Northern Shoveler
This duck is named due to its spoon-shaped bill, which it uses to sift through the water and shovel in food. Northern Shovelers are typically...Read More
Mourning Dove
This Mourning Dove is a regular visitor to the parking lot of Simkus Recreation Center. These doves like open fields, parks, and lawns with many...Read More
Black Capped Chickadee
The Black-capped Chickadee is named due to its black head, and because of the noise it makes. It also has a black bib with white...Read More
Pied Billed Grebe
These small grebes dive down into the water to forage for food and can spend several minutes under water and can be identified by...Read More
Western Bluebird
Blue birds get their name from their bright blue back and head but also have an orange breast and sides, and a gray belly. ...Read More
Blue Jay
Blue Jays are medium sized birds with a lavender-blue coloring, white face and a crest on their head. Blue Jays have strong black bills used...Read More
Blue-Gray Gnatcatcher
This small songbird has blue-grey upperparts with white underparts and a long slender bill, a long black tail and a noticeable white eye ring. ...Read More
Tree Swallow
The adult Tree Swallow has iridescent blue-green upperparts, white underparts, and a very slightly forked tail...Read More
Red Bellied Woodpecker
This medium sized woodpecker is usually heard before it is seen, due to the males’ habit of drilling nosily to attract a mate. Adults are mainly...Read More
Wood Duck
Male wood ducks have distinctive multicoloured iridescent plumage and red eyes,with a distinctive white flare down the neck and a crested head...Read More
Yellow Rumped Myrtle Warbler
This is the most common species of American Warbler. In summers, the male birds have streaked backs of black on slate blue, white wing patches, a...Read More
Yellow Bellied Sapsucker
Yellow Bellied Sapsuckers are a member of the woodpecker family and are most easily identified by their red cap, as their yellow bellies are more...Read More
