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Adult Arctic barred belly beneath bill bird blue breast Breeds south broad brown called Canada cheeks coast color common conspicuous crest crow crown dark distinctive domestic pigeon ducks east eastern face Fall feathers feet Female field flight Florida flycatcher frequently Georgia gray gull habitually half harsh HAWK head heavily heron identification Immature inches Jersey larger legs length locally longer look loons loud Male mallard marshes Michigan migrates Minnesota musical neck North Carolina notes patch perch plumage pointed Prefers rapid rarely resemble Resident robin rounded rump rusty seen separate shape short sides similar slender slightly smaller song sparrow southern species streaked stripe swallow sweet tail terns Texas thickets thin throat throughout trees upper usually vireo Virginia Voice walk warbler wash whistled whitish widely wing-bars wing-tips wings winters chiefly woodlands woodpecker woods yellow