American Goldfinch (Carduelis tristis)
      Description: Size, 41/2-51/2 in. (11.4-14.0 cm). 
      Summer male: yellow with black wings and tail...
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      American Robin (Turdus migratorius)
      Description: Size, 9-11 in. (22.9-27.9 cm). 
      Slaty back and brick-red breast; common harbinger...
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      Black-capped Chickadee (Parus atricapillus)
      Description: Size, 43/4-53/4 in. (12.1-14.6 cm). 
      Cap and bib solid black; gray above with white...      
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      Calliope Hummingbird (Stellula calliope)
      Description: Size, 23/4-31/2 in. (7.0-8.9 cm). 
      Smallest U.S. hummingbird, usually in mountains...
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      Canada Goose (Branta canadensis)
      Description: Size, 22-43 in. (55.9-109.2 cm). 
      Variable, with several different subspecies. White...
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      Cassin's Finch (Carpodacus cassinii)
      Description: Size, 6-61/2 in. (15.2-16.5 cm). 
      Male: like Purple Finch, but red crown contrasts...
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      Clark's Nutcracker (Nucifraga columbiana)
      Description: Size, 12-13 in. (30.5-33.0 cm). 
      Crowlike; body pale gray; bill, wings, and tail black...
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      Dark-eyed Junco (Junco hyemalis)
      Description: Size, 51/2-61/2 in. (14.0-16.5 cm).
      Solid gray, brown-gray, or blackish head...
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      Downy Woodpecker (Picoides pubescens)
      Description: Size, 6-7 in. (15.2-17.8 cm).
      White-backed, with small bill; sparrow-sized edition...
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      Evening Grosbeak (Coccothraustes vespertina)
      Description: Size, 7-81/2 in. (17.8-21.6 cm). 
      Chunky body with short, notched tail; very large...
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      Golden Eagle (Aquila chrysaelos)
      Description: Size, 31-40 in. (78.7-101.6 cm); 
      wingspread, 71/2 ft. (2.3 m). All-dark below...
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      Gray Jay (Perisoreus canadensis)
      Description: Size, 10-13 in. (25.4-33.0 cm). 
      Adult: plumage gray, darker above, fluffy; forehead...
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      Hairy Woodpecker (Picoides villosus)
      Description: Size, 81/2-101/2 in. (21.6-26.7 cm). 
      White-backed, with big bill. Black-and-white pattern...
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      House Wren (Troglodytes aedon)
      Description: Size, 41/2-51/4 in. (11.4-13.3 cm). 
      Stubby, plain; has longish tail, grayish underparts,...
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      Mountain Bluebird (Sialia currucoides)
      Description: Size, 61/2-73/4 in. (16.5-19.7 cm). 
      Male: bright blue above, turquoise breast, belly white...
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      Mountain Chickadee (Parus gambeli)
      Description: Size, 5-53/4 in. (12.7-14.6 cm). 
      Similar to Black-capped, except for white line over...
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      Northern Pygmy Owl (Glaucidium gnoma)
      Description: Size, 7-71/2 in. (17.8-19.1 cm). 
      Very small, brown, "earless," with black "eye" patch...
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      Pileated Woodpecker (Dryocopus pileatus)
      Description: Size, 16-19 in. (40.6-49.5 cm). 
      Crow-sized, spectacularly black with red crest...
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      Pine Siskin (Carduelis pinus)
      Description: Size, 41/2-51/4 in. (11.4-13.3 cm).
      Heavily streaked, with a flash of yellow in wings and...
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      Pygmy Nuthatch (Sitta pygmaea)
      Description: Size, 33/4-41/2 in. (9.5-11.4 cm).
      Tiny inhabitant of pines with gray-brown cap meeting...
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      Red-breasted Nuthatch (Sitta canadensis)
      Description: Size, 41/2-43/4 in. (11.4-12.1 cm). 
      Broad black line through the eye. Male: cap black...
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      Red Crossbill (Loxia curvirostra)
      Description: Size, 51/4-61/2 in. (13.3-16.5 cm). 
      Crossed mandibles; bill at a distance looks slender;...
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      Red-winged Blackbird (Agelaius phoeniceus)
      Description: Size, 7-9 in. (17.8-22.9 cm). 
      Adult male: black, with red-and-yellow shoulder patch...
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      Ruffed Grouse (Bonasa umbellus)
      Description: Size, 16-19 in. (40.6-48.3 cm). 
      Conspicuous black band near tip of tail. Occurs in...
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      Rufous Hummingbird (Selasphorus rufus)
      Description: Size, 31/3-4 in. (8.2-10 cm). 
      Rufous black, red throat. Male: upperparts bright...
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      Say's Phoebe (Sayornis saya)
      Description: Size, 7-8 in. (17.8-20.3 cm). Pale rusty
      belly and undertail coverts, back pale gray-brown,...
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      Violet-green Swallow (Tachycineta thalassina)
      Description: Size, 5-51/2 in. (12.7-14.0 cm). White
      patches on rump, nearly meeting over base of tail....
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      White-breasted Nuthatch (Sitta carolinensis)
      Description: Size, 5-6 in. (12.7-15.2  cm). 
      Face white; cap and nape black, back blue-gray,...
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      White-crowned Sparrow (Zonotrichia leucophrys)
      Description: Size, 51/2-7 in. (14.0-17.8 cm). 
      Adult: crown with 5 white stripes enclosing 4 black...
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      White-headed Woodpecker (Picoides albolarvatus)
      Description: Size, 9 in. (22.9 cm). 
      All-white head, body and bill black, large white wing...
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