Gray-crowned Rosy-Finch

DESCRIPTION: 5 3/4-6 3/4" (15-17 cm). Dark brown back and under parts; black forehead; gray nape and crown; pink shoulder and rump. Face gray in coastal birds, brown in interior populations. Female is similar, but less colorful.

DESCRIPTION: 6 1/2 -7 1/2" (17-19 cm). Smaller than a robin. The only one of our brown, spotted thrushes with dull brown upperparts and a rusty tail. Frequently flicks its tail.

Bohemian Waxwing

DESCRIPTION: 7 1/2 -8 1/2" (19-22 cm). A sleek, gray-brown, crested bird. Similar to Cedar Waxwing but larger, grayer, and with conspicuous white wing patches and rusty (not white) undertail coverts.

Pine Grosbeak

DESCRIPTION: 8-10" (20-25 cm). A large plump finch. Stubby, strongly curved black bill. Male has dull rose-red body, with dark streaking on back, dark wings with 2 white wing bars, and dusky, notched tail. Juvenile male dull pinkish red on head and rump, with gray body. Females similar to first-year males in pattern, with dull mustard head and rump markings.
 

DESCRIPTION: 5-5 3/4" (13-15 cm). Similar to Black-capped Chickadee, but with white eyebrow and pale gray flanks.
 

DESCRIPTION: 9-11" (23-28 cm). Gray above, brick red below. Head and tail black in males, dull gray in females. Young birds are spotted below.
 

DESCRIPTION: 5-5 1/2" (13-14 cm). Similar to Black-capped Chickadee, but crown and back brown, flanks rufous.
 

DESCRIPTION: 7-8 1/2" (18-22 cm). A uniformly slate-gray, wren-shaped bird with stubby tail; yellowish feet. Always found near rushing water.
 

DESCRIPTION: 21-27" (53-69 cm). Similar to the American Crow but larger, with heavier bill and wedge-shaped tail. At rest, throat appears shaggy because of long, lance-shaped feathers. Often soars like a hawk. See Chihuahuan Raven.

DESCRIPTION: 9-10 1/2" (23-27 cm). Robin-sized. Pale gray above, white below, with faint barring on under parts, and bold black mask ending at bill. Black tail with white edges. Stout, hooked bill. Immature is browner. Usually seen perched atop a tree in the open. Loggerhead Shrike is shorter-billed, with black mask that crosses forehead.
 

DESCRIPTION: 4 3/4-5 3/4" (12-15 cm). Black cap and throat, white cheeks, gray back, dull white underparts. Wing feathers narrowly and indistinctly edged with white.

DESCRIPTION: 17" (43 cm). A crow-sized woodpecker. Black with white neck stripes, conspicuous white wing linings, and prominent red crest. Male has red "mustache," female has black.

Gray Jay

DESCRIPTION: 10-13" (25-33 cm). Gray above, whitish below. Forehead and throat white; nape and stripe through eye dull black. Immatures sooty-gray.

DESCRIPTION: 4 1/2 -4 3/4" (11-12 cm). Smaller than a sparrow. Male has blue-gray upperparts, pale rust-colored underparts, black crown and line through eye, and white eyebrow. Female similar, but crown is gray.

DESCRIPTION: 16-20" (41-51 cm). Male has white body; black back; black-appearing (actually glossy greenish) head; and large, round white spot in front of eye. Eye bright yellow. Female grayish, with warm brown head, white neck ring, and dark bill. Both sexes have a distinctive puffy head shape and a large white wing patch, conspicuous in flight. See Barrow's Goldeneye.

DESCRIPTION: 8-9 1/2" (20-24 cm). A slender bird, resembling a mockingbird. Gray overall, unstreaked, slightly darker above, with thin white eye ring and white outer tail feathers; pale rusty wing patch. Juveniles are mottled gray and white. Sits upright, usually high on a branch.