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Volume 42, Number 2,
February 1996:
Backyard Birds

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ABOUT THIS ISSUE
- about KSN
- about the author

IN THIS ISSUE
- introduction
- what do you need to go birding?
- some common backyard birds
- house finch
- American robin
- house wren
- European starling
- house sparrow
- black-capped chickadee
- northern cardinal
- ruby-throated hummingbird
- blue jay
- gray catbird
- purple martin
- downy woodpecker
- eastern bluebird
- Baltimore oriole
- American goldfinch
- the Kansas winter bird feeder survey
- acknowledgment
- owls

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Backyard Birds
by Marvin Schwilling

SOME COMMON BACKYARD BIRDS
Following are some of the most common birds that come to our feeders or nest in our yards. Birders who have kept "yard lists" in Kansas have counted over 100 species when lists are maintained for several years.

house finch

American robin

house wren

European starling

house sparrow

black-capped chickadee

northern cardinal

ruby-throated hummingbird

blue jay

gray catbird

purple martin

downy woodpecker

eastern bluebird

Baltimore oriole

American goldfinch


Next: the Kansas winter bird feeder survey

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