Barred Owls!
A quick aid for identification are the Barred Owl’s big dark-brown eyes. From a distance, they look black and a little spooky. Most owls have large yellow eyes and a dark beak. Barred Owls have the opposite, dark eyes and a yellow beak.
Bird Profile
Black Skimmers
Black Skimmers are common along salt-water shorelines in the southeast, along the gulf shores, and the western shores of southern California and Mexico.
The Beautiful Snow Goose
Seeing these beautiful, white and black Snow Geese fly over in perfect formation is enough to make anyone come to pause.
Cute Little Saw-whet Owls
Although common, Northern Saw-whet Owls are so small, extremely nocturnal and secretive that we just don’t see them.
Beautiful Wood Ducks!
The Wood Duck is well known as the most strikingly beautiful waterfowl of them all. The males have a beautiful, glossy, iridescent green crested head with delicate white pinstriping.
The Exotic White Ibis
The White Ibis would come in groups of ten or more, and systematically forage my lawn for bugs and insects. I’d never seen anything like them. Welcome to Florida!
Remarkable Ravens
Are they smart, or just scavengers? The answer is both. The Raven is known to be the smartest of all birds, that’s why they are remarkable!
The Black-billed Magpie
Black-billed Magpies are smart, social, entertaining, and have a dubious reputation for making trouble.
Love those Nuthatches
Nuthatches are those little black, grey and white busy bodies crawling up and down and sideways on the tree branches looking for insects.
Northern Flickers
Northern Flickers are some of the most beautiful and dramatic birds that are common across the United States and well into Canada.