Week 1
Great Egret (Ardea alba).
GREG
Order: Pelcaniiformes
Family: Ardeidae
Habitat: wetlands (salty or fresh), tidal flats
![Image result for great egret](https://ct.audubon.org/sites/default/files/styles/bean_wysiwyg_full_width/public/media-netx/19563/APA-2017_Great%20Egret_A1_3152_2_Gregory_Seitz_KK.jpg?itok=q5ZFKxWx)
Snowy Egret (Egretta thula)
SNEG
Order: Pelcaniiformes
Family: Ardeidae
Habitat: wetlands (salty or fresh), tidal flats
![Image result for snowy egret habitat](https://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/assets/photo/70611061-480px.jpg)
Semipalmated Plover (Charadrius semipalmatus)
SEPL
Order: Charidriiformes
Family: Charadriidae
Habitat: mudflats, estuaries, lagoons, ponds, lake shores, agricultural ponds, and beaches during migration and the winter months.
![Image result for semipalmated plover](https://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/assets/photo/64809171-480px.jpg)
Black-bellied Plover (Pluvialis squatarola)
BBPL
Order: Charidriiformes
Family: Charadriidae
Habitat: Mudflats, open marshes, beaches
![Image result for black bellied plover](https://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/assets/photo/64808691-480px.jpg)
Semipalmated Sandpiper (Calidris pusilla)
SESA
Order: Charidriiformes
Family: Scolopacidae
Habitat: breeds on the tundra, winters on and migrates along coastal beaches, lake and river shores, mudflats and salt marshes.
![Image result for semipalmated sandpiper](https://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/assets/photo/64824491-480px.jpg)
Least Sandpiper (Calidris minutilla)
LESA
Order: Charidriiformes
Family: Scolopacidae
Habitat: Breed in sedge meadows, muskeg bogs, or coastal wetlands. Migrate and winter along shorelines.
![Image result for least sandpiper](https://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/assets/photo/64822671-480px.jpg)
Sanderling (Calidris alba)
SAND
Order: Charidriiformes
Family: Scolopacidae
Habitat: Winter along sandy coastlines, where they probe for food ahead of and behind waves in the active surf zone. They may also forage in mudflats, lagoons, and rocky intertidal areas. Breed in the high arctic tundra.
![Image result for sanderling](https://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/assets/photo/64814541-480px.jpg)
Great yellowlegs (Tringa melanoleuca)
GRYE
Order: Charidriiformes
Family: Scolopacidae
Habitat: breed in muskeg bogs. Wintering and migration habitats are more general; they can be found in many fresh and saltwater wetland habitats, including open marshes, mudflats, estuaries, open beaches, lakeshores, and riverbanks.
![Image result for greater yellowlegs](https://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/assets/photo/64836521-480px.jpg)
Lesser yellowlegs (Tringa flavipes)
LEYE
Order: Charidriiformes
Family: Scolopacidae
Habitat: breeds in grassy meadows, bogs, burned out forest areas and other open areas or natural clearings. During migration and the winter, it can be found along the shores of lakes and rivers, in marshy ponds and in coastal marshes and mudflats
![Image result for lesser yellowlegs](https://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/assets/og/75707941-1200px.jpg)
Black-crowned Night-Heron (Nycticorax nycticorax)
BCNH
Order: Pelcaniiformes
Family: Ardeidae
Habitat: saltmarshes, freshwater marshes, swamps, streams, rivers, lakes, ponds, lagoons, tidal mudflats, canals, reservoirs, and wet agricultural fields
![Image result for black crowned night heron](https://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/assets/og/75261421-1200px.jpg)
Week 2
Herring Gull (Larus aregntatus)
HERG
Order: Charadriiformes
Family: Laridae
Habitat: beaches, mudflats, plowed fields, marshes, docks, commercial fishing areas, roof tops and garbage dumps
![Image result for herring gull habitat](https://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/assets/og/75375051-1200px.jpg)
Double-crested Cormorant (Phalacrocoras auritus)
DCCO
Order: Suliiformes
Family: Phalacrocoracidae
Habitat: Coastal waters, inland lakes.
