Bird Card

Ep 24/59: Belted Kingfisher — the shaggy-crested, dagger-billed rattler of every river and lake, where unusually the female sports two chest bands to the male's one.

Ep 23/59: Eastern Bluebird — cerulean-and-rust fence-post bird, nest-box champion of the East, and one of North America's most vivid backyarders

Ep 22/59: Carolina Wren — the bold-browed "teakettle" singer hiding in your backyard thickets, one of the loudest birds for its size in North America

Ep 21/59: American Goldfinch — the "potato chip" bird of summer thistles

Ep 20/59: Dark-eyed Junco — the 'snowbird' of winter feeders, white tail flash and all

Ep 19/59: Song Sparrow field dossier — the classic stickpin breast spot, tail-pumping flight, and the iconic "Maids! Maids! Maids!" dawn song vs. Lincoln's and Swamp Sparrow look-alike test.

Ep 18/59: adult male RWBL field dossier — scarlet epaulets, marsh song, and the Tricolored/Rusty look-alike test

Episode 17 of 59. Four-card field-ID dossier for the Common Grackle (*Quiscalus quiscula*): perched portrait with iridescent blue-purple head → bronze-green body color shift and six labeled field marks; dorsal/ventral flight views highlighting the diagnostic keel-shaped tail crease; "The Squeaky Gate" song card with CHEK/grrr-EEK!/tsss-SEEE phonetic pills, spectrogram, and the anting fun fact; three-panel look-alike comparison against Boat-tailed Grackle and Brown-headed Cowbird.

Episode 16 of 59. Four-card field-ID dossier for the European Starling (*Sturnus vulgaris*): breeding-adult perched portrait with iridescent plumage and yellow bill; flight views highlighting the distinctive triangular wing silhouette; "The Vocal Chameleon" song card with mnemonic, phonetic pills, spectrogram, and the Mozart pet-starling fun fact; three-panel look-alike comparison against Common Grackle and Brown-headed Cowbird.

Episode 15 of 59. Four-card field-ID dossier for the Northern Mockingbird (*Mimus polyglottos*) — North America's preeminent vocal mimic: perched lateral portrait on a fence post with six labeled field marks (pale yellow iris, two white wing bars, long cocked tail with white outer feathers, decurved bill, pale underparts, long dark legs) and size badge; dorsal/ventral flight views showing the dramatic white wing patches and white outer tail feathers plus a wing-flash display inset; "The Mimic Master" song card with "I can sing it! BETTER THAN YOU!" mnemonic, phonetic badge pills, minimal spectrogram, and the full-moon unmated-male fun fact; three-panel look-alike comparison against Loggerhead Shrike and Gray Catbird with key differentiating field marks.

Episode 14 of 59. Four-card field-ID dossier for the Red-bellied Woodpecker (*Melanerpes carolinus*): perched portrait with six labeled callouts and size bar; dorsal/ventral flight views highlighting the conspicuous white rump patch and undulating-flight arc; song/call card with "Churr-churr-CHURR!" mnemonic, CHUR•CHUR•CHUR phonetic breakdown, and rolling spectrogram; look-alike comparison against Red-headed Woodpecker and Northern Flicker.

Episode 13 of 59. Four-card field-ID dossier for the Downy Woodpecker (*Dryobates pubescens*) — North America's smallest woodpecker: perched portrait with six callout field marks; dorsal/ventral flight views with undulating flap-flap-fold notation; three-vocalization call card (PEEK!, drum, whinny) with stylized spectrograms; look-alike comparison against Hairy Woodpecker and Ladder-backed Woodpecker.