BIRDS OF EDGEHILL 
GENUS/SPECIES COMMON NAME DESCRIPTION
1-NATIVE SONGBIRDS
PASSERIFORMES
JUNCO HYEMALIS DARK EYED JUNCO (ORGEON RACE) TAME SPARROW WITH DARK HEAD, HOPS ON 
GROUND
SITTA PYGMAEA PYGMY NUTHATCH GREY SHORT TAIL WHITE BELOW EATS INSECTS
ON PINES, JERKY FLIGHT, SOFT TWITTERING 
CALL
CONTOPIS BOREALIS OLIVE SIDED FLYCATCHER PERCH ON DEAD TREE TOPS, SONG IS LOUD 
MUSICAL "WHIP-THREE-BEERS" CALL IS "PIP PIP 
PIP"
PARUS RUFESCENS CHESTNUT BACKED CHICKADEE ACROBATIC, NESTS IN TREE CAVITIES, HOARSE 
RAPID CALL
DENDROICA TOWNSENDI TOWNSEND'S WARBLER YELLOW & BLACK, WHEEZY SONG WITH HIGH 
NOTES AT END, CONIFERS, INSECTS
EUPHAGUS CYANOCEPHALUS BREWER'S BLACKBIRD IRRIDESCENT BLACK PURPLE-GREEN SOFT 
HOARSE WHISTLE
PIPILO ERYTHROPHTHALMUS RUFOUS SIDED TOWHEE SPARROW WITH WHITE BELLY, BLACK HEAD & 
BACK ON GROUND PUMPING TAIL, SONG 
"DRINK-YOUR-TEA"
ZONOTRICHIA LEUCOPHRYS WHITE CROWNED SPARROW SONG IS CLEAR WHISTLES & BUZZY TRILLS, 
BANDED CROWN, IN THICKETS NEAR OPENINGS
ZONOTRICHIA ALBICOLLIS GOLD CROWNED SPARROW SONG IS 3-5 CLEAR WHISTLES "OH-DEAR-ME" 
BREEDS IN HIGH SIERRA
IXOREUS NAEVIUS VARIED THRUSH ROBIN WITH A BREAST BAND, LONG MUSICAL 
SONG, CONIFERS
2-NATIVE PREDATORY BIRDS
ACCIPITRIDAE
BUTEO JAMAICENSIS RED TAILED HAWK NESTS IN TREES, FEEDS IN OPENINGS, PERCHES 
ON TREES, RARELY HOVERS
TITONIDAE
TITONIDAE/STRIGIDAE FAMILIES OWL HAVE BEEN HEARD, NOT SEEN
3-HUMMINGBIRDS
APODIFORMES
CALYPTE ANNA ANNA'S HUMMINGBIRD FOREHEAD & THROAT RED, RUSTY BROWN 
WINGS, GREEN BODY, FLYS IN WIDE SWOOP
SELASPHORUS RUFUS RUFOUS HUMMINGBIRD RUSTY BACK ON MALE WITH RED COLLAR & 
SOME GREEN, DIVES WITHIN INCHES OF FEMALE
SELASPHORUS SASIN ALLEN'S HUMMINGBIRD RUSTY TAIL ON MALE WITH RED THROAT, 
GREEN BACK, FLYS IN 25 FT CIRCLE THEN DIVES
FROM 100 FT
4-CROWS
CORVIDAE
CORVUS CORAX RAVEN
APHELOCOMA COERULESCENS SCRUB JAY
CYANOCITTA STELLERI STELLER'S JAY
5-OTHER BIRDS
PASSERIFORMES
TURDUS SPECIES ROBIN
PASSER DOMESTICUS ENGLISH SPARROW
CARPODACUS MEXICANUS HOUSE FINCH
COLUMBA FASCIATA BAND TAILED PIGEON
ZENAIDA MACROURA MOURNING DOVE
PICIFORMES
COLAPTES AURATUS RED SHAFTED FLICKER (WOODPECKER) SPECKLED BLACK & WHITE WITH RED, FEEDS ON
INSECTS IN BARK OF LARGE TREES