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I am no bird; and no net ensnares me; I am a free human being with an independent will . . .
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Have you spotted a Magnificent Frigatebird?
The Wood Stork (Mycteria americana) is a large American wading bird in the stork family Ciconiidae. It was formerly called the “Wood Ibis”, although it is not an ibis.
The adult is a large bird 33-45 inches tall with a 58-71 inch wingspan. Males typically weigh 5.5-7.3 lbs, about a pound more than females.
Identification Tips:
* Length: 35 inches Wingspan: 66 inches
* Sexes similar
* Large, long-legged wader with a long neck
* Large bill, thick and slightly decurved
* Head and neck unfeathered and black
* White body plumage
* Black primaries and secondaries
* Holds neck extended in flight
Adult:
* Dark bill
This is a subtropical and tropical species which breeds in much of South America, Central America and the Caribbean. The Wood Stork is the only stork that presently breeds in North America. In the United States there is a small and endangered breeding population in Florida, Georgia, and South Carolina, along with a recently discovered rookery in southeastern North Carolina
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House Finches
The House Finch (Carpodacus mexicanus) is a medium-sized finch of the Rosefinch genus.
These birds are mainly permanent residents; some eastern birds migrate south.
Identification Tips:
• Length: 5.25 inches
• Conical bill
• Long tail
• Distinctive call note often given in flight
Male:
• Red forehead, supercilium, breast and rump
• Streaked belly and undertail coverts
• Brown wings and tail
• Immature male resembles female
Female:
• Plainer face than Purple and Cassin’s Finch
• Heavily streaked underparts
• Brown upperparts
Originally only a resident of Mexico and the southwestern United States, they were introduced to eastern North America in the 1940s. They have become naturalized; in some unforested areas, they have displaced the native Purple Finch and nonnative House Sparrow.
House Finches primarily eat grains, seeds and berries, being voracious consumers of weed seeds such as nettle and dandelion; included are incidental small insects such as aphids. House Finches normally forage on the ground or in vegetation.
House Finches are one of the few birds that are aggressive enough to keep House Sparrows out of their birdhouse and evict them.
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