The remarkable drumming of a Ruffed Grouse, that percussion produced by a rapid beating of the wings, is a vivid example of a non-vocal or instrumental bird sound. This is no fly-by-night joint.
With clown-like faces and huge, multicolored bills, they stand upright on sea cliffs along the northern oceans. Should you worry about catching avian flu from the birds at your feeder?
Some people say it sounds like a drunken robin, slurring its notes in syncopated time. Shrub-steppe is disappearing from the interior west as it is cleared for irrigated crops. To compensate, these birds move their heads. Summer is a crucial time to keep your backyard birds supplied with water for drinking and bathing.
And naturalist Rob Sandelin recalls how he coaxed swallows to nest in his yard. The male Ruffed Grouse stands upon a resonant fallen log in the shelter of a brushy thicket, thumping the air with his wings.
Shrub-steppe is disappearing from the interior west as it is cleared for irrigated crops. The plight of the young bird is illustrated by this encounter between predator and prey, as a young hawk sets out on its first hunting expedition. Only a few are harmful. Bird song is heard frequently in classical music.
The plight of the young bird is illustrated by this encounter between predator and prey, as a young hawk sets out on its first hunting expedition. To compensate, these birds move their heads.
Despite its lack of experience, each bird must learn to fend for itself.
But starting a century ago, this large frog was introduced all across the West.
Be still and blend in. Back in the days when the buffalo roamed, Brown-headed Cowbirds followed the herds.
This is the time of year that young birds leave the nest, and they are especially vulnerable to cats. The remarkable drumming of a Ruffed Grouse, that percussion produced by a rapid beating of the wings, is a vivid example of a non-vocal or instrumental bird sound. The Red-breasted Sapsucker is a common but seldom-seen woodpecker of Western Washington forests.
These birds migrate north each spring from Western Mexico, to nest in dry, open forests and brushy areas, mostly east of the Cascades.
The plight of the young bird is illustrated by this encounter between predator and prey, as a young hawk sets out on its first hunting expedition.
You'll find excellent birdwatching and an impressive array of bird-related activities. Summer is a crucial time to keep your backyard birds supplied with water for drinking and bathing. The remarkable drumming of a Ruffed Grouse, that percussion produced by a rapid beating of the wings, is a vivid example of a non-vocal or instrumental bird sound. Although not a first-rate vocalist, the Tufted Puffin is instantly recognizable to the eye.
They occasionally crowd into suburban bird feeders, nudging out smaller birds.
John James Audubon, the French naturalist who spent his adult life studying and painting the birds of North America, saw only this Ruby-throated Hummingbird, a bird of eastern North America.
And no bird has been so often evoked and emulated in song and symphony as the cuckoo.
These birds migrate north each spring from Western Mexico, to nest in dry, open forests and brushy areas, mostly east of the Cascades.