With an almost seven-foot wingspan and weighing nearly twenty-five pounds, this swan is among the largest of all waterfowl.
Both are smaller cousins to the American Crow and the Common Raven.
Twenty-five years ago, there were twice as many Lesser and Greater Scaup in North America as there are today.
And how do songbirds sit on metal perches with no problem?
The Black Oystercatcher is completely dependent on the marine shoreline for food, even in winter, when waves hit the rocks with awesome force. Beginning in the Sixteenth Century, local lads would go forth for a yearly wren hunt.
Only a few are harmful. The swallows that make mud nests in spring and catch flying insects all summer are now far south in Mexico, and Central and South America. And how do songbirds sit on metal perches with no problem? On one of these islands, Mauritius, these sailors were the first Europeans to lay eyes on the odd, flightless bird known as the Dodo.
October brings well over a dozen species of wintering ducks and seabirds to our waters.
As the winter sun sinks over the Coulee Lakes, hundreds of Gray-crowned Rosy-Finches suddenly appear, an undulating cloud that swarms into the upper levels of the basalt cliffs.
Watching birds is a bit like detective work.
Winter is a great time to travel to Latin America for birdwatching. On one of these islands, Mauritius, these sailors were the first Europeans to lay eyes on the odd, flightless bird known as the Dodo.
The people went hungry because the clams lay hidden under water. Winter is a great time to travel to Latin America for birdwatching.
Noted as a table delicacy, the four-foot long Wild Turkey was hunted by both Native Americans and the Europeans who populated our country. And you often find them together in winter.
The Brown Creeper lives in a mature forest where evergreen and deciduous trees reach for sun. Thanks to Harry Potter, the owl is flying high.
The smallest woodpecker in the United States, it turns up everywhere there are a few trees, except in the dry deserts of the Southwest and in Hawaii.
Just for a LARK, MARTIN and JAY decided to have a SWALLOW.
It has a pleasing and rhythmical song, which it sings even in winter. A Red-tailed Hawk soars on broad, rounded wings, the epitome of effortless flight. Small forest birds, such as nuthatches and creepers may spend the night huddled together in tree cavities. The Black Oystercatcher is completely dependent on the marine shoreline for food, even in winter, when waves hit the rocks with awesome force. Why does the American Dipper dip?
The Wild Turkey, from which the domestic variety has been bred, is native to North America. Soon other chicks follow, splashing into the sea.
The people went hungry because the clams lay hidden under water.
Noted as a table delicacy, the four-foot long Wild Turkey was hunted by both Native Americans and the Europeans who populated our country.
One crow is just a crow. Imagine: a Great Blue Heron trying to swallow a snake.
Imagine: a Great Blue Heron trying to swallow a snake. This bird inhabits remote areas near tree-line in the western mountains, where it lives in symbiosis with whitebark pines.