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A drab colored bird. Known for replacing the eggs of other nesting birds with its own and then abandoning them for the unsuspecting parents to raise the cowbird chicks as their own. The male has a brown head and black body. The female is plain brown.

Found over most of southern and eastern Canada and middle to eastern US. Male and female plumage is similar although the male has a longer tail and brighter head. Grackles are omnivores and will eat a wide variety food including insects, berries, fruit, bird eggs, frogs and snakes.

A gray colored bird whose plumage varies greatly from region to region. Nests in coniferous or mixed forests. The male's song is a single pitch trill.

The smallest and most common woodpecker found in North America. Males have small spot of crimson on the back of the head.