts on head resemble ears
• Upright stance

Shrike

• Medium-sized predatory songbird
• Relatively large head
• Perches horizontally
• Bill with strong hook at tip

Starling

• Chunky body, short tail
• Strong legs and feet
• Straight bill

Swallow

• Small size
• Very slender body, short legs, and long, pointed wings
• Small bill with wide gape

Vireo

• Small, tree-dwelling bird
• Small, cylindrical bill (slight hook at tip, visible only at close range)
• Perches horizontally, often leans forward while foraging

Warbler

• Very small, tree-dwelling bird
• Perches horizontally
• Slender insect-eating bill

Woodpecker

• Clings to tree trunks, head upwards
• Uses tail as prop as it hitches its way up tree trunks
• Strong but short legs and strong feet
• Straight, strong bill for excavating wood

Wren

• Very small size
• Compact body, with relatively long legs
• Thin, slightly curved bill
• Holds tail upright
• Skulking habit