![](https://files.uneportfolio.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/1849/2019/10/image.jpeg)
Great Black-backed Gull (Larus marinus)
GBBG
Order: Charadriiformes
Family: Laridae
Habitat: rocky and sandy coasts and estuaries, as well as inland wetland habitats including lakes, ponds, rivers, wet fields and moorland
European Starling (Sturnus vulgaris)
EUST
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Sturnidae
Habitat: found mainly in non-mountainous areas. During the breeding season, these birds require holes for nesting and fields of vegetation for feeding
![Image result for european starling](https://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/assets/photo/67454991-480px.jpg)
American Robin (Turdus migratorius)
AMRO
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Turdidae
Habitat: woodland all over North America, as well as more open areas including farmland and urban settings.
![Image result for american robin](https://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/assets/photo/60412911-480px.jpg)
Fish Crow (Corvus ossifragus)
FICR
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Corvidae
Habitat: near water, often in towns and cities near parks, docks, and landfills.
![Image result for fish crow](https://www.audubon.org/sites/default/files/styles/grid_gallery_lightbox/public/Fish_Crow_m17-50-194_l_1.jpg?itok=tWpxzIXO)
American Crow (Corvus brachyrhynchos)
AMCR
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Corvidae
Habitat: Virtually all types of country from wilderness, farmland, parks, open woodland to towns and major cities are inhabited
![Image result for american crow](https://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/assets/photo/59858041-480px.jpg)
Rock Pigeon (Columba livia)
ROPI
Order: Columbiformes
Family: Columbidae
Habitat: suburban, urban, and agricultural environments
![Image result for rock pigeon](https://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/assets/og/75368111-1200px.jpg)
Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos)
MALL
Order: Anseriformes
Family: Anseridae
Habitat: lakes, rivers, streams, small ponds, swamps, marshlands, and water reservoirs
![Image result for mallard](https://www1.nyc.gov/assets/wildlifenyc/images/content/pages/Drey-and-Hen.jpg)
Black-capped Chickadees (Poecile atricapillus)
BCCH
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Passeridae
Habitat: deciduous and mixed deciduous-evergreen forests, especially near forest edges
Photo: Maeve McGowan
Week 3
Turkey Vulture (Cathartes aura)
TUVU
Order: Acciptriformes
Family: Cartharidae
Habitat: open country, subtropical forests, shrublands, deserts, and foothills. It is also found in pastures, grasslands, and wetlands.
![Image result for turkey vulture](https://www.tn.gov/content/tn/twra/wildlife/birds/grassland-and-shrub-birds/turkey-vulture/jcr%3Acontent/contentFullWidth/tn_panel/content/tn_columnctrl/column_parsys0/tn_image.img.jpg/1549046319223.jpg)
Osprey (Pandion haliaetus)
OSPR
Order: Acciptriformes
Family: Pandionidae
Habitat: breeds near freshwater lakes and rivers, and sometimes on coastal brackish waters.
![Image result for osprey](https://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/assets/photo/60320531-480px.jpg)
Bald Eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus)
BAEA
Order: Acciptriformes
Family: Acciptridae
Habitat: seacoasts, rivers, large lakes or marshes or other large bodies of open water with an abundance of fish.
![Image result for bald eagle](https://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/assets/photo/60329071-480px.jpg)
Northern Harrier (C. hudsonius)
NOHA
Order: Acciptriformes
Family: Acciptridae
Habitat: Arctic tundra to prairie grasslands to fields and marshes. Their nests are concealed on the ground in grasses or wetland vegetation
![Image result for northern harrier](https://www.audubon.org/sites/default/files/styles/hero_cover_bird_page/public/Northern%20Harrier%20l07-46-093_V.jpg?itok=ruIGoLjt)
Coopers Hawk (Accipiter cooperii)
COHA
Order: Acciptriformes
Family: Acciptridae
Habitat: mixed deciduous forests and open woodlands, including small woodlots, riparian woodlands in dry country, open and pinyon woodlands, and forested mountainous regions
![Image result for coopers hawk](https://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/assets/photo/60324881-480px.jpg)
Broad-winged Hawk (Buteo platypterus)
BWHA
Order: Acciptriformes
Family: Acciptridae
Habitat: breed in deciduous forests good for nesting and forage primarily in wetlands and meadows
![Image result for broad winged hawk](https://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/noindex/photo/71533341-480px.jpg)
Red-tailed Hawk (Buteo jamaicensis)
RTHA
Order: Acciptriformes
Family: Acciptridae
Habitat: prefer wide open areas with high perching spots to watch prey but have adapted to live in a wide range of areas including but not limited to forests, tropical rain forests,
![Image result for red tail hawk](https://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/assets/photo/60384871-480px.jpg)
American Kestrel (Falco sparverius)
AMKE
Order: Falconiformes
Family: Falconidae
Habitat: grasslands, meadows, deserts, and other open to semiopen regions. They can also be found in both urban and suburban areas.
