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Reportable Bird Species |
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Crow
Overall size: Large
Length: 16-18 inches
Wingspan: 39 inches
Weight: 1 lb
Color: Black with iridescent blue sheen
Other characteristics: Rounded wings, short squared tail |
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Raven
Overall size: Very large
Length: 24 inches
Wingspan: 53 inches
Weight: 2.6 lbs
Color: Completely black
Other characteristics: Long, narrow wings, wedge-shaped tail,
heavy, curved bill, larger than crows |
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Black-billed Magpie
Overall size: Large
Length: 19 inches
Wingspan: 25 inches
Weight: 6 oz
Color: White and black
Other characteristics:
Long iridescent blue and green-black tail, iridescent wings with
white patches |
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Blue Jay
Overall size: Medium
Length: 11 inches
Wingspan: 16 inches
Weight: 3 oz
Color: Blue, gray
Other characteristics: Distinct head crest, black ring neck,
bright blue wings with black bars and white patches, long blue tail
with black bars and white corners |
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Steller's Jay
Overall size: Medium
Length: 11.5 inches
Wingspan: 17 inches
Weight: 4.5 oz
Color: Blue, gray
Other characteristics: Black crest and head, blue upperparts,
blue-gray underparts, wings and tail blue with black bars |
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Western Scrub-Jay
Overall size: Medium
Length: 11 inches
Wingspan: 16 inches
Weight: 2.8 oz
Color: blue, gray-brown
Other characteristics: Crestless jay, blue head, rump, wings and tail,
gray-brown back, grayish underparts |
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Red-tailed Hawk
Overall size: Very large
Length: 19-25 inches
Wingspan: 46-58 inches
Weight: 2.5 lbs
Color: Light and dark brown
Other characteristics: Short, dark, hooked beak, large, broad
wings, squared tail is red-brown with black terminal band |
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Sharp-shinned Hawk
Overall size: Medium
Length: 10-14 inches
Wingspan: 20-28 inches
Weight: 3.6 oz
Color: Blue-gray, red-brown
Other characteristics: Blue-gray upperparts, red-brown bars
on white underparts, short rounded wings, long, squared tail with
heavy bars |
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Bird photographs courtesy of USGS
National Wildlife Health Center, Peter S. Weber, Kenneth G. Ransom,
and Fred Fallon. |
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