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BIRDS
Ch'ee-yaash
bird
Chaa
brewer
blackbird
Chaa
red-
shouldered
blackbird
Waa-so (or)
Chin-nes-ko-che
bluebird
Ch'oo-yos-chung
turkey
buzzard
Ch'ee-yaash-choh
condor
To-gaa-tsin-che
coot
Selh-jij-woi
sandhill
crane
Kaa-chaan-che'
crow
Baa-yo
dove
Ko-so-choh
duck:
mallard
Naa-tu-ge
kai-choh
duck:
merganser
Ko-so-choh
duck, all
Tis-bil
eagle
Dis-tee-yaan-se
(madrone berry eater)
purple finch
Bin-chish-bil
flicker
Kaa
geese
Kaas-til-bi'
pine
grosbeak
Dish-choh
blue grouse
Kaa-kai
snow goose
Che-yaash-cha-bee-se
(bird catcher)
cooper
hawk
Ko-so-choh
western
canadian
goose
Naa-tu-ge
white-fronted
goose
Baan-chi-yaash
(ocean bird)
fish hawk
Ye-sai-che
marsh hawk
Ches-nai-gee
(come to house to get ashes)
night hawk
Is-sai
red-tailed
hawk
Se-til-le-che
sparrow
hawk
Sis-choo-gai (eats frogs)
great
blue heron
Tsiil-gel
hummingbird
Ches-sai
scrub jay
Ches-sai-chin-choh
stellar jay
Taa-ko-sin-che
(great rustler)
junco
Naa-dil-yaa-che
(wears necklace)
killdeer
Kai-til-bai
kingbird
See-naa-dil-yaa
(rock stands on)
kingfisher
Cho-laa-ke (or) Tso-laa-ke
meadowlark
Chaa-tai-che
mountain
tanager
Go-yaan-chi
nuthatch
Chit-bo (or) Chaa-haa-tai
oriole
Bi-chii-lo-choh
great
horned owl
Te-ges-ko
screech
owl
Bi-chii-lo
spotted
owl
Ki-'ing-choh
banded-tail
pigeon
Cha-bo-che
poorwil
Chin-ne-te (or)
Tsen-ne-te
prairie falcon
Chil-kyoh
mountain
quail
Dish-che'
valley quail
Kaa-chaan-choh
raven
Ki-yaash-ches-nes
(bird, long one)
road runner
Choo-kaa
robin
Kel-kus-chiil-kus
(forked tongue)
barn swallow
Sas-tu-ge-che
cliff swallow
Taas-ko-che
thrasher
Skaa-le
bushtit
Tse-taa-nai-tai-che
(sii tah - top of head)
tufted tit
Selh-chin-tin-ne
wren tit
Naal-tse
(found fire, parents throw out, Coyote got it)
towhee
Chaan-sto-che
brown
towhee
Ch'oo-yos-chung
turkey
vulture
Tse-ka-naa-tsi-che
(dance on rocks in river)
water ouzel
Chee-laa-che'
acorn
woodpecker
Kel-saa-che
hairy
woodpecker
Chin-che-baa-choh
(dance on rocks in river)
pileated woodpecker
Ke-tse-che
wren
Ses-chen-din-ne-choh
(night singer)
yellow
breasted
chat
Chit-bo
yellow
bird
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