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Lots of birds build their nests around here and bring their babies to our large shady yard to catch worms and crickets. Robins, cardinals, bluejays, tufted titmice, chickadees, several varieties of woodpeckers, brown thrashers, flycatchers, mockingbirds, house finches, American gold finches, sparrows and wrens are common. Ruby-throated hummingbirds frequent the feeders in late summer. Some years we see indigo buntings or cedar waxwings. |
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1. This conspicuously-crested, handsome, noisy bird is known for raucous voice and wide variety of calls, cries, and screams. | |
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2. Can you ID the two redbirds pictured separately here? This one is a little tricky! |
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| 3. The ____ is a member of the family Mimidae, or mimic thrushes. |
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4. The _____ climbs down tree trunks head first, gathering insects and insect eggs from crevices and under the bark. He also likes the feeder. | |
| 5. The _____ is common in hedgerows and wood margins, perching on wires during nesting season. One year, a male sang in the top of a dead tree as his mate tended her nest in the canes. |
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6. The slow, rhythmic hammering of the _____ woodpecker may be mistaken for the sound of a man chopping down a tree. | |
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7. Seldom far from dense cover, this _____ frequents the cane thicket in our back yard. |
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8. Two birds can be heard in the sound file. What are they? Expert users will get this. |
Hear our birds singing! (Open file now to hear it now) Can you identify them? |
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9. One or two of these ground-dwelling cuckoos will visit occasionally. This ______ was searching the shrubbery for cicadas. He was too quick and elusive to get a good shot. They also eat snakes, lizards, scorpions, spiders, crickets, small birds and mammals.
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| This was taken through the front door window. |
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10. The state bird of the Natural State (Arkansas) is: |
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Red bellied woodpecker |
Go to WOODPECKER page |
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Hummingbirds |
HUMMINGBIRD page |
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 Mother wren nesting in the shed.
Snap shots created by Sony Handycam and Snappy! |
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