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| A summer resident in Illinois, winters in the southern states. Length 4.75 Wingspan 7.5" Weight .3oz Song - Harsh buzzy beee-BZZZZZ or a long, high buzz with stuttering notes tsi tsi tsi tsi zweeeee zt zt zt Call - sharp, dry snik or chik in flight dzit zzip |
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| This is an Eastern adult male Length 7.75" Wingspan 12" Weight 1oz Song - Similar to a Robin, three-syllable phrases Call - pituk to piki-tukituk or kdddd-rrddi Flight call- soft, wheezy veedrr or verree |
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| Length 22' Wingspan 44" Weight 3.1 lb Year long resident all across the North American Continent Song - hoo hoodo hooo hoo & variations |
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| Eastern Adult Male Length 7.5" Wingspan 12" Weight 1.5oz Every guy needs a girl but she's being coy  Song - low gurgling notes followed by thin, slurred whistles Flight calls - tseee-teea or seeeeetiti Then come the offspring  Seen June through September Habitat for all: woods, edges, and open fields |
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| This guy seemed to want his photo taken. Length 8.5" Wingspan 11" Weight 1.3oz Call - hoarse, catlike mewing |
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| Length 7.25" Wingspan 12" Weight 1.1oz |
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| Song - a series of high sree notes Call - very high, thin, clear trilled sree Alarm - piercing seeew |
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| Length 4.5" Wingspan 6" Weight .21oz Waiting to switch places  zee zeet zeet zill zwee zwee |
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| Length 18" Wingspan 26" Weight 7oz Distinctive foraging crouch  Found in Illinois during the summer but winters in Florida & Mexico Fishing in a pond  Call in flight - explosive, sharp swallowed SKEEW or skeow Nervous call - low knocking notes, kuk kuk kuk kuk... |
