Birds
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The northern cardinal, Cardinalis cardinalis, grows up to 9 inches long,
the male is red and the female in brownish red. It feed on seeds and fruit and
is a year-round resident.
Female cardinal.
The
blue jay, Cyanocitta cristata, is related to the crow, grows up to
12 inches long, and is blue with a light gray breast. It feeds on seeds, fruit,
and insects and is a year round resident.
The American robin, Turdis migratorius, has a dark gray back, a red
chest, and grows up to 11 inches long. It feeds on seeds, berries, and insects
and is a summer resident.
The
tufted titmouse, Parus bicolor, grows up to 6 inches long, is gray with a
tufted crest, and a white breast. It feed on seeds, fruit, and insects and
is a year-round resident.
The house wren, Troglodytes aedon, is reddish brown and grows up to 5
inches long. It feeds on insects and is a summer resident.
The
chipping sparrow, Spizella passerina, grows up to 5 inches long, is brown
streaked with a light gray breast and a dark line through its eye. If feeds on
insects and seeds and is a year-round resident.
The white throated sparrow, Zonotrichia albicollis, grows up to 7 inches
long, is brown streaked with a yellow patch on its face, and a white patch on
its throat. It feeds on seeds and insects and is a winter resident.
The American goldfinch, Carduelis tristis, grows up to 5 ins inches
long. The male is bright yellow with black on its head and wings. The female in
a dark olive color. It feeds on seeds and is a year-round resident.
The
purple finch, Carpodacus purpureus, grows up to 6 inches long and is red
and black streaked. It feed on seeds and fruit and is a year-round resident.
The
junco, Junco hyemalis, grows up to 6 inches long and is dark gray with a
whitish breast. It feeds on seeds and is a winter resident.
The
red crossbill, Loxia curvirostra, grows up to 6 inches long. The male is
a brownish re and the female is dark olive. They have a crossed bill used
for opening the cones of evergreen trees and are a spring migrant.
The
Carolina chickadee, Parus carolinensis, grows up to 4.75 inches long, is
gray with a black cap, and a whitish breast. It feeds on seeds, fruit, and
insects and is a year-round resident.
The tree swallow, Iridoprocne bicolor, grows to 6 inches long, is dark blue with a light breast. It feeds on insects near lakes and rivers, roosts in dead trees, and is a summer resident.
The
barn swallow, Hirundo rustica, grows up to 7.5 inches long, is dark blue
with a cinnamon throat and a white breast.
The red breasted nuthatch, Sitta canadensis, grows up to 4 inches long,
has a blue back, a red breast, and a white stripe on its head. It runs up and down
the trunks of trees searching for insects and is a winter resident.
The
white breasted nuthatch, Sitta carolinensis, grows up to 4.75 inches
long, is bluish gray with a black cap, and a white breast. It runs up and down
the trunks of trees searching for insects and is a year-round resident.
The ruby throated hummingbird, Archilochus colubris, is dark green with a
deep red throat and grows to 3 inches long. It feeds on the nectar of flowers
and is a summer resident.
The indigo bunting, Passerina cyanea, is a summer resident that feeds on insects and seeds. It grows up to 5 inches long and is not common in the Pine Barrens.
The downy woodpecker, Picoides pubescens, grows up to 7 inches long and has a small red patch on the back of its head. It feeds on insects and is a year round resident.
The
red bellied woodpecker, Melanerpes carolinus, grows up to 9 inches long,
has a black and white striped back and a red patch on its head and breast. It
feeds on insects and is a common year-round resident.
The
red headed woodpecker, Melanerpes erythrocephalus, grows up to 9.5 inches
long, has a black body with white patches, a white breast, and a red head. It
feeds on insects, is a summer resident, and is classified as a threatened
species in New Jersey.
The
wild turkey, Meleagris gallopavo, grows up to 36 inches long, has a rusty
brown body, and bluish featherless head. They eat seeds, acorns, fruit and
insects and where once hunted to near extinction in New Jersey.