Across
- 3. nightjar facial feature, _____ bristles
- 6. In North America, there are red-winged and yellow-headed species, in South America, there yellow-winged and scarlet-headed species!
- 9. Symbol of wisdom or harbinger of death
- 10. local woodpecker whose call sounds like "waka-waka"
- 11. Tim Robbins' call sign in the movie "Top Gun"
- 12. A group of eggs incubated together
- 14. Avian featured on Guatemala's flag
- 17. The Latin name of our Northern variety means "Mimic of many tongues"
- 22. Burden metaphor
- 24. 1990s thriller "The ______ Brief"
- 25. Atlanta's erstwhile NHL franchise
- 27. complain
- 32. feather shaft
- 33. character in Last of the Mohicans, M*A*S*H*, and Marvel Comics
- 35. Camden Yards player
- 38. PAS mascot
- 39. type of rhapsody or waxwing
Down
- 1. spot-breasted warbler found east of the Rockies
- 2. Wing-like or wing-shaped
- 4. Thanksgiving entree, for meat-eaters
- 5. Descriptor for a flycatcher or a storm-petrel
- 7. They can be pied, ringed, or green; our local one is "belted"
- 8. Williams or Gibb
- 13. 1970s spy thriller "Three Days of the _____"
- 15. an amusing adventure or escapade
- 16. Genus of sparrow with the nickname "the little executioner"
- 17. "Mischief-making" bird, when in groups
- 18. Surname in a Harper Lee novel
- 19. birds with prominent head plumes
- 20. imitate
- 21. wading bird whose genus means "recurved bill"
- 22. Sixth day of Christmas genus
- 23. 2018 spy thriller "Red _____"
- 26. send food or drink down one's gullet
- 28. piscivorous raptor
- 29. Happening quickly or promptly
- 30. toy for a windy day
- 31. Hawaiian goose
- 34. Deity humor?
- 36. Bane in a Poe poem
- 37. According to Lenape legend, bird that brought fire to the world