Found in prairies, grasslands and fields, the grasshopper sparrow’s tan and brown coloration allows it to camouflage even in wide open areas.
Adults rarely fly directly to the nest; rather, they
research by re-sighting banded birds and monitoring nests
resources, such as information about annual site visits, nest
Guam kingfishers are incredibly rare and difficult to breed, so we are thrilled to be closing out the breeding season with four new chicks. This has been our biggest year to date — and one of our busiest!
In the afternoon, she left the nest to eat.
Migratory songbirds with distinct black-and-blue feathers, black-throated blue warblers prefer to live and hunt in dense, shady forests with lots of plant growth. They search the undersides of leaves and shrubs for arthropods and primarily feed caterpillars to their young.
This is most intensive during nest building and until
These handsome diving ducks are a common sight in the northern prairies of the United States and Canada, where they fly each year to breed among semi-permanent ponds and wetlands. As pochards, or diving ducks, they are specially adapted for propelling themselves underwater in search of aquatic plants, small gastropods and mollusks to eat.
and Development Many female redheads do not make a nest
A striking and easy to identify bird, chickadees have a reputