A new net won’t catch an old bird
A new net won’t catch an old bird.
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Yellow-billed Magpie
The Yellow-billed Magpie, Pica nuttalli, is a large bird in the crow family found only in California. It inhabits the Central Valley and the adjacent chaparral foothills and mountains. Apart from its having a yellow bill and a yellow streak around the eye, it is virtually identical to the Black-billed Magpie (Pica hudsonia) found in much of the rest of North America.
Identification Tips:
• Length: 16 inches
• Large, striking bird
• Yellow sturdy bill
• Long, iridiscent tail
• Black head, breast, back, rump and undertail coverts
• White belly
• Iridiscent wings with white patches in flight
• Dark legs
Similar species:
The Yellow-billed Magpie can be told from the very similar Black-billed Magpie by its yellow bill.
The Yellow-billed Magpie prefers groves of tall trees along rivers and near open areas, though in some cities they have begun to nest in vacant lots and other weedy places.
Nests – Eggs: They nest in small colonies. These birds are permanent residents and do not usually wander far outside of their breeding range.
These birds forage on the ground, mainly eating insects, especially grasshoppers, but also carrion, acorns and fruit in fall and winter.
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I am no bird; and no net ensnares me…
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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