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Yellow-Billed Magpie

  • LENGTH: 16 in.
  • Yellow BIll
  • White belly
  • Long, iridescent
  • Iridescent wings
  • Black head, breast, and legs





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    Steller's Jay

  • LENGTH: 11 in.
  • Dark crest, beak, head, and legs
  • Blue body
  • Barred wings and tail
  • Forehead and throat may have white flecks






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    Western Scrub-Jay

  • LENGTH: 10 in.
  • Black bill
  • White eyebrow with dark cheeks
  • Blue head and body
  • Gray belly, mantle, or back Dark legs






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    Red-Tailed Hawk

  • LENGTH: 18 in.
  • Brick-red tail with dark bars
  • Short, dark hooked beak with light head
  • Wings with dark tips and bars
  • Dark patagial marks on under wing
  • Streaked belly band present in light morph and intermediate adult phases





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    Cooper's Hawk

  • LENGTH: 16 in.
  • Long tail with several dark bands and a single white band at the rounded tip
  • Eyes yellow to red
  • Blue-gray back
  • White breast with thin red bars
  • Gray or black crown