A Rock Pigeon bobs its head as it walks. The best thing you can do is to keep your cats indoors, and leave the birds alone.
After hatching, baby robins spend up to fifteen days in the nest, growing and preparing for the world outside.
Precarious as their nest site is, Common Murres are highly successful. Band-tailed Pigeons stay in small flocks most of the year, uttering their soft call. But color is probably lost on nocturnal birds, which may actually be colorblind. Peter and the first European to set foot on land later known as Alaska, first sighted this jay. These Violet-green Swallows are announcing their arrival from their wintering grounds in Mexico and Latin America. They occasionally crowd into suburban bird feeders, nudging out smaller birds.
The cataclysmic explosion erased life from the countryside and resculpted the landscape.
The population of waterfowl we call Canada Geese is made up of several subspecies that have widely differing behaviors. They often nest in trees, but may also nest on cliffs in arid areas far from trees. Rufous Hummingbirds are highly territorial and defend their feeding territories not only while breeding but also during migration. Loping overhead at dusk, with long slender wings, the Common Nighthawk chases down aerial insects with sudden, choppy shifts of direction. Their arrival on the island tells us precisely what day that is each summer. Rufous Hummingbirds are highly territorial and defend their feeding territories not only while breeding but also during migration. But instead of sending out an alarm, we celebrate the slow, gradual return of Brown Pelicans to Western Washington.
Where tall, shade-giving trees have been cut down to grow coffee in direct sunlight, what is also removed is the habitat tanagers require to rest and feed. Stretch your arms as far as you can, and imagine a bird whose reach is even greater! Along the coast of Washington, just after the summer solstice, thousands of Western Sandpipers settle in to feed along the tidal edge.
Warblers can be hard to spot. Stretch your arms as far as you can, and imagine a bird whose reach is even greater!
Cliff Swallows gather in spring, in nesting colonies. The Belted Kingfisher dashes through the air, warning intruders with its rapid-fire, rattling call. Rufous Hummingbirds are highly territorial and defend their feeding territories not only while breeding but also during migration.
Have you ever wondered if a hummingbird can recognize colors other than red, or if other birds see color? Although many seabirds utter ugly-sounding groans and croaks, the Pigeon Guillemot produces a lovely series of trills and whistles.
Sixty years is a long time for any species to hide out in deep forests, away from human observation, especially such a large, distinctive bird. Entice native birds to your garden with a birdhouse.
This is the only North American raptor to feed exclusively on fish.
Great Horned Owls are large, powerful owls with prominent ear-tufts. The songs of a Bewick's Wren can carry for more than a quarter of a mile, produced by vocal chords no larger than a raindrop. The Killdeer is one of the most widespread and commonly seen shorebirds in North America. The jewel-like male Rufous Hummingbirds are fewer in number these days. Killdeers lure predators away from their nest by calling loudly while appearing to limp and drag a wing.