![Image result for american kestrel](https://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/assets/photo/70583851-480px.jpg)
Peregrine Falcon (Falco peregrinus)
PEFA
Order: Falconiformes
Family: Falconidae
Habitat: prefer wide-open spaces, and thrive near coasts where shorebirds are common, but they can be found everywhere from tundra to deserts.
Week 4
Mourning Dove (Zenaida macroura)
MODO
Order: Columbiformes
Family: Columbidae
Habitat: a wide variety of open and semi-open habitats, such as urban areas, farms, prairie, grassland, and lightly wooded areas
![Image result for mourning dove](https://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/noindex/photo/66035091-480px.jpg)
White-breasted Nuthatch (Sitta carolinensis)
WBNU
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Sittidae
Habitat: woodlands including mixed deciduous forests across North America.
![Image result for white breasted nuthatch](https://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/assets/photo/68039391-480px.jpg)
Northern Cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis)
NOCA
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Carnidalidae
Habitat: woodland edges and grassland landscapes with thickets and shrubbery
![Image result for northern cardinal](https://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/assets/photo/63667361-480px.jpg)
House Finch (Haemorhous mexicanus)
HOFI
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Fringillidae
Habitat: a wide range of habitats including dry desert, desert grassland, chaparral, oak savannah, streamsides, and open coniferous forests at elevations below 6,000 feet.
![Image result for house finch](https://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/assets/photo/63736771-480px.jpg)
American Goldfinch (Spinus tristis)
AMGO
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Fringillidae
Habitat: main natural habitats are weedy fields and floodplains, where plants such as thistles and asters are common. They’re also found in cultivated areas, roadsides, orchards, and backyards.
![Image result for american goldfinch](https://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/assets/og/75242471-1200px.jpg)
Week 5
Downy Woodpecker (Picoides pubescens)
DOWO
Order: Piciformes
Family: Picidae
Habitat: northern mixed forests and in deciduous forests farther south, in woodlots and parklands, in orchards, city parks and neighborhoods.
![Image result for downy woodpecker habitat](https://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/noindex/photo/65054631-480px.jpg)
Hairy Woodpecker (Leuconotopicus villosus)
HAWO
Order: Piciformes
Family: Picidae
Habitat: common in mature woodlands with medium to large trees.
![Image result for hairy woodpecker](https://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/assets/photo/68929201-480px.jpg)
Northern Flicker (Colaptes auratus)
NOFL
Order: Piciformes
Family: Picidae
Habitat: woodlands, forest edges, and open fields with scattered trees, as well as city parks and suburbs. In the western mountains they occur in most forest types, including burned forests, all the way up to treeline
![Image result for northern flicker](https://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/assets/photo/60403261-480px.jpg)
Pileated Woodpecker (Dryocopus pileatus)
PIWO
Order: Piciformes
Family: Picidae
Habitat: Forests can be evergreen, deciduous, or mixed and are often old, particularly in the West. In the East they live in young forests as well and may even be seen in partially wooded suburbs and backyards.
![Image result for pileated woodpecker habitat](https://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/assets/photo/60408671-480px.jpg)
Blue Jay (Cyanocitta cristata)
BLJA
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Corvidae
Habitat: deciduous, coniferous, and mixed forests throughout the eastern and central areas of the United States, and southern Canada. They also can be found in parks and suburban residential areas, and are frequent guests of backyard bird feeders.
![Image result for blue jay](https://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/assets/photo/59859171-480px.jpg)
Eastern Bluebird (Sialia sialis)
BLJA
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Turdidae
Habitat: deciduous, coniferous, and mixed forests throughout the eastern and central areas of the United States, and southern Canada. They also can be found in parks and suburban residential areas, and are frequent guests of backyard bird feeders.
![Image result for eastern blue bird](https://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/assets/og/75341041-1200px.jpg)
Gray Catbird (Dumetella carolinensis)
GRCA
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Mimidae
Habitat: dense vegetative substrate, especially if thorny vegetation is present. Scrublands, woodland edges, overgrown farmland and abandoned orchards.
