Birds - Focal Species

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Photo © Liz Clayton Fuller The quintessential early bird, American Robins are common sights on lawns across North America, where you often see them tugging earthworms out of the ground. Robins are popular birds for their warm orange breast, cheery song,…

Photo © Liz Clayton Fuller The rich, whistling song of the Baltimore Oriole, echoing from treetops near homes and parks, is a sweet herald of spring in eastern North America. Look way up to find these singers: the male’s brilliant orange…

Photo © Liz Clayton Fuller Glistening cobalt blue above and tawny below, Barn Swallows dart gracefully over fields, barnyards, and open water in search of flying insect prey. Look for the long, deeply forked tail that streams out behind this agile…

Photo © Liz Clayton Fuller Black-crowned Night Herons are stocky birds compared to many of their long-limbed heron relatives. They’re most active at night or at dusk, when you may see their ghostly forms flapping out from daytime roosts to forage…

Photo © Liz Clayton Fuller The Brown-headed Cowbird is a stocky blackbird with a fascinating approach to raising its young. Females forgo building nests and instead put all their energy into producing eggs, sometimes more than three dozen a summer. These…

Photo © Liz Clayton Fuller Nimble canopy-gleaners of open woodlands in the western U.S., Bullock’s Orioles dangle upside down from branches while foraging and weaving their remarkable hanging nests. Adult males are flame-orange with a neat line through the eye and…

Duis ut dui fringilla, rutrum massa eget, iaculis libero.