Red-tailed Hawks!
The Red-tailed Hawk is the biggest and most common Buteo hawk. If, “You can sit and talk, and watch a hawk making lazy circles in the sky,” then you are probably watching a Red-tailed Hawk!
Killdeer are Shorebirds
Yes, Killdeer are shorebirds, but, you don’t have to go to the shore to enjoy this well-marked and graceful plover. Killdeer are common in yards, newly cut fields, golf courses, even parking lots and football fields.
Look for Brown Thrashers
If you live anywhere east of the Rocky Mountains, and if you have any thick hedges or prickly bushes around your yard, Brown Thrashers should be near.
What is a Rufous-sided Towhee?
These foragers can easily be heard hopping back and forth on the dry ground, turning up leaves to find a meal.
Our Two Magnificent Eagles
Getting an unexpected view of a Bald Eagle, or a Golden Eagle is a thrill that won’t be forgotten. Except for the Condor, these two species of eagles are America’s biggest birds
Birding, Backyard and Beyond
with his large and beautifully treed backyard and his new work-at-home schedule, his birds and backyard are getting top attention. This is truly an example of birding, backyard and beyond.
Oh, to the Nightingale!
Almost all of these great authors and artists included the Nightingale in their works. John Keats wrote “Ode to the Nightingale,” and Homer evokes the Nightingale in the “Odyssey.”
Bobolinks!
One of the reasons we don’t frequently see these birds is because of their diet and preferred habitat. Bobolinks nest on the ground by open grassy fields, meadows, and marshes where they eat mainly seeds from wild plants.
What to do with the Parakeets?
Monk Parakeets are sometimes known as Quaker Parrots. As it turns out, parakeets are simply small parrots. Monks are very intelligent, social, loud, ravenous and prolific. And then, they can live up to 20 years!
The Busy, Belted Kingfisher
Wherever there is water, there will be a Belted Kingfisher. It doesn’t matter if it’s ocean shores, rivers edge, lakeside, or even well-stocked private koi or trout ponds, the Belted Kingfisher will be there.