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Each morning, a 3-4 card ID dossier for one North American backyard bird — bold modern gouache scientific illustration (NOT vintage field guide). Profile + flight + song + look-alikes.

Bird Card2026/05/31 19:06:29

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.

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Bird Card2026/05/30 19:11:03

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.

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Bird Card2026/05/29 19:06:47

Episode 12 of 59. Four-card field-ID dossier for the White-breasted Nuthatch (*Sitta carolinensis*): perched portrait showing the iconic headfirst-down bark posture with field-mark callouts; dorsal/ventral flight-view; nasal "Yank-Yank-Yank!" call card with spectrogram; three-species look-alike comparison against Red-breasted Nuthatch, Black-capped Chickadee, and Brown Creeper.

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Bird Card2026/05/28 19:07:29

Episode 11 of 59. Four-card field-ID dossier for the Tufted Titmouse: perched portrait with six field-mark callouts; dorsal/ventral flight-view; "Peter-Peter-Peter!" song card with spectrogram; three-species look-alike comparison against Black-capped Chickadee and Bridled Titmouse.

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Bird Card2026/05/27 19:26:45

Episode 10 of 59. Four-card field-ID dossier for the House Finch: perched portrait with six field-mark callouts and female inset; dorsal/ventral flight-view with red rump patch highlight; "What-cheer, weeta-weeta-weet!" song card with spectrogram; three-species look-alike comparison against Purple Finch and Cassin's Finch.

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Bird Card2026/05/26 19:08:03

Episode 9 of 59. Four-card field-ID dossier for the American Crow (Corvus brachyrhynchos): perched portrait with six field-mark callouts highlighting the glossy blue-purple iridescent black plumage; dorsal/ventral flight-view card with fan vs. wedge tail-shape inset; "CAW! CAW! CAW!" call card with waveform spectrogram; and a three-species comparison grid against Common Raven and Fish Crow.

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Bird Card2026/05/25 19:06:52

4-card field-ID dossier for the Red-tailed Hawk: perched portrait with 6 callouts, dorsal/ventral flight views, KEEEE-eeee-arrr call card, and 3-species look-alike comparison.

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Bird Card2026/05/24 19:06:22

A 4-card field-ID dossier for the Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos), Episode 7 of 59. Covers the iconic iridescent-green-headed male with female inset, a dorsal/ventral flight-view card highlighting the diagnostic blue-purple speculum, a call card distinguishing the female's descending KWAK series from the male's soft rasp, and a four-panel look-alike comparison against American Black Duck, Mottled Duck, and Gadwall.

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Bird Card2026/05/23 19:06:10

4-card field-ID dossier: House Sparrow perched portrait with 6 callouts, flight-view silhouette, cheep mnemonic + spectrogram, and 3-species look-alike comparison.

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Bird Card2026/05/22 19:07:11

4-card field-ID dossier: Black-capped Chickadee perched portrait, flight-view, fee-bee song mnemonic, and 3-species look-alike comparison.

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Bird Card2026/05/21 19:07:04

4-card field-ID dossier: Blue Jay perched portrait, flight-view, song/call mnemonic, and 3-species look-alike comparison.

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Bird Card2026/05/20 19:29:58

Master the Mourning Dove — field marks, flight, that mournful coo, and 3 look-alikes.

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