Canyons aren t barriers to birds. In search of food and water, birds can readily fly to depths and heights forbidding for other animals, including humans. The birds below represent those that live within the various habitats of the canyon, from the rim (top, Great horned owl) to the river (bottom, American dipper). Great horned owl USFWS photo by Gary M. Stolz…
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Lives, Habitats and Pictures of the different Black Birds Enter Bird s Name in Search Box: There are some families of birds that are referred to by colour. The black birds are no exception. There are a number of bird types that fit this category. From the large ravens and crows to the medium-sized grackles and to the smaller birds, such as blackbirds, cowbirds…
Mniotilta varia The foraging habits of Black-and-white Warblers are unique among North American wood-warblers. Rather than gathering insects and spiders or their larvae from the foliage, twigs or small branches of trees or shrubs, Black-and-white Warblers mostly forage for their arthropod prey on the bark of major branches (preferably dead) and trunks of trees.This…
Bird Watching and Wildlife Located in the rural southwest corner of Leominster, Sholan Farms encompasses 160 acres of diverse property. In addition to the 60 acres of farmland, there are approximately 50 acres of meadows and 50 acres of forest. Much of the meadow areas are overgrown with sumac, brush and vines. The long-term plan is to manage this area much like…
The Hunt for the Ivory-billed Woodpecker Who Are NASA s Earth Explorers? The elementary school student questioning if El Niño occurs anywhere besides the Pacific Ocean. The researcher investigating connections between Arctic ozone depletion and global climate change. The citizen scientist interested in how changing land cover and use affects animal migration…
Voyager 2 took this photo of Saturn s outer satellite, Phoebe, on Sept. 4, 1981, from 2.2 million kilometers (1.36 million miles) away. The photo shows that Phoebe is about 200 kilometers (120 miles) in diameter, about twice the size of Earth-based measurements; and dark, with five percent reflectivity - much darker than any other Saturnian satellite. That, and…
The Great Blue Heron , Ardea herodias , is a wading bird of the heron family, common all over North and Central America as well as the West Indies and the Galápagos Islands, except in deserts and high mountains where there is no water for it to wade in. The Great Blue Heron is the largest heron in North America. Adults have blue-grey wings and back and a white…
If you haven t had the pleasure to see the best reality show in town, visit This site features a hummingbird webcam that shows a fabulous window into nature and a whole lot more. A bit of a warning though, Phoebe watching is highly addicting! These tiny jewels of nature are fascinating little creatures that zoom into your heart and warm the souls of the visitors…
White-bellied Go-away-bird Corythaixoides leucogaster Musophagiforme Order – Musophagidae Family BIOMETRICS: Length: 50 cm (tail = 24 cm) Weight: M: 170-225 g – F: 225-250 g DESCRIPTION: The White-bellied Go-away-bird is a fruit-eater. Its name comes from its calls described like “go-wayeer”. Both sexes are similar. The adult has grey upperparts with dark grey…
The words were hauntingly similar to what Phoebe Prince was reported to have said before the 15-year-old committed suicide. “My daughter said things like, ‘I can’t go on, ’ and ‘Nobody will help me and nobody can help me, ’ ” recalled Carla Carey of Foxboro, Mass. For months, Carey’s daughter had reported harassment by a classmate to school officials, who said…
This widespread western species is frequently seen perching on bushes, boulders, fences, and utility wires. Polytypic (4 ssp.; 3 in North America). Length 4.5 . Grayish brown above; darkest on wings and head, especially lores and behind eye. Breast and throat are paler, more grayish; contrast with tawny-cinnamon belly and undertail coverts. Contrasting black…
Animal displays may vary both within and among individuals and also within and among populations. This variation may contain important information used by animals for individual recognition. Suboscine birds are thought to develop song by fully innate mechanisms and are poorly studied relative to oscine birds, where song learning results in significant variation…
Special to specific regions Eastern Songbirds 020 Red-eyed Vireo (Difficult to see but often heard as are very common in eastern forests. They stay high up in deciduous canopies where they sing frequently and consistantly through out the day long into summer.) Not a bird likely to be found in the Southern Western states but their range does extend across the…
The Black phoebe hawks insects, usually over water or near water. It will occasionally eat small fish. Nesting habitats used by the Black phoebe The Black phoebe builds a nest out of mud. This mud nest is placed on a cliff, bridge, or building. The niche filled by Black phoebe The Black phoebe uses the abundance of insects near water. The Migration of the Black…
DEAR JOAN: Last summer a neighbor removed some evergreens and several displaced black phoebes found their way to our yard. Since then all have moved on except one; it made a home perched on a planter hook under our eaves. I hung a small wooden house 3 feet away, but it’s not using it. The area is exposed and I wish the little bird was more protected from weather…
As is the case with so many Neotropical finches, the genus Lophospingus has now been found to be a tanager based on genetic data. The “crested finches” appear to be sister to the White-banded Tanager (Neothraupis fasciata) and these in turn are part of a clade which includes the Common Diuca-Finch ( Diuca diuca ), Paroaria “cardinals”, Magpie Tanager ( Cissopis…
Learn to distinguish between our birds of prey with this Springwatch guide. Kestrels are most commonly seen hovering, in search of prey. British birds of prey come in a range of different shapes, sizes and families, and telling them apart when all you have is a fleeting glimpse or a far-off silhoutette in the sky can be difficult. This Springwatch guide will…
Frigatebirds are distinctive tropical seabirds that occasionally reach New Zealand, usually associated with tropical weather systems. There are five species worldwide. All are large, black-and-white, with long angular wings, deeply forked tails, and long, hooked bills. As their name suggests, they are aerial pirates, often robbing other seabirds of their food…
Towhee, Sparrpws, Juncos, Longspurs, Buntings - Family Emberizidae Green-tailed Towhee adult -Wikipedia- Green-tailed Towhee Pipilo chlorurus A large and colorful member of the sparrow family, the Green-tailed Towhee is perhaps more recognizable by its eye-catching chestnut crown than by its less intense green-gray back and olive tail. As a ground forager, it…
Imitative song development, its requisite auditory feedback, and the underlying neural control of learned song are becoming increasingly well known in songbirds, but the evolution of these characteristics from songbird ancestors is poorly understood. Suboscine flycatchers, which belong to the evolutionary sister group of the oscine songbirds (in the same order…
