It is a foul bird that fills his own nest. A proverb Green Kingfisher The Green Kingfisher, Chloroceryle americana, is a resident breeding bird which occurs from southern Texas in the USA south through Central and South Americal to central Argentina. Identification Tips: • Length: 7.5 inches • Long, stout…
Canada’s national bird is the grouse. A Stuart Keate quotation Spruce Grouse The Spruce Grouse, Dendragapus canadensis, is a medium-sized grouse. These birds forage on the ground or in trees in winter. They nest on the ground in dense growth. They are permanent residents. Some of them move short distances…
Don’t the wounded bird still sing? A Sheryl Crow quotation Common Nighthawk The Common Nighthawk, Chordeiles minor, is a nightjar. Their breeding habitat is open country across North America. They usually nest on bare ground, sometimes in raised locations including stumps or gravel roofs and in burned out forest floors.…
Bluebird poop on my convertible top doesn’t smell and I can clean it off, but much congressional poop stinks, and can affect you for a lifetime. A Charles L Harmon quotation Western Bluebird The Western Bluebird (Sialia mexicana) is a medium-sized thrush. Northern birds migrate to the southern parts of…
How montonous the sounds of the forest would be if the music came only from the Top Ten birds. A Dan Bennett quotation Wrentit The Wrentit, Chamaea fasciata, is a small bird that lives in chaparral and bushland. It is the only species in the genus Chamaea. The Wrentit is…
My father told me all about the birds and the bees, the liar – I went steady with a woodpecker till I was twenty-one. A Bob Hope quotation Red-bellied Woodpecker The Red-bellied Woodpecker, Melanerpes carolinus, is a medium-sized woodpecker of the Picidae family. Identification Tips: • Length: 8.5 inches •…
The mosquito is the state bird of New Jersey. An Andy Warhol quotation European Starling The European Starling, Common Starling or just Starling, (Sturnus vulgaris), is a passerine bird in the family Sturnidae. This species of starling is native to most of temperate Europe and western Asia. It is resident…
Fall is my favorite season in Los Angeles, watching the birds change color and fall from the trees. A David Letterman quotation Golden-crowned Kinglet The Golden-crowned Kinglet, Regulus satrapa, is a very small songbird. In coniferous forests across Canada, the northeastern and western United States, Mexico and Central America is…
