You cannot fly like an eagle with the wings of a wren A William Henry Hudson quotation This bird is the eastern representative of a widely distributed species that has been subdivided into 12 additional subspecies in western North America. It’s breeding range, is from southeastern Nebraska, northern Illinois, southern…
The bluebird carries the sky on its back A Henry David Thoreau quotation This bird is well named, for he has a coat of the purest, richest, and most gorgeous blue on back, wings, and tail. There is no North American bird that better deserves the name. There is no…
The early bird catches the worm A famous quotation This bird is the largest thrush in North America. It is widely and familiarly known in the United States and Canada. To millions of people it is as well known as the crow, and far more popular. Their nest is kept…
You cannot prevent the birds of sorrow from flying over your head, but you can prevent them from building nests in your hair A Chinese proverb The bird is found North and also South America. Unlike most of our migrant birds, this bird arrives in New England quite unobtrusively. It’s…
The eagle does not catch flies An old proverb This bird lives mostly in tropical deciduous forests. The maximum elevation they normally are found at is about 1,200 meters. They are found on tropical hills and lower slopes around 500-900 meters in the tropics. Some reported foods in their diet…
No bird soars too high, if he soars with his own wings A William Blake quotation This bird, with its various races, is the most widely distributed, most universally common, and best known of all our birds of prey. It is found in North and Central America and the islands…
The old age of an eagle is better than the youth of a sparrow An old Greek proverb These birds appear in North America and northeastern Siberia; casual in Berinuda, and accidentally in Sweden. The flight of these birds (when grown) is powerful and impressive, but not so graceful or…
When you soar like an eagle, you attract the hunters A Milton S. Gould quotation Identify this bird These birds have always been looked upon as emblems of power and valor. Its soaring flight, with its pure-white head and tail glistening in the sunlight, is really inspiring and a sight…
