She is incubating two eggs. When a Black-capped Chickadee visits your feeder, you may find its cousin, the Chestnut-backed Chickadee, tagging along.
The ducks seem oblivious to the cold, even as they stand on ice-covered lakes and streams.
Unrivalled among these is the majestic Gyrfalcon, a regal visitor from the Arctic where it nests.
But its song belies a rather bloodthirsty feeding habit. Noted as a table delicacy, the four-foot long Wild Turkey was hunted by both Native Americans and the Europeans who populated our country.
And if you go, consider hiring a local nature guide.
Such labels are not used by ornithologists, but they add a bit of fun to the study of birds.
As the winter sun sinks over the Coulee Lakes, hundreds of Gray-crowned Rosy-Finches suddenly appear, an undulating cloud that swarms into the upper levels of the basalt cliffs. The wren was protected the rest of the year.
She is incubating two eggs.
Many are the short, fluffy kind, the down, whose purpose is to insulate the bird from the cold. The Upper Skagit River in northwest Washington is a favorite sashimi restaurant for hundreds of eagles.
Winter brings wondrous birds.
A pint-sized Northern Pygmy-Owl, not much bigger than a pine cone, hoots from a tree-top on a winter morning. The flightless Ostrich is a bird of superlatives. And female birds of prey are most notably bigger than males among hawk species that hunt agile prey, such as other birds.
The male Willow Ptarmigan sounds like he might be laughing, or at least doing his best to make others laugh. Just for a LARK, MARTIN and JAY decided to have a SWALLOW.
Snow Geese migrate long distances, stopping at traditional stopover and wintering areas. The Chestnut-back has a black head with a large white cheek patch, but its back and sides are a rich chestnut brown.
Raven wanted the rivers to turn and wind, so that as he flew up and down them, he would have different views at every bend. Sounds painful, if not downright disabling!
Many are the short, fluffy kind, the down, whose purpose is to insulate the bird from the cold. And female birds of prey are most notably bigger than males among hawk species that hunt agile prey, such as other birds.