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![Yellow-rumped Warbler](https://holdenfg.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/nature-3189037-640x427.jpg)
Setophaga coronata
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Voice: Song- high-pitched musical trill with a variable ending. Call-the common call is a dry check. Yellow-rumped warblers, other wised known as butter butts, are one of the first migrant... more
![Winter Wren](https://holdenfg.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/jan-meeus-HinbnU-aykE-unsplash-640x427.jpg)
Troglodytes troglodytes
Winter Wren
Winter wrens were first described in 1758 by Carolus Linnaeus a Swedish botanist, physician and zoologist. It is the only wren to be found outside the Americas, occurring also in... more
![White-breasted Nuthatch](https://holdenfg.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/nuthatch-351395-640x384.jpg)
Sitta carolinensis
White-breasted Nuthatch
Voice: Males late winter and spring low-pitched wha-wha-wha. Year round, both sexes loud, nasal yank repeated a few times in a row. White-breasted nuthatches are common feeder birds found year... more
![Tufted Titmouse](https://holdenfg.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/mark-olsen-Q1U9cPnlE1s-unsplash-640x427.jpg)
Baeolophus bicolor
Tufted Titmouse
Voice: Song: Peter, Peter, Peter; Call: scratchy scolding tsee-day-day-day Tufted Titmice are common in deciduous or mixed evergreen deciduous forests below 2,000 feet in elevation. They typically like areas with... more
![Ruby-throated Hummingbird](https://holdenfg.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/joshua-j-cotten-3vwV6VOMt2o-unsplash-1-640x480.jpg)
Arcilochus colubris
Ruby-throated Hummingbird
Voice: Males sing a constant series of monotonous chips early in the day. Both sexes make high chips and speaks while in flight or being chased. Ruby-throated hummingbirds are found in open deciduous woodlands of... more
![Northern Cardinal](https://holdenfg.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/joshua-j-cotten-hysbirr-lYo-unsplash-scaled-1-640x427.jpg)
Cardinalis cardinalis
Northern Cardinal
Voice: Repetition of short whistled phrases with some notes run together; sounds like birdy, birdy, birdy. Northern cardinals are probably the most easily recognized birds in Northeastern United States. They... more
![Great Horned Owl](https://holdenfg.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/daniel-tuttle-Y7iqTU2eLaI-unsplash-scaled-1-640x418.jpg)
Bubo virginianus
Great Horned Owl
Voice: hoo- hoohoohoo—-hoo-hoo. Females produce higher pitched hoots. Great Horned Owls are the largest and most powerful of the common owls in Northeastern Ohio. They are found year round in... more
![Gray Catbird](https://holdenfg.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/gray-catbird-4378486-scaled-1-640x427.jpg)
Dumetella carolinensis
Gray Catbird
Just as their common name implies, gray catbirds are gray in color and have a call which sounds like a cat’s mew. They belong to the genus Dumetella, which means... more
![Eastern Screech-Owl](https://holdenfg.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/eastern-screech-owl-3526934-scaled-1-640x385.jpg)
Megascops asio
Eastern Screech-Owl
Voice: Both males and females. Males deeper voice Song: descending whinny like horse “nay” Call: soft hoots to loud barking calls; screeches with metallic beak click Eastern screech-owls are common owls in woodland areas... more
![Eastern Kingbird](https://holdenfg.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/pete-nuij-0bgsjxhBHhE-unsplash-scaled-1-640x427.jpg)
Tyrannus tyrannus
Eastern Kingbird
Common and noticeable in summer, eastern kingbirds are often seen perched on a tree branches or fence posts in fields or along forest edges where water is present. They are... more
![Dark-eyed Junco](https://holdenfg.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/mark-olsen-8EYm1qcAniY-unsplash-scaled-1-640x427.jpg)
Junco hyemalis
Dark-eyed Junco
Voice: Song: Musical long dry trill Call: Chip note in series Dark-eyed juncos are thought of as the “snowbirds” of the temperate zone. Over most of the eastern United States... more
![Blue-gray Gnatcatcher](https://holdenfg.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/ray-hennessy-YCh5-MpB6C8-unsplash-640x426.jpg)
Polioptila caerulea
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
Voice: Song: series of thin notes which may contain mimicry notes of other birds; Call: soft, nasal “Spee, Spee.” Blue-gray gnatcatchers are the northernmost occurring species of gnatcatcher family, and... more
![Barred Owl](https://holdenfg.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/philip-brown-CZi-9nISUIs-unsplash-640x360.jpg)
Strix varia
Barred Owl
Voice: 8–9 notes, described as “Who cooks for you? Who cooks for you-all?” Traditionally known as the “swamp owl,” the barred owl is an inhabitant unbroken oldgrowth wet forests. Barred... more