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Start your Morgan County bird list with these twelve favorites.
- Cardinal - West Virginia's state bird can be found in brushy areas year 'round. The male is bright red with a black face; the female is buff brown. Members of the finch family, they are accomplished songsters.
- Eastern Bluebird - Appearing in the Spring, both males and females are bright blue with a reddish-brown breast and white belly (the female is duller). Favoring open farmland with scattered trees, they build grassy nests in natural tree cavities, old woodpecker holes, fence posts and bird boxes.
- American Goldfinch - Small and bright yellow with a white rump, black forehead, white edges on black wings, it is often called the "Wild Canary." They gather in large flocks in brushy thickets, weedy grasslands, and nearby trees. Listen year-round for the bright per-chick-o-ree voice also rendered as potato-chips.
- Blue Jay - Handsome, large, and bright blue with much white and black in the wing, tail and face with a prominent crest. the jay warns of predators with raucous screaming. Seemingly year-round, birds from farther north actually replace the local population in winter.
- Ruby-throated Hummingbird - Our smallest bird and only Eastern species has a glowing, fiery-red throat, metallic green back and needle-like bill. The female lacks the red throat. Constantly in motion, they are the only birds that can fly backwards as well as hover in one spot like an insect. Various flowers attract them.
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