Bird Card

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.