A male Blackbird sings slow, mellow, whistled phrases, each usually ending in a short, scratchy twitter, most regularly from March to June and richest at dawn. Its calls include a loud chink, a low ...

The killdeer is a quirky species of North American plover. They are often seen gathered in flocks on gravel or paved parking lots or in fields of low-cut grass, where they forage and socialize well ...

What it means when you see a cardinal, according to the beliefs people hold, and where those beliefs come from: the name borrowed from the Catholic Church, the Cherokee legend of the redbird as the ...

Male and female Steller's Jays look the same, and males are only a little larger on average. The clues are calls and behavior: only the female gives the clicking rattle and only the male the whistled ...

Dark-eyed Juncos eat seeds above all, especially weed and grass seeds, and add insects in summer, when they feed their chicks. At feeders they like millet scattered on the ground. What they eat ...

Goldfinches eat small seeds above all, especially thistles, knapweeds, dandelions and teasels, plus birch and alder in winter. In gardens they prefer sunflower hearts, then nyjer; seed should go out ...

Baby pigeons, called squabs, hatch after 16-19 days with closed eyes and a sparse coat of yellow down. Both parents feed them crop milk from the lining of the crop, then seeds. They stay hidden in the ...

In early spring, cardinals feed on the ground for seeds in fields, meadows and leaf litter. Once the leaves open, they move up into trees and shrubs for buds and caterpillars. In fall they take fruit ...

The Northern Goshawk, more commonly known simply as the goshawk, is a large bird of prey, widespread throughout the northern hemisphere, with deciduous and coniferous forests their preferred habitat.

Cooper's Hawk is a crow-sized hawk that hunts birds by surprise in woods, towns and backyards. Adults are blue-gray to brownish gray above, barred rusty orange below, with a dark cap and an orange to ...

On grass a Blackbird makes short runs with pauses, watching and listening, then stabs or digs at the ground. Under shrubs it flicks dead leaves and moss aside with sideways sweeps of its bill. It also ...

Cooper's Hawks nest in spring in tall trees, on a stick platform 25–50 feet (8–15 m) up built mostly by the male. The female lays 3–5 pale bluish eggs in April or May and incubates them for 30–36 days ...