Identify Your Common Backyard Birds (Central & Eastern USA)

This video enables identification of selected backyard feeder birds in the central and eastern USA. All still photos and video footage were taken in Auburn, Alabama. It is not an all inclusive presentation of nor was it intended to be a complete field guide for birds of these regions. Additional species will be added as an addendum as they are photographed. Several of these species are particularly noted during the winter months although many of them can be seen throughout the year. It was designed for use by new and amateur birders. Visual characteristics and bird calls are provided to enable identification. Suggested feeder food is provided for some species.

Per the good request of a viewer, the bird species included in this video along with their location in the video are as follows:

Finches *
Pine Siskin - 0:43

Purple Finch - 1:12
House Finch - 1:43
American Goldfinch - 2:16
Northern Cardinal - 2:26

Chickadees & Titmice *
Carolina Chickadee - 3:22
Tufted Titmouse - 3:37

Woodpeckers, Nuthatches & Sparrows *
Downy Woodpecker - 3:59
Red-bellied Woodpecker - 4:32
Brown-headed Nuthatch - 4:49
White-breasted Nuthatch - 5:06
Chipping Sparrow - 5:15

Warblers *
Pine Warbler - 5:35
Yellow-rumped Warbler - 6:00
Orange-crowned Warbler - 6:14

Wrens *
Carolina Wren - 6:39

Jays & Blackbird *
Blue Jay - 7:15
Red-winged Blackbird - 7:30

Mockingbirds & Doves *
Northern Mockingbird - 7:55
Mourning Dove - 8:16

Hawks *
Red-shouldered Hawk - 8:37
Cooper's Hawk - 9:10

Other Birds *
Baltimore Oriole - 9:49
Rufous Hummingnird - 9:59