It's a bird! 🐦 Northern Flicker (Colaptes auratus), heard yesterday evening, 92% confidence. 💡 Unusual among woodpeckers, the Northern Flicker feeds mostly on the ground, especially on ants. #BirdsOfTwitter #Birding

It's a bird! 🐦 Eastern Bluebird (Sialia sialis), heard yesterday afternoon, 99% confidence. 💡 Eastern Bluebirds nearly vanished in the early 1900s, outcompeted for nest cavities by introduced European Starlings — the nest-box movement helped bring them back. #BirdsOfTwitter #Birding

It's a bird! 🐦 House Finch (Haemorhous mexicanus), heard yesterday afternoon, 60% confidence. 💡 A male House Finch's red coloring comes entirely from diet, not genetics — pale food, pale male. #BirdsOfTwitter #Birding

It's a bird! 🐦 Eastern Screech-Owl (Megascops asio) — heard yesterday evening, 83% confidence. 💡 The Eastern Screech-Owl comes in two color forms, gray and reddish, and both can hatch in the same nest. #BirdsOfTwitter #Birding

It's a bird! 🐦 Canada Goose (Branta canadensis) — heard yesterday evening, 88% confidence. 💡 Canada Geese mate for life and can live over 20 years in the wild. #BirdsOfTwitter #Birding

It's a bird! 🐦 Northern Cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis) — heard yesterday morning, 70% confidence. 💡 Female Northern Cardinals sing too, unusual among North American songbirds where typically only males do. #BirdsOfTwitter #Birding

It's a bird! 🐦 Northern Mockingbird (Mimus polyglottos) — heard yesterday afternoon, 53% confidence. 💡 A single Northern Mockingbird can learn and mimic over 200 different songs in its lifetime. #BirdsOfTwitter #Birding

It's a bird! 🐦 Red-bellied Woodpecker (Melanerpes carolinus) — heard yesterday morning, 84% confidence. 💡 The Red-bellied Woodpecker's namesake reddish belly wash is often barely visible in the field. #BirdsOfTwitter #Birding

It's a bird! 🐦 Carolina Chickadee (Poecile carolinensis) — heard yesterday morning, 82% confidence. 💡 Carolina Chickadees hide thousands of seeds each fall and remember most of the locations for months. #BirdsOfTwitter #Birding

It's a bird! 🐦 Northern Flicker (Colaptes auratus) — heard yesterday afternoon, 78% confidence. 🆕 First time ever detected here. 💡 Unusual among woodpeckers, the Northern Flicker feeds mostly on the ground, especially on ants. #BirdsOfTwitter #Birding

It's a bird! 🐦 Prairie Warbler (Setophaga discolor) — heard yesterday evening, 90% confidence. 🆕 First time ever detected here. #BirdsOfTwitter #Birding