Corvids


 

American Crow

  • Length: 17 in.
  • Bill is small, straight, and sharp
  • Entirely black plumage
  • Squared off tail
  • Black legs and front
 

Common Raven

  • LENGTH: 21 in.
  • Larger than a Crow
  • Bill is large and curved
  • Wedge-shaped tail
  • Entirely black plumage
  • Relatively short legs
 

Yellow-Billed Magpie

  • LENGTH: 16 in.
  • Yellow BIll
  • White belly
  • Long, iridescent tail
  • Iridescent wings
  • Black head, breast, and legs
 

Steller's Jay

  • LENGTH: 11 in.
  • Dark crest, beak, head, and legs
  • Blue body
  • Barred wings and tail
  • Forehead and throat may have white flecks
 

California Scrub-Jay

  • LENGTH: 10 in.
  • Black bill
  • White eyebrow with dark cheeks
  • Blue head and body
  • Gray belly, mantle, or back
  • Dark legs

 

Birds of Prey


 

American Kestrel

  • LENGTH: 8 in.
  • Short hooked beak
  • Gray crown and white cheeks
  • Black mustache marks below eyes
  • Black spot behind crown
  • Pale, streaked breast and belly
 

Red-Tailed Hawk

  • LENGTH: 18 in.
  • Brick-red tail with dark bars
  • Short, dark hooked beak with light head
  • Wings with dark tips and bars
  • Dark patagial marks on under wing
  • Streaked belly band present in light morph and intermediate adult phases
 

Cooper's Hawk

  • LENGTH: 16 in.
  • Long tail with several dark bands and a single white band at the rounded tip
  • Eyes yellow to red
  • Blue-gray back
  • White breast with thin red bars
  • Gray or black crown
 

Barn Owl

  • LENGTH: 14 in.
  • Large, rounded head
  • Pale facial disks with dark frame
  • Tawny and gray breast with black and white specks
  • White belly with scattered dark spots

Finches


 

Purple Finch

  • LENGTH: 5.5 in.
  • Short, forked tail
  • Large, conical beak
  • Red head, breast, back, and rump
  • Streaked back
  • Brown wings and tail
 

House Finch

  • LENGTH: 5.25 in.
  • Long tail
  • Conical bill
  • Males have a red rump, breast, and forehead
  • Streaked belly
  • Brown wings and tail
 

Lesser Goldfinch

  • LENGTH: 3.75 in
  • Yellow throat and belly
  • Green back
  • Black crown, wings, and tail
  • Short, conical beak
  • White bars on the wings
 

American Goldfinch (Male)

  • LENGTH: 4.25 in
  • Yellow head, back, breast, and belly
  • Short, forked tail
  • Black crown, wings, and tail
  • Pink legs and feet
  • Short, conical bill
  • White bars on wings and rump
 

American Goldfinch (Female)

  • LENGTH: 4.25 in.
  • Greenish head and back
  • Short, forked tail
  • Black wings with white wing bars
  • Pale bill and legs
  • Short, conical bill
 

Lawrence's Goldfinch

  • LENGTH: 4.25 in.
  • Yellow wing bars
  • Yellow breast
  • Short, conical bill
  • Short, forked tail

MALE:

  • Black throat, face, and crown
  • gray head, back, and belly

FEMALE:

  • Mostly gray plumage

Sparrows


 

Song Sparrow

  • LENGTH: 5.5 in.
  • Brown streak through eye
  • Brown and gray face
  • Thick, brown, lateral throat stripe
  • White throat
  • Conical bill
  • Breast streaked with spots
  • Belly pale white
  • Brown to rusty wings and tail
 

House Sparrow (Male)

  • LENGTH: 4.25 in.
  • Black throat
  • Gray crown and body
  • Brown, streaked wings
  • White patch on wing
  • Thick, conical bill
  • Pink legs and feet
 

House Sparrow (Female)

  • LENGTH: 4.25 in.
  • Gray throat, head, breast, and belly
  • Gray-brown crown
  • Brown streaked wings
  • White patch on wing
  • Thick, conical bill
  • Pink legs and feet
 

Golden - Crowned Sparrow

  • LENGTH: 6.25 in.
  • Yellow crown with broad black stripes
  • Long, brown tail
  • Dark, conical bill with pale lower mandible
  • Gray face and breast
  • Tan back with dark streaks
  • Brown wings with white bars
 

White - Crowned Sparrow

  • LENGTH: 5.75 in.
  • Adults have black and white head stripes
  • Yellow to pink bill
  • Dark, conical bill with pale lower mandible
  • Tan back with dark streaks
  • Brown wings with white bars