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Cliff Swallow
Cliff Swallow
Petrochelidon pyrrhonota
ADULT Has bluish black cap and white-lined bluish black back. Note the pale collar, reddish orange...
Common Eider
Common Eider
Somateria mollissima
ADULT MALE Has mainly black underparts and white upperparts, except for black cap, lime green nape...
Common Goldeneye
Common Goldeneye
Bucephala clangula
ADULT MALE Has mainly black and white plumage. Rounded, peaked head appears dark in poor light,...
Common Grackle
Common Grackle
Quiscalus quiscula
ADULT MALE Looks all black in poor light. "Bronzed" ssp. has blue head and bronze sheen...
Common Loon
Common Loon
Gavia immer
ADULT In summer has iridescent greenish black head and neck; note two rows of white stripes...
Common Merganser
Common Merganser
Mergus merganser
ADULT MALE Unmistakable, with bright red-orange bill, glossy green head (looks dark in poor light), white...
Common Moorhen
Common Moorhen
Gallinula chloropus
ADULT Can look all-dark, but has dark blue-gray head, neck, and underparts, and brownish back, wings,...
Common Nighthawk
Common Nighthawk
Chordeiles minor
ADULT MALE Has blackish brown plumage overall. Upperparts are finely marked with fine black and whitish...
Common Raven
Common Raven
Corvus corax
ADULT Has mainly black plumage but, in good light, an oily or metallic sheen is discernible....
Common Tern
Common Tern
Sterna hirundo
ADULT SUMMER Has gray upperparts, black cap, and whitish gray underparts. Compared to Arctic, note black-tipped...
Common Yellowthroat
Dan Pancamo/CCSA
Common Yellowthroat
Geothlypis trichas
ADULT MALE Has olive-brown nape, back, wings, and tail. Head has broad, black mask, bordered above...
Connecticut Warbler
Connecticut Warbler
Oporornis agilis
ADULT MALE Has olive-green back, wings, and tail. Has a gray hood, palest on throat and...
Cooper
Mdf/CCSA
Cooper's Hawk
Accipiter cooperii
ADULT Has dark blue-gray upperparts, darkest on crown and palest on nape (creating capped effect). Underparts...
Cory
Cory's Shearwater
Calonectris diomedea
ALL BIRDS (not possible to age birds at sea in our region) Have mainly buffish brown...
Dark-eyed Junco
Dark-eyed Junco
Junco hyemalis
All birds have white outer tail feathers and a dark eye. ADULT MALE "Slate-colored" has mostly...
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