Gray Catbird:

 Slate gray overall, black cap, dark reddish undertail coverts, darker tail, flick their tail up & down

Call: unhappy catbird

Northern Mockingbird:

Rare in WI, grey overall, black wings w/two white wingbars, white tail edges (like junco), ~robin in size but slimmer with longer tail

Brown Thrasher:

Very long-tailed, upperside is rufious brown, two small white wing bars, common, white underside with dark dashes (streaking), long decurved beak, yellow eyes 

Call: paired notes of all different kinds

Veery:

Plain brown from head to tail, throat and bib slightly dotted and buffy color, light grey belly & underside, very faint pale eyering, common

Call: liquid whistley warble

Swainson's Thrush:

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Obvious eyering and buffy face!!

Upper all plain brown, buffy upper breast & throat but buffy area has more distinct dots - dots extend slightly to grey belly, common, distinct facial patterns: white eyering

Hermit Thrush:

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Upper is uniform brown, but rump & tail reddish,  white eyering, larger spots on upper breast extending to belly, light belly, will land and flick tail up then slowly lower it

Call: deep flute like whistle

Wood Thrush:

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Heavy dark spotting

Common, upper is plain brown, underside plainheavy large spots all the way downgrey face with red cap and neck, larger than other thrushes (~robin),

Call: flute-like notes. "ee-oh-lay." more metallic flute whistle 

Red-winged Blackbird:

Not in wooded areas - more wetlandy, very needle point sharp beak

M: Black bird, red shoulder patches, yellow band under red patch

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F: like sparrow, underside is dark with lighter streaks (looks more streaked than sparrows), throat and face is dark orange color, black cap, black eye stripe, darkly striped on back, slight orange shoulder patch

Call:  "chortle-deeeeee"

Eastern Meadowlark:

>robin - big bird, long pointy beak, underside from throat to belly is rich yellow, thick black "v" shape on breast, malar stripe is white, outter tail feathers are white, plain colored above

Call: slurred descending whistle: "but-I-DO-luh-ove-you"

Western Meadowlark:

Big, long pointy beak, less distinct facial patterns - less contrasty, yellow throat and belly with black "v" on breast, yellow malar stripe, brown above eye

Call: [only reliable thing to tell meadowlarks apart] sounds like R2D2

Rusty Blackbird:

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Plain black, white eye, looks like but is smaller than grackle, slimmer than red-wing

Call: cleaner & higher pitched than red-wing; like the creak of rusty hinges.

Common Grackle:

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Appears stretched out. May appear all black like blackbird but much larger and more common, if light is right - irridescence (bluish head, purple/red body and wings), tail is long & held in a "v" when flying away

Call: raspy, can't quite get it out

Brown-headed Cowbird:

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Common, beak is finch/sparrow like (conical, triangle), smaller than any other blackbirds (~downy), very short tail, hang high in trees

Male Brown-headed Cowbirds have glossy black plumage and a rich brown head that often looks black in poor lighting or at distance.

Female Brown-headed Cowbirds are plain brown birds, lightest on the head and underparts, with fine streaking on the belly and a dark eye.

Call: liquid-sounding series of low gurgling notes followed by thin sliding whistles, lasting slightly longer than 1 second

Orchard Oriole:

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Rare, very small (~chickadee), black head, bluish beak, rump & underside is deep brick red, wings black w/two deep red bars

Bultimore Oriole:

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2x the weight as Orchard, two white bars on black wings, underside & rump is firey orange, bluish beak, black head, tail has black on center with orange outter tail feathers, very common

Call: series of rich whistled notes interspersed with rattles

Bobolink:

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Face, chest, belly, tail, and wings black. Shoulders, lower back, and rump white to pale gray. Straw-colored back of head. Bill glossy black.

Call: rolling, bubbling, jangling series of notes; given in flight.

Eastern Bluebird:

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• Reddish orange breast and throat
• White belly and undertail
• Body held upright

Call: low-pitched, warbling song

Yellow-headed Blackbird:

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Head, neck, and breast bright yellow. Body black. Black stripe in front of eye to bill. White patches in wing may be visible while perched, or hidden; conspicuous in flight.