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Includes:
Tyrant Flycatchers (TYRANNIDAE), Shrikes (LANIIDAE), Vireos (VIREONIDAE), Jays, Magpies, and Crows (CORVIDAE), Larks (ALAUDIDAE), Swallows (HIRUNDINIDAE), Chickadees and Titmice (PARIDAE), Verdin (REMIZIDAE), Bushtits (AEGITHALIDAE), Nuthatches (SITTIDAE), Creepers (CERTHIIDAE), Wrens (TROGLODYTIDAE), Gnatcatchers (POLIOPTILIDAE), Dippers (CINCLIDAE), Kinglets (REGULIDAE), Leaf Warblers (PHYLLOSCOPIDAE), Old World Warblers (SYLVIIDAE), Old World Flycatchers (MUSCICAPIDAE), Thrushes (TURDIDAE), Mockingbirds, Thrashers, and Allies (MIMIDAE), Starlings and Allies (STURNIDAE), Wood-Warblers (PARULIDAE), New World Sparrows and Allies (EMBERIZIDAE), Cardinals, Grosbeaks, and Allies (CARDINALIDAE), Blackbirds and Allies (ICTERIDAE), Finches and Allies (FRINGILLIDAE), Old World Sparrows (PASSERIDAE)
Perching Birds (PASSERIFORMES)
Read MoreWestern Scrub Jay
Aphelocoma californica
Western Scrub Jay-this bird wasn't yakking but panting because it was so hot!