Birds, From Worst To Best

' Common Starling

' Canada Goose

' Mute Swan

' Yellow-throated Warbler

' Bald Eagle

' Cockatiel

' American Robin

' Budgerigar

' African Grey Parrot

' Feral Pigeon

' Gull

' House Sparrow

' Blue Jay

' Yellow-bellied Sapsucker

' Great Tit

' Japanese Tit

' Southern Black Tit

' Dusky Tit

' Ashy Tit

' Booby

' American Woodcock (aka Timberdoodle)

' Northern Cardinal

' Chicken

' Toucan

' Black-capped Chickadee

' Feral Parrots

' Peacock

' Snowy Egret

' Red-billed Streamertail

' Mourning Dove

' Pelican

' American Kestrel

' Hoopoe

' Turkey Vulture

' Peregrine Falcon

' Hummingbird

' Baltimore Oriole

' Magpie

' Crow

' Raven

' Mockingbird

' Brahminy Kite

' Wild Turkey

' Curlew

Joe MacLeod was permaently scarred as a child (OK, teenager) when he viewed an ABC Afterschool Special. Ornithological consultation by Tom Scocca.