![Image result for gray catbird](https://www.audubon.org/sites/default/files/styles/hero_cover_bird_page/public/Gray%20Catbird%20s52-11-190_V.jpg?itok=gyQMjiCF)
Yellow-rumped Warbler (Setophaga coronata)
YRWA
Order: Passerine
Family: New world warblers
Habitat: Spend breeding season in mixed coniferous and deciduous forests, winter in mountainous areas.
![Image result for yellow rumped warbler habitat](https://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/assets/og/75216351-1200px.jpg)
White-throated Sparrow (Zonotrichia albicollis)
WTSP
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Passerellidae
Habitat: forests across Canada, the northeastern U.S., and the northern Midwest in either coniferous or deciduous forests up to treeline, especially around openings with low, dense vegetation. In the winter, they can be found along edges of woodlots, hedgerows, thickets, weedy fields, suburbs, backyards, and city parks.
![Image result for white throated sparrow](https://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/assets/og/75222401-1200px.jpg)
House Sparrow (Passer domesticus)
HOSP
Order: Passerine
Family: Passeridae
Habitat: strongly associated with human habitation, and can live in urban or rural settings
![Image result for house sparrow habitat](https://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/assets/photo/63742431-480px.jpg)
Week 6
Atlantic Brandt (Branta bernicla)
ATBR
Family: Anatidae
Order: Anseriformes
Habitat: Highly determined by availability of eel grass. Live primarily in tidal estuaries.
![Image result for atlantic brant](https://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/assets/photo/59942461-480px.jpg)
Canada Goose (Branta canadensis)
CANG
Family: Anatidae
Order: Anseriformes
Habitat: ponds, lakes, rivers, grain fields, fresh and saltwater marshes.
![Image result for canada goose habitat](https://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/assets/og/75298411-1200px.jpg)
American Black Duck (Anas rubripes)
ABDU
Family: Anatidae
Order: Anseriformes
Habitat: variety of wetland habitats, from salt marshes to beaver ponds, river islands, and boreal bogs. They winter in salt water along the coasts, but also in a variety of freshwater areas inland.
![Image result for american black duck habitat](https://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/noindex/photo/60291271-480px.jpg)
Common Eider (Somateria mollissima)
COEI
Family: Anatidae
Order: Anseriformes
Habitat: Breeds primarily in the arctic. Winters in farther south in temperate zones on coastal waters.
![Image result for common eider](https://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/assets/og/75335031-1200px.jpg)
Common Loon (Gavis immer)
COLO
Family: Gaviiformes
Order: Gaviidae
Habitat: wooded lakes, tundra ponds, coastal waters.
![Image result for common loon](https://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/assets/photo/63918031-480px.jpg)
Bonapartes Gull (Chroicocephalus philadelphia)
BOGU
Family: Laridae
Order: Charadriiformes
Habitat: Breeds around lakes and marshes in the boreal forest. Winters along lakes, rivers, marshes, bays, and beaches along the coast.
![Image result for bonapartes gull habitat](https://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/assets/og/75266261-1200px.jpg)
Lesser Black-backed Gull (Larus fuscus)
LBBG
Family: Laridae
Order: Charadriiformes
Habitat: Mostly along coast, including bays, estuaries, coastal islands; also around lakes inland, especially Great Lakes and elsewhere in northeast
![Image result for lesser black-backed gull habitat](https://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/noindex/photo/71332441-480px.jpg)
Barred Owl (Strix varia)
BADO
Family: Strigidae
Order: Strigiformes
Habitat: live in large, mature forests made up of both deciduous trees and evergreens, often near water. They nest in tree cavities.
![Image result for barred owl habitat](https://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/assets/og/75266781-1200px.jpg)
Northern Saw-whet Owl (Aegolius acadicus)
NSWO
Family: Strigidae
Order: Strigiformes
Habitat: coniferous forests, sometimes mixed or deciduous woods, across North America.
