Dec Size

Family

D=December frequency of sightings by a

good birder in Appropriate time and

environment for the day.

1: An occasional to no sightings for the year
2: Occasional sightings for the month
3: 1 to 3 sightings per day
4: 4 to 10 sightings per day
5: 10 or more sightings per day

P: Picture codes of birds likely to be seen at Big Canoe.

1: My Big Canoe Pictures of Big Canoe birds

2: My pictures of birds seen at Big Canoe but not big Canoe pictures

3: Pictures from others

#	Name	D	P	Size	Habitat	Field Markings	Cornell	Patuxent
28	Kinglet, Golden-crowned	5		4	Mixed woodlands	Striped head with gold crown	Cornell	Patuxent
75	Wren, Winter	3	1	4	Woodland underbrush	Dark heavily barred belly	Cornell	Patuxent
29	Kinglet, Ruby-crowned	3	1	4.3	Mixed woodlands	Eye ring with 2 wing bars	Cornell	Patuxent
36	Nuthatch, Brown Headed	3	1	4.5	Open pine woods	As per name	Cornell	Patuxent
4	Chickadee, Carolina	5	1	4.75	Woodlands, feeder	Black cap and bib	Cornell	Patuxent
74	Wren, House	3	2	4.75	Open woods, near humans	Light eye ring connected to eyebrow	Cornell	Patuxent
13	Goldfinch, American	3	1	5	Weeds, open woods, Feeders	Yellow or Brownish with black wings	Cornell	Patuxent
46	Siskin, Pine	3	1	5	Mixed woods & weedy areas	Marked streaking, small pointed bill	Cornell	Patuxent
6	Creeper, Brown	3	2	5.3			Cornell	Patuxent
48	Sparrow, Chipping	3	1	5.5	Wood edges, grassy thickets	Clear grayish breast Dark eyebrow, light eye brow	Cornell	Patuxent
51	Sparrow, Savannah	4	3	5.5	Open fields	Streaked bird, notched tail	Cornell	Patuxent
64	Warbler, Pine	4	1	5.5	Pine forests	White eye ring, 2 wing bars	Cornell	Patuxent
65	Warbler, Yellow-rumped	4	1	5.5	In winter brush & mixed forests	Yellow rump & Flanks	Cornell	Patuxent
73	Wren, Carolina	5	1	5.5	Brushy undergrowth in woods	Upturned tail, white eyebrow	Cornell	Patuxent
49	Sparrow, Field	3	3	5.75	Bushy grasslands	Adult: Clear breast, pink bill	Cornell	Patuxent
53	Sparrow, Swamp	3	3	5.75	Marshes with cattails, bushes	Dull gray breast, outlined throat	Cornell	Patuxent
37	Nuthatch, White-breasted	5	1	5.8	Woodlands, feeders	As per name	Cornell	Patuxent
10	Finch, House	4	1	6	Suburban trees, feeders	Male: Purple breast, streaked flanks Female: Brown & white streaks	Cornell	Patuxent
11	Finch, Purple	3	3	6	Woodlands	Male: Unstreaked purple breast Female: streaked head	Cornell	Patuxent
24	Junco, Dark-eyed	4	1	6.25	Undergrowth, brushy areas	Dark bird with light bill and belly Flies with flashing white outer tail	Cornell	Patuxent
50	Sparrow, House	4	3	6.25	City parking lots	Large beak, male black throat, Female dull brown with eye stripe	Cornell	Patuxent
52	Sparrow, Song	5	1	6.25	Brushy areas	Striped chest, central breast spot Stout gray bill	Cornell	Patuxent
54	Sparrow, Vesper	3	1