Birds of Northeastern America

click on the name of the bird to see a larger view and a description....
Pied-billed Grebe
Loon
Herring Gulls / Petrels
Ducks
Heron
American Bittern / Sora
American Coot / Clapper Rail
Wilson's Snipe
Common Tern / Semipalmated Sandpiper / Semipalmated Plover
Spotted Sandpiper / Killdeer
Ruffed Grouse
Mourning Dove
Red-Shouldered Hawk
March Hawk
Sparrow Hawk
Sharp-Shinned Hawk
American Osprey
Short-Eared Owl
Screech Owl
Barred Owl
Yellow-Billed Cuckoo
Belted Kingfisher
Downy Woodpecker
Red-Headed Woodpecker
Flicker
Nighthawk / Whip-Poor-Will
Chimney Swift
Ruby-Throated Hummingbird
Kingbird
Crested Flycatcher
Phoebe
WoodPewee
Horned Lark
Baltimore Oriole
Orchard Oriole
Purple Grackle
Bobolink
Cowbird
Swamp Sparrow
Field Sparrow
Vesper Sparrow
Chipping Sparrow
White-Throated Sparrow
Fox Sparrow
Junco
Redpoll / Snowflake
American Crossbill / Pine Grosbeak
Purple Finch
Rose-Breasted Grosbeak
Towhee
Dickchissel
Cedar Waxwing
Northern Shrike
Red-Eyed Vireo / Yellow-Throated Vireo
Black and White Warbler
Myrtle Warbler / Black-Throated Green Warbler
Redstart
Oven-Bird
Maryland Yellow-Throat
Yellow-Breasted Chat
Mockingbird
Brown Thrasher
House Wren
Long-Billed Marsh Wren
Red-Breasted Nuthatch / White-Breasted Nuthatch
Golden-Crowned Kinglet / Ruby-Crowned Kinglet
Veery
Wood Thrush
Hermit Thrush
Barn Swallow / Cliff Swallow / Tree Swallow / Bank Swallow
Some other interesting drawings taken from the book
The Preface from "Bird Life"

All pictures and descriptions taken from: "Bird Life" by Frank M. Chapman