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Bird Neighbors

by: Neltje Blanchan

Year Published: 1897
Table of Contents
Title Page
Introduction
Preface
Bird Families
Habitats of Birds
Seasons of Birds
Birds Grouped According to Size
Birds Grouped According to Color
Direct links to Bird Descriptions
CUCKOOS  
Black-billed Cuckoo
Yellow-billed Cuckoo
KINGFISHERS
Belted Kingfisher
WOOPECKERS
Red-headed Woodpecker
Hairy Woodpecker
Downy Woodpecker
Yellow-bellied Woodpecker
Flicker
GOATSUCKERS
Nighthawk
Whippoorwill
SWIFTS
Chimney Swift
HUMMINGBIRDS
Ruby-throated Humming-bird
FLYCATCHERS
Kingbird
Phoebe
Wood Pewee
Acadian Flycatcher
Great Crested Flycatcher
Least Flycatcher
Olive-sided Flycatcher
Yellow-bellied Flycatcher
LARKS
Horned Lark
Prairie Horned Lark
CROWS & JAYS
Common Crow
Fish Crow
Northen Raven
Blue Jay
Canada Jay
BLACKBIRDS / ORIOLES
Red-winged Blackbird
Rusty Blackbird
Purple Grackle
Bronzed Grackle
Cowbird
Meadow Lark
Western Meadow Lark
Bobolink
Orchard Oriole
Baltimore Oriole
FINCHES & SPARROWS
Chipping Sparrow
English Sparrow
Field Sparrow
Fox Sparrow
Grasshopper Sparrow
Savanna Sparrow
Seaside Sparrow
Sharp-tailed Sparrow
Song Sparrow
Swamp Song Sparrow
Tree Sparrow
Vesper Sparrow
White-crowned Sparrow
White-throated Sparrow
Lapland Longspur
Smith's Painted Longspur
Pine Siskin
Purple Finch
Goldfinch
Redpoll
Greater Redpoll
Red Crossbill
White-winged Red Crossbill
Cardinal Grosbeak
Rose-breasted Grosbeak
Pine Grosbeak
Evening Grosbeak
Blue Grosbeak
Indigo Bunting
Junco
Snowflake
Chewink
TANAGERS
Scarlet Tanager
Summer Tanager
SWALLOWS
Barn Swallow
Bank Swallow
Cliff (or Eaves) Swallow
Tree Swallow
WAXWINGS
Cedar Bird
Bohemian Waxwing
SHRIKES
Northern Shrike
Loggerhead Shrike
VIREOS
Red-eyed Vireo
Solitary Vireo
Warbling Vireo
White-eyed Vireo
Yellow-throated Vireo
WOOD WARBLERS
Bay-breasted Warbler
Blackburnian Warbler
Blackpoll Warbler
Black-throated Blue Warbler
Black-throated Green Warbler
Black-and-white Creeping Warbler
Blue-winged Warbler
Canadian Warbler
Chestnut-sided Warbler
Golden-winged Warbler
Hooded Warbler
Kentucky Warbler
Magnolia Warbler
Mourning Warbler
Myrtle Warbler
Nashville Warbler
Palm Warbler
Parula Warbler
Pine Warbler
Prairie Warbler
Redstart
Wilson's Warbler
Worm-eating Warbler
Yellow Palm Warbler
Northern Water Thrush
Louisiana Water Thrush
Maryland Yellowthroat
Yellow-breasted Chat
PIPITS
American Pipit
THRASHERS, MOCKING-BIRDS, AND CATBIRDS  
Brown Thrasher
Catbird
Mocking-bird
WRENS
Carolina Wren
House Wren
Winter-Wren
Long-billed Marsh Wren
Short-billed Marsh Wren
CREEPERS
Brown Creeper
NUTHATCHES AND TITMICE
White-breasted Nuthatch
Red-breasted Nuthatch
Tufted Titmouse
Chickadee
KINGLETS AND GNATCATCHERS
Golden-crowned Kinglet
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
THRUSHES, BLUEBIRDS
Bluebird
Robin
Alice's Thrush
Hermit Thrush
Olive-backed Thrush

Wilson's Thrush (Veery) 

Wood Thrush
PIGEONS AND DOVES
Mourning or Carolina Dove
Chapter Four: BIRDS GROUPED ACCORDING TO SIZE


SMALLER THAN THE ENGLISH SPARROW

Humming-bird. The Redpolls. The Kinglets. Goldfinch. The Wrens. Pine Siskin. All the Warblers not Savanna Sparrow. mentioned elsewhere. Grasshopper Sparrow. Redstart. Sharp-tailed Sparrow. Ovenbird. Chipping Sparrow. Chickadee. Field Sparrow. Tufted Titmouse. Swamp Song Sparrow. Red-breasted Nuthatch. Indigo-Bunting. White-breasted Nuthatch. Warbling Vireo. Blue-gray Gnatcatcher. Yellow-throated Vireo. Yellow-bellied Flycatcher. Red-eyed Vireo. Acadian Flycatcher. White-eyed Vireo. Least Flycatcher. Brown Creeper.

ABOUT THE SIZE OF THE ENGLISH SPARROW

Purple Finch. Junco. The Crossbills. Song Sparrow. The Longspurs. Solitary Vireo. Vesper Sparrow. The Water-thrushes. Seaside Sparrow. Pipit or Titlark. Tree Sparrow. Downy Woodpecker.

LARGER THAN THE ENGLISH SPARROW AND SMALLER THAN THE ROBIN

Yellow-bellied Woodpecker. Kingbird. Chimney Swift (apparently). Crested Flycatcher. The Swallows (apparently). Phoebe. Olive-sided Flycatcher, Snowflake. Wood Pewee. White-crowned Sparrow. Horned Lark White-throated Sparrow. Bobolink. Fox Sparrow Cowbird. The Tanagers Orchard Oriole. Cedar Bird. Baltimore Oriole. Bohemian Waxwing. The Grosbeaks: Evening, Blue, Yellow-breasted Chat. Pine, Rose-breasted, The Thrushes. and Cardinal. Bluebird.

ABOUT THE LENGTH OF THE ROBIN.

Red-headed Woodpecker. Northern Shrike. Hairy Woodpecker. Mocking-bird. Red-winged Blackbird. Catbird. Rusty Blackbird. Chewink. Loggerhead Shrike. Purple Martin (apparently). Starling.

LONGER THAN THE ROBIN

Mourning Dove. Blue Jay. The Cuckoos. Canada Jay. Kingfisher. Meadowlark. Flicker. Whippoorwill (apparently). Raven. Nighthawk (apparently). Crow. The Grackles. Fish Crow. Brown Thrasher.