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II. HABITATS OF BIRDS

Bird Neighbors An Introductory Acquaintance with One Hundred and Fifty Birds Commonly Found in the Gardens, Meadows, and Woods About Our Homes · Neltje Blanchan

BIRDS OF THE AIR CATCHING THEIR FOOD AS THEY FLY

Acadian Flycatcher, Great Crested Flycatcher, Least Flycatcher, Olive-sided

Flycatcher, Say's Flycatcher, Yellow-bellied Flycatcher, Kingbird, Phoebe.

Wood Pewee, Purple Martin, Chimney Swift, Barn Swallow, Bank Swallow, Cliff

Swallow, Tree Swallow, Rough-winged Swallow, Canadian Warbler, Blackpoll

Warbler, Wilson's Warbler, Nighthawk, Whippoorwill, Ruby-throated

Humming-bird, Blue-gray Gnatcatcher.

BIRDS MOST FREQUENTLY SEEN IN THE UPPER HALF OF TREES

Scarlet Tanager, Summer Tanager, Baltimore Oriole, Orchard Oriole, Chickadee,

Tufted Titmouse, Blue-gray Gnatcatcher, nearly all the Warblers except the

Ground Warblers; Cedar Bird, Bohemian Waxwing, the Vireos, Robin, Red

Crossbill, White-winged Crossbill, Purple Grackle, Bronzed Grackle, Redstart,

Northern Shrike, Loggerhead Shrike, Crow, Fish Crow, Raven, Purple Finch, Tree

and Chipping Sparrows, Cardinal, Blue Jay, Kingbird, the Crested and other

Flycatchers.

BIRDS OF LOW TREES OR LOWER PARTS OF TREES

Black-billed Cuckoo, Yellow-billed Cuckoo, the Sparrows, the Thrushes, the

Grosbeaks, Goldfinch, Summer Yellowbird and other Warblers; the Wrens,

Bluebird, Mocking-bird, Catbird, Brown Thrasher, Maryland Yellowthroat,

Yellow-breasted Chat.

BIRDS OF TREE-TRUNKS AND LARGE LIMBS

Hairy Woodpecker, Downy Woodpecker, Red-headed Woodpecker,

Yellow-bellied Woodpecker, Flicker, White-breasted Nuthatch,

Red-breasted Nuthatch, Brown Creeper, Chickadee, Tufted Titmouse,

Golden-crowned Kinglet, Ruby-crowned Kinglet, Black-and-white Creeping

Warbler, Blue-winged Warbler, Worm-eating Warbler, Pine Warbler, Blackpoll

Warbler, Whippoorwill, Nighthawk.

BIRDS THAT SHOW A PREFERENCE FOR PINES AND OTHER EVERGREENS

Chickadee, Tufted Titmouse, the Nuthatches, Brown Creeper, the Kinglets, Pine

Warbler, Black-and-white Creeping Warbler and all the Warblers except the

Ground Warblers; Pine Siskin, Cedar Bird and Bohemian Waxwing (in juniper and

cedar trees), Pine Grosbeak, Red Crossbill, White-winged Crossbill, the

Grackles, Crow, Raven, Pine Finch.

BIRDS SEEN FEEDING AMONG THE FOLIAGE AND TERMINAL TWIGS OF TREES

The Red-eyed Vireo, White-eyed Vireo, Warbling Vireo, Solitary Vireo,

Yellow-throated Vireo, Golden-crowned Kinglet. Ruby-crowned Kinglet,

Black-billed Cuckoo, Yellow-billed Cuckoo. Yellow Warbler or Summer

Yellowbird, nearly all the Warblers except the Pine and the Ground Warblers;

the Flycatchers, Blue-gray Gnatcatcher.

BIRDS THAT CHOOSE CONSPICUOUS PERCHES

Northern Shrike, Loggerhead Shrike, Kingbird, the Wood Pewee, the Phoebe and other Flycatchers, the Swallows, Kingfisher, Crows, Grackles, Blue Jay and Canada Jay; the Song, the White-throated, and the Fox Sparrows; the Grosbeaks, Cedar Bird, Goldfinch, Robin, Purple Finch, Cowbird, Brown Thrasher while in song.

BIRDS OF THE GARDENS AND ORCHARDS.

Bluebird, Robin; the English, Song, White-throated, Vesper,

White-crowned, Fox, Chipping, and Tree Sparrows; Phoebe, Wood Pewee, the Least

Flycatcher, Crested Flycatcher, Kingbird, Brown Thrasher, Wood Thrush,

Mocking-bird, Catbird, House Wren; nearly all the Warblers, especially at

blossom time among the shrubbery and fruit trees; Cedar Bird, Purple Martin,

Eaves Swallow, Barn Swallow, Purple Finch, Cowbird, Baltimore and Orchard

Orioles, Purple Grackle, Bronzed Grackle, Blue Jay, Crow, Fish Crow, Chimney

Swift, Ruby-throated Hummingbird, the Woodpeckers, Flicker, the Nuthatches,

Chickadee, Tufted Titmouse, the Cuckoos, Mourning Dove, Junco, Starling.

