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1. SOUTHERN TEXAS
Long-Billed Thrasher (Texas)
Photo taken on a Texas ranch. (April)

2. PICACHO PEAK
Curve-Billed Thrasher (Arizona)
This species is abundant here. (February)

3. BIG BEND PARK
Loggerhead Shrike (Texas)
Also known as a "Butcher Bird". (January)

4. CATALINA PARK
Greater Roadrunner (Arizona)
Symbol of the desert Southwest. (January)

5. YELLOWSTONE PARK
Common Raven (Wyoming)
Perched on a canyon railing. (May)

6. SIERRA NEVADAS
American Crow (California)
More apt to be in cities than Ravens. (April)

7. PROVO PARK
Black-Billed Magpie (Utah)
The wests black and white jay. (October)

8. YELLOWSTONE PARK
Black-Billed Magpie (Wyoming)
Now, you listen to me. (October)

9. SAN LUIS RESERVOUR
Yellow-Billed Magpie(California)
Smaller than the Black-Billed. (April)

10. SOUTH OF OAKLEY
Sage Grouse(Idaho)
.The white ruff is impressive. (March)

11. SOUTH OF OAKLEY
Sage Grouse(Idaho)
They start booming before the sun is up. (March)

12. SOUTH OF OAKLEY
Sage Grouse(Idaho)
Sage is important feed as well as cover. (March)

13. BOSQUE del APACHE
Gambel's Quail(New Mexico)
Moving out. (January)

14. DEAD HORSE RANCH
Gambel's Quail(Arizona)
Gambels have the reddish crown. (February)

15. DEAD HORSE RANCH
California Quail(Arizona)
A Southwestern species. (February)

16. SOUTHEASTERN TEXAS
Bobwhite(Texas)
Out briefly from the bushes. (April)

17. WEST OF BURLEY
California Quail(Home)
A real surprise to see them under our front window. (July)

18. KERN VALLEY
California Quail(Arizona)
California Quail have a dark crown. (April)

19. YELLOWSTONE
Blue Grouse(Wyoming)
Displaying on a log. (May)

20. KODACHROME
Chukar(Utah)
White face with a black heart-shaped stripe that runs through the eyes - Characteristic stripes on the sides . (October)

21. DENALI
Willow Ptarmigan(Alaska)
In the middle of color change. (June)

22. SACRAMENTO REFUGE
Ring-Necked Pheasant(California)
Rural road and field sides are impotant habitat. (March) Wild Turkey(California)
Turkeys do group strutting. (April)

24. MILIPITAS PARK
Wild Turkey(California)
Firey red waddle indicates breeding maturity. (April)

25. EDINBUROUGH
White-Winged Dove(Texas)
One of the larger doves. (April)

26. DEAD HORSE RANCH
Mourning Dove(Arizona)
Call reminds one of an owls call. (April)

27. WEST OF BURLEY
Mourning Dove(Idaho)
Feed young on fermented seeds from the throat called doves milk. (May)

28. EDINBUROUGH
Common Ground Dove(Texas)
Small, southern dove species. (April)

29. BROOKINGS
Rock Pigeon(Oregon)
A cliff dweller that has adapted to buildings. (January)

30. IN THE BASIN
Nighthawk(Oakley-Idaho)
Blends in with branch extremely well. (June)

31. CABIN LAKE
Pinyon Jay(Oregon)
Very gregarious. (September)

32. MADERA CANYON
Scrub Jay(Arizona)
The jay family is quite intelligent. (February)

33. MADERA CANYON
Scrub Jay(Arizona)
Amazing memory of where they have cached food. (February)

34. BENTSEN PARK
Plain Chacalaca(Texas)
Very loud. (November)

35. BOREGO DESERT
Phainopepla(California)
Shiny black with bold red eye. (December)

36. BOREGO DESERT
Phainopepla(California)
Their family is Silky Flycatchers. (December)

37. LLANO RIVER
Northern Mockingbird(Texas)
Bird symbol of six states . (November)

38. SAN LUIS RESERVOUR
Northern Mockingbird(California)
Impressive against the red berries. (December)

39. METCALF REFUGE
Bobolink(Montana)
Unlike most, back is colored instead of chest. (June)

40. MILNER ROAD
Western Meadowlark(Idaho)
A very distinctive and familiar song. (March)

41. BISON RANGE
Western Meadow Lark(Montana)
Singing his heart out. (July)

42. HILL CITY
Horned Lark(Idaho)
Notice the horn-like feather projections. (June)

43. SAGUORO WEST
Verdin(Arizona)
Gold face and cinnamon wing patches. (February)

44. CATALINA STATE PARK
Lesser Goldfinch(Arizona)
Common in brushy fields and woodland borders. (February)

45. KERN VALLEY
Lesser Goldfinch(California)
At the water source early in the morning. (April)

46. DEAD HORSE RANCH
Verdin(Arizona)
Flits through the bushes . (February)

47. WEST OF BURLEY
American Goldfinch(Home)
Loves Nyger seed. (May)

48. WEST OF BURLEY
American Goldfinch(Home)
Uses thistle for nesting. (June)

49. CATALINA STATE PARK
House Finch(Arizona)
Male and female. (February)

50. CATALINA STATE PARK
House Finch(Arizona)
House Finches in the desert seem to be brighter than others. (February)

51. ORGAN PIPE MONUMENT
Blue-Gray Gnatcatcher(Arizona)
Never sits still. (April)

52. KERN VALLEY
Lawrences Goldfinch(California)
Look for black face, gray body, and gold wings and throat. (April)

53. LLANO RIVER
Black-Crested Titmouse(Texas)
On a lichen covered branch. (November)

54. KODACHROME
Oak Titmouse(Utah)
A plain little brown bird with a crest and bold eye. (October)

55. SIERRA NEVADAS
Brewers Blackbird(California)
Look for the bright yellow eye. (April)

56. SAN LUIS RESERVOUR
House Sparrow(California)
Not a real sparrow but a Weaver Finch. (November)

57. WEST OF BURLEY
Brown-Headed Cowbird(Home)
Lays eggs in other species nests and lets them raise their young. (June)