I am using the term songbirds, to loosely describe today’s subject. An
ornithologist might well take issue with some of the birds you see
below, being described as such. I include hummingbirds, swallows,
woodpeckers and more in this post.

For those of you who live in the northland, we will soon be in peak
season for the arrival of migratory songbirds.  Of course, some of
them are brave enough to call Wisconsin a yearly home, or even a
winter home before they head even farther north.

Below you find a wide variety of types of images. I threw them (the
photos not the birds) against the wall and I will share what stuck.

Immature American Robin. This is my homeland of Wisconsin’s state bird.

The mature variation.

Male Eastern Kingbird.

Male Western Kingbird.

Male American Goldfinch’s.


Young Barn Swallow

Younger Barn Swallow

Blue Jay

Stellar’s Jay

Male Eastern Bluebird

Male Red-winged Blackbird

Female Red-winged Blackbird

Male Yellow-headed Blackbird

Male Eastern Meadowlarks


Rufous Hummingbird

Male Ruby-throated Hummingbird

Female Northern Cardinal

Male Northern Cardinal

Dark-eyed Junco (sparrow)

Male House Sparrow

(?) Sparrow

White-crowned Sparrow

Chipping Sparrow

Yellow-rumped Warblers

Pine Warbler

Black-capped Chickadee

Gray Catbird

Clarke’s Nutcracker

Male Downy Woodpecker

Male Red-bellied Woodpecker

Male Rose-breasted Grosbeak

Male Northern Oriole

Brown Thrasher

Common Grackle

God Bless,
Wayne