a wide variety of birds and other sounds heard outdoors. The species tend towards dull grays and browns in their appearance. Gray catbird, Dumetella carolinensis Curve-billed thrasher, Toxostoma curvirostre Brown thrasher, Toxostoma rufum Sage thrasher, Oreoscoptes montanus Northern mockingbird, Mimus polyglottos Starlings Order: PasseriformesFamily: Sturnidae Starlings are small to medium-sized passerine birds. They are medium-sized passerines with strong feet. Their flight is strong and direct and they are very gregarious. Their preferred habitat is fairly open country, and they eat insects and fruit. Plumage is typically dark with a metallic sheen. European starling, Sturnus vulgaris (I) Thrushes and allies Order: PasseriformesFamily: Turdidae The thrushes are a group of passerine birds that occur mainly but not exclusively in the Old World. They are plump, soft plumaged, small to medium-sized insectivores or sometimes omnivores, often feeding on the ground. Many have attractive songs. Eastern bluebird, Sialia sialis Western bluebird, Sialia mexicana (A) Mountain bluebird, Sialia currucoides Townsend's solitaire, Myadestes townsendi Veery, Catharus fuscescens Gray-cheeked thrush, Catharus minimus Swainson's thrush, Catharus ustulatus Hermit thrush, Catharus guttatus Wood thrush, Hylocichla mustelina American robin, Turdus migratorius Varied thrush, Ixoreus naevius Old World flycatchers Order: PasseriformesFamily: Muscicapidae The Old World flycatchers are a large family of small passerine birds. These are mainly small arboreal insectivores, many of which, as the name implies, take their prey on the wing. Northern wheatear, Oenanthe oenanthe (H) (A) Old World sparrows Order: PasseriformesFamily: Passeridae Old World sparrows are small passerine birds. In general, sparrows tend to be small plump brownish or grayish birds with short tails and short powerful beaks. Sparrows are seed eaters, but they also consume small insects. House sparrow, Passer domesticus (I) Wagtails and pipits Order: PasseriformesFamily: Motacillidae Motacillidae is a family of small passerine birds with medium to long tails. They include the wagtails, longclaws, and pipits. They are slender ground-feeding insectivores of open country. American pipit, Anthus rubescens Sprague's pipit, Anthus spragueii Finches, euphonias, and allies Order: PasseriformesFamily: Fringillidae Finches are seed-eating passerine birds that are small to moderately large and have a strong beak, usually conical and in some species very large. All have twelve tail feathers and nine primaries. These birds have a bouncing flight with alternating bouts of flapping and gliding on closed wings, and most sing well. Brambling, Fringilla montifringilla (A) Evening grosbeak, Coccothraustes vespertinus Pine grosbeak, Pinicola enucleator Gray-crowned rosy-finch, Leucosticte tephrocotis (H) (A) House finch, Haemorhous mexicanus Purple finch,