BIRDS OF THE WOODS

The Warblers almost without exception; the Thrushes, the Woodpeckers, the

Flycatchers, the Winter and the Carolina Wrens, the Tanagers, the Nuthatches

and Titmice, the Kinglets, the Water Thrushes, the Vireos, Whippoorwill,

Nighthawk, Kingfisher, Cardinal, Ovenbird, Brown Creeper, Tree Sparrow, Fox

Sparrow, White-throated Sparrow, White-crowned Sparrow, Junco.

BIRDS SEEN NEAR THE EDGES OF WOODS

The Wrens, the Woodpeckers, the Flycatchers, the Warblers, Purple Finch, the

Cuckoos, Brown Thrasher, Wood Thrush, Cowbird, Brown Creepers, the Nuthatches

and Titmice, the Kinglets, Chewink; the White-crowned, White-throated, Tree,

Fox, and Song Sparrows; Humming-bird, Bluebird, Junco, the Crossbills, the

Grosbeaks, Nighthawk, Whippoorwill, Mourning Dove, Indigo Bird, Brown

Thrasher.

BIRDS OF SHRUBBERY, BUSHES, AND THICKETS

Maryland Yellowthroat, Ovenbird (in woods); Myrtle Warbler, Mourning Warbler,

Yellow-breasted Chat, and other Warblers during the migrations; the Shrikes;

the White-throated, the Fox, the Song, and other Sparrows; Chickadee, Junco,

Chewink, Rose-breasted Grosbeak, Cowbird, Red-winged Blackbird, Catbird,

Mocking-bird, Wilson's Thrush, Goldfinch, Redpolls, Maryland Yellowthroat,

White-eyed Vireo, Hooded Warbler.

BIRDS SEEN FEEDING ON THE GROUND

The Sparrows, Junco, Meadowlark, Horned Lark, Chewink, Robin, Ovenbird, Pipit or Titlark, Redpoll, Greater Redpoll, Snowflake, Lapland Longspur, Smith's Painted Longspur, Rusty Blackbird, Red-winged Blackbird, the Crows, Cowbird, the Water Thrushes, Bobolink, Canada Jay, the Grackles, Mourning Dove; the Worm-eating, the Prairie, the Kentucky, and the Mourning Ground Warblers; Flicker.

BIRDS OF MEADOW, FIELD, AND UPLAND

The Field and Vesper Sparrows, Bobolink, Meadowlark, Horned Lark, Goldfinch, the Swallows, Pipit or Titlark, Cowbird, Redpoll, Greater Redpoll, Snowflake, Junco, Lapland Longspur, Smith's Painted Longspur, Rusty Blackbird, Crow, Fish Crow, Nighthawk, Whippoorwill; the Yellow, the Palm, and the Prairie Warblers; the Grackles, Flicker, Bluebird, Indigo Bird.

BIRDS OF ROADSIDE AND FENCES

The Sparrows, Kingbird, Crested Flycatcher, Yellow-breasted Chat, Indigo Bird,

Bluebird, Flicker, Goldfinch, Brown Thrasher, Catbird, Robin, the Woodpeckers,

Yellow Palm Warbler, the Vireos.

BIRDS OF MARSHES AND BOGGY MEADOWS

Long-billed Marsh Wren, Short-billed Marsh Wren; the Swamp, the Savanna, the

Sharp-tailed, and the Seaside Sparrows; Red-winged Blackbird.

BIRDS OF WET WOODLANDS AND MARSHY THICKETS

Northern Water Thrush, Louisiana Water Thrush, Ovenbird, Winter Wren, Carolina

Wren, Phoebe; Wood Pewee and the other Flycatchers; Wilson's Thrush or Veery,

Blue-gray Gnatcatcher, Yellow-breasted Chat; the Canadian, Wilson's,

Black-capped, the Maryland Yellowthroat, the Hooded, and the Yellow-throated

Warblers.

BIRDS FOUND NEAR SALT WATER

Fish Crow, Common Crow, Bank Swallow, Tree Swallow, Savanna Sparrow,

Sharp-tailed Sparrow, Seaside Sparrow, Horned Lark, Pipit or Titlark.

BIRDS FOUND NEAR STREAMS AND PONDS

Kingfisher, the Swallows, Northern Water Thrush, Louisiana Water Thrush,

Phoebe, Wood Pewee, the Flycatchers, Winter Wren, Wilson's Black-capped

Warbler, the Canadian and the Yellow Warblers.

BIRDS THAT SING ON THE WING

Bobolink, Meadowlark, Indigo Bird, Purple Finch, Goldfinch, Ovenbird,

Kingbird, Vesper Sparrow (rarely), Maryland Yellowthroat, Horned Lark,

Kingfisher, the Swallows, Chimney Swift, Nighthawk, Song Sparrow, Red-winged

Blackbird, Pipit or Titlark, Mocking-bird.

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