[femme gauche]

House finches are smaller than sparrows and more plainly colored with, I believe, rosy breasts at least in the males.

I'm always excited to see the goldfinches; there aren't too many colorful birds which frequent the area. There was once a hawk in the backyard, but for the most part our area is too closely populated for large birds of prey to come into the yard. And there aren't turkeys, though I have seen them in the wild on occasion upstate. Mourning doves' distinctive (name-sake) cry is often heard... those birds are pretty dumb though xP.

I've heard woodpeckers more than seen them, but I have seen one or two, although not in my neighborhood. The last ones you've named, I've heard of although I couldn't pick out but I don't think we get many, anyway. Blue jays, cardinals, goldfinches, mourning doves, the occasional chickadee, starlings, grackles, red winged blackbirds... those are distinctive by their calls as well. They are marsh birds...