Activity 2
1. Chicken-like Birds:
This bird appears to be a California Quail and was a strange sighting for me. As a resident of Georgia, I've seen the occasional Bobwhite, but this location is entirely outside the usual range for the California Quail.
2. Songbirds/Other Songbirds?
While the Brown Thrashers is definitely a Songbird, its appearance and habit of thrashing around in the underbrush for food didn't seem to fit with any of the other subcategories that we learned.
3. Songbird/ Finches and Buntings
The Northern Cardinals stout, short bill and bright colors put it in the Finches and Buntings subcategory of the Passeriformes. Beautiful birds!