![Image result for northern saw-whet owl](https://www.audubon.org/sites/default/files/styles/hero_cover_bird_page/public/Northern%20Saw-whet_Owl_KameronPerensovich_FlickrCC_314.jpg?itok=HBobPZlW)
Week 8
Harlequin Duck (Histrionicus histrionicus)
HARD
Family: Anatidae
Order: Anseriformes
Habitat: Found coastally, in fast-moving and active waters
![Image result for harlequin duck habitat](https://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/assets/og/75228401-1200px.jpg)
Surf Scoter (Melanitta perspicillata)
SUSC
Family: Anatidae
Order: Anseriformes
Habitat: nest on freshwater lakes and wetlands in the Arctic, in sparsely forested and semi-open regions. They winter in open coastal environments, favoring shallow bays and estuaries with rocky substrates.
![Related image](https://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/assets/photo/63899851-480px.jpg)
Black Scoter (Melanitta americana)
BLSC
Family: Anatidae
Order: Anseriformes
Habitat: low-lying wet tundra and higher slopes in treeless terrain, also openings around lakes in northern forest. In winter mostly on bays and along exposed coastlines.
![Image result for black scoter](https://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/assets/photo/63901801-480px.jpg)
Common Merganser (Mergus merganser)
COME
Family: Anatidae
Order: Anseriformes
Habitat: deep, clear, forested lakes, reservoirs, and rivers for breeding. In winter, they occupy similar habitat, as well as bays, coastal estuaries, and harbors.
![Image result for common merganser](https://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/assets/photo/63911001-480px.jpg)
Ring-necked Pheasant (Phasianus colchicus)
RNEP
Family: Phasianidae
Order: Galiformes
Habitat: edges of open fields, brushy hedgerows, and forest edges.
![Image result for ringed necked pheasant](https://www.dartagnan.com/on/demandware.static/-/Sites-dartagnan-Library/default/dwf0eeb44b/images/content/ring-necked-pheasant.jpg)
Northern Gannet (Morus bassanus)
NOGA
Family: Sulidae
Order: Suliformes
Habitat: Found in the open ocean, nests on cliffs and ledges of islands, sometimes on steep protected cliffs of mainland
![Image result for northern gannet](https://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/assets/photo/66025421-480px.jpg)
Great Cormorant (Phalacrocorax carbo)
GRCO
Family: Phalacrocoracidae
Order: Suliformes
Habitat: nhabit rocky sea coasts throughout the year. During breeding season, they nest on rocky islands or cliffs, usually on the ground but sometimes in stunted conifers.
![Image result for great cormorant](https://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/assets/og/75362081-1200px.jpg)
Great Blue Heron (Ardea herodias)
GBHE
Family: Ardeidae
Order: Pelecaniformes
Habitat: almost any wetland habitat in its range. It may be found in numbers in fresh and saltwater marshes, mangrove swamps, flooded meadows, lake edges, or shorelines.
![Image result for great blue heron](https://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/assets/og/75362041-1200px.jpg)
Piping Plover (Charadrius melodus)
PIPL
Family: Charadridae
Order: Charadiiformes
Habitat: breed along ocean shores in the Northeast and along lakeshores and alkali wetlands in the northern Great Plains and Great Lakes
![Image result for piping plover](https://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/assets/photo/34648511-480px.jpg)
Killdeer (Charadrius vociferus)
KILL
Order: Charadiiformes
Family: Charadridae
Habitat: can live in a wide variety of habitats, including savannas, coniferous forests, and deciduous forest regions.
![Image result for killdeer habitat](https://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/assets/photo/64809651-480px.jpg)
Week 9
Razorbill (Alca torda)
RAZO
Family: Alcidae
Order: Charadiiformes
Habitat: Open ocean; nests on islands or mainland on cliffs or rocky shorelines. Tends to forage in cool waters less than 200′ deep, so often concentrates over offshore shoals or ledges.
![Image result for razorbill](https://www.audubon.org/sites/default/files/styles/hero_cover_bird_page/public/Razorbill_TonySmith_FlickrCC_314.jpg?itok=kpwPfTJd)
Black Guillemot (Cepphus grylle)
BLGU
Family: Alcidae
Order: Charadiiformes
Habitat: distributed in boreal, low arctic and high arctic regions of the North Atlantic and Arctic oceans. Found in coastal areas from the Gulf of Maine, New England across parts of the northern coast of North America, as far as Alaska.
![Image result for black guillemot](https://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/assets/photo/66029501-480px.jpg)
Atlantic Puffin (Fratercula arctica)
ATPU
Family: Alcidae
Order: Charadiiformes
Habitat: rocky coasts in the Northern Atlantic Ocean during the breeding season and on the open ocean in the non-breeding season.
