Birds Identified: American Redstart

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American Redstart has these characteristics:

• Hopping or climbing
  
• Smaller than robin
  
• Red present
  
• Yellow or orange
  
• Underparts plain
  
• Bold markings present (patches or blotches of black, white, or color)
  
• Tail stripes (along)
  
• Tail bands (across)
  
• Wing bands or bars
  
• North summer (June through August)
  
• South summer (June through August)
  
• Wood habitat
  
• Perched high (generally above middle of trees when perched or foraging)
  
• Perched low (generally below middle of trees when perched or foraging)
  
• Short forays (flies out from perch and returns)
  
• Jerks tail or body (repeated dipping of body, or flipping or pumping of tail)
  
• Staccato and twitter call (short sharp notes or rapid series of notes: tinkling, trilling, sputtering, or percussive)
  
• High or thin song (high pitched and weak; lisping, sizzling, or hissing quality)
  
• Melodious song (pitch variable; smooth, sweet, or rich quality; pattern generally complex)
  

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