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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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