![Image result for atlantic puffin](https://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/assets/og/75224141-1200px.jpg)
Chimney Swift (Chaetura pelagica)
CHSW
Family: Apodidae
Order: Apodiformes
Habitat: nest in chimneys and on other vertical surfaces in dim, enclosed areas, including air vents, wells, hollow trees, and caves. They forage over urban and suburban areas, rivers, lakes, forests, and fields.
![Image result for chimney swift](https://www.audubon.org/sites/default/files/styles/hero_cover_bird_page/public/Chimney%20Swift%20l07-50-046_V.jpg?itok=6eqBX3GJ)
Ruby-throated Hummingbird (Archilochus colubris)
RTHU
Order: Apodiformes
Family: Trochilidae
Habitat: deciduous woodlands of eastern North America as well as across the Canadian prairies. Commonly associated with old fields, forest edges, meadows, orchards, stream borders, and backyards. In tropical wintering grounds, can be found in dry forests, citrus groves, hedgerows, and scrub.
![Image result for ruby throated hummingbird](https://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/assets/og/75367911-1200px.jpg)
Belted Kingfisher (Megaceryle alcyon)
BEKI
Order: Coraciiformes
Family: Alcedinidae
Habitat: live near streams, rivers, ponds, lakes, and estuaries. They nest in burrows that they dig into soft earthen banks, usually adjacent to or directly over water.
![Image result for belted kingfisher](https://www.audubon.org/sites/default/files/styles/grid_gallery_lightbox/public/web_apa_2016-a1_2110_1_belted-kingfisher_brian_kushner_kk-adult-female.jpg?itok=AmW8ZLpX)
Eastern Kingbird (Tyrannus tyrannus)
EAKI
Order: Psseriformes
Family: Tyrannidae
Habitat: breed in open areas including yards, fields, pastures, grasslands, or wetlands, and are especially abundant in open places along forest edges or water. They spend winters in forests of South America.
![Image result for eastern kingbird habitat](https://www.audubon.org/sites/default/files/styles/hero_cover_bird_page/public/Eastern%20Kingbird%20b13-42-050_V.jpg?itok=CuRSQv4p)
Common Raven (Corvus corax)
CORA
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Corvidae
Habitat: deciduous and evergreen forests up to treeline, as well as high desert, sea coast, sagebrush, tundra, and grasslands. Do well around people, can be found rurally and sometimes in semi- to fully urban settings.
Tree Swallow (Tachycineta bicolor)
TRES
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Hirundinidae
Habitat: nest near or in wetlands, such as marshes, swamps, beaver ponds, and wet meadows.
![Image result for tree swallow](https://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/assets/photo/68280091-480px.jpg)
Barn Swallow (Hirundo rustica)
BARS
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Hirundinidae
Habitat: a wide range of open habitats including fields, parks, and roadway edges to marshes, meadows, ponds, and coastal waters. Their nests are often easy to spot under the eaves or inside of sheds, barns, bridges and other structures.
![Image result for barn swallow](https://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/assets/photo/68123101-480px.jpg)
Week 10
Tufted Titmouse (Baeolophus bicolor)
TUTI
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Paridae
Habitat: Found in mostly deciduous forests as well as mixed deciduous-coniferous forests; also swamps, orchards, parks, and suburban areas.
![Image result for tufted titmouse](https://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/assets/og/75226111-1200px.jpg)
Red-breasted Nuthatch (Sitta canadensis)
RBNU
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Sittidae
Habitat: typically prefer mature, wet, coniferous forests with closed canopies, especially those of spruce or fir. They can also be found in more open forests and patches of smaller trees.
Brown Creeper (Certhia americana)
BRCR
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Certhiidae
Habitat:mature, moist, coniferous forests or mixed coniferous/deciduous forests.
House Wren (Troglodytes aedon)
HOWR
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Troglodytidae
Habitat: Open woods, thickets, towns, gardens. Breeds in a wide variety of semi-open habitats, winters mostly in areas of dense low growth, including thickets and stream-side brush.
Wood Thrush (Hylocichla mustelina)
WOTH
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Turdidae
Habitat: deciduous and mixed forests for breeding. It prefers late-successional, upland mesic forests with a moderately-dense shrub layer.
Northern Mockingbird (Mimus polyglottos)
NOMO
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Mimidae
Habitat: fields, forest edges, and backyards throughout the U.S., Mexico and parts of Canada.
![Image result for northern mockingbird](https://www.audubon.org/sites/default/files/styles/hero_cover_bird_page/public/Northern%20Mockingbird%20w27-10-007_V.jpg?itok=l-1uh6Rf)
Cedar Waxwing (Bombycilla cedrorum)
CEDW
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Bombycillidae
Habitat: Open woodlands, fruiting trees, orchards; in winter, widespread, including towns. Breeding habitat depends on availability of fruit.
![Image result for cedar waxwing](https://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/assets/photo/59874521-480px.jpg)
Yellow Warbler (Setophaga petechia)
YEWA
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Parulidae
Habitat: moist habitats due to the abundance of insects including edges of marshes and swamps, willow-lined streams, and leafy bogs. May also inhabit dry areas such as thickets, orchards, farmlands, forest edges, and suburban yards and gardens.
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Common Yellowthroat (Geothlypis trichas)
COYE
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Parulidae
Habitat: Swamps, marshes, wet thickets, edges. Breeds most abundantly in marshes and other very wet habitats with dense low growth.
![Image result for common yellowthroat](https://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/assets/photo/66117571-480px.jpg)
Chipping Sparrow (Spizella passerina)
CHSP
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Passerellidae
Habitat: They are found in a variety of woodland habitat including open forests or forest edges, especially coniferous forests. They prefer forests with shrubby undergrowth.
![Image result for chipping sparrow](https://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/assets/photo/64972021-480px.jpg)
White-crowned Sparrow (Zonotrichia leucophrys)
WCSP
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Passerellidae
Habitat: Prefer open wooded habitats particularly with lots of shrubs and bushes.
Dark-eyed Junco (Junco hyemalis)
DEJU
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Passerellidae
Habitat:breeds in coniferous or mixed woodlands. In wintering grounds tends to avoid areas of denser brush; it especially favors feeders, parks, and open forest without an understory.
Dickcissel (Spiza americana)
DICK
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Carnidilidae
Habitat: in the summer months they are most common in native prairies and restored grasslands, but they also nest in lightly grazed pastures, hayfields, fallow agricultural fields, and even fencerows and roadsides.
Red-winged Blackbird (Agelaius phoeniceus)
RWBL
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Icteridae
Habitat: breed in wooded or brushy swamps, wet meadows, hay fields, salt marshes, irrigation canals, and roadside ditches. They prefer wetlands with emergent vegetation, but may nest in shrubby upland areas occasionally.
![Image result for red winged blackbird habitat](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/60/Agelaius_phoeniceus_0110_taxo.jpg)
Common Grackle (Quiscalus quiscula)
COGR
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Icteridae
Habitat: can be found in agricultural fields, feedlots, city parks, and suburban lawns. They’re also common in open habitats including woodland, forest edges, meadows, and marshes.
![Image result for common grackle](https://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/assets/og/75335251-1200px.jpg)
Brown-headed Cowbird (Molothrus ater)
BHCO
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Icteridae
Habitat: refer open grasslands, as well as agricultural, urban, and suburban habitats where grain or cattle-disturbed soil are readily available.
Purple Finch (Haemorhous purpureus)
PUFI
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Fringillidae
Habitat: breed in coniferous forests or mixed deciduous and coniferous woods. Winter in a wider variety of habitats, including shrublands, old fields, forest edges, and backyards.
![Image result for purple finch](https://www.audubon.org/sites/default/files/styles/hero_cover_bird_page/public/Purple%20Finch_WMCommons_314.jpg?itok=1gMn7inQ)
Pine Siskin (Spinus pinus)
PISI
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Fringillidae
Habitat: Breed primarily in coniferous forests but can be found in mixed During migration and winter, they can be found in many types of semi-open areas, including forest edges and weedy fields.
Bobolink (Dolichonyx oryzivorus)
BOBO
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Icteridae
Habitat: Breed in grasslands in North America and Canada, winter in open habitats like rice fields in South America.
![Image result for bobolink](https://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/assets/og/75266061-1200px.jpg)
Eastern Meadowlark (Sturnella magna)
EAME
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Icteridae
Habitat: Breeds in natural grasslands, meadows, weedy pastures, also in hayfields and sometimes in fields of other crops. Winters in many kinds of natural and cultivated fields.
Excellent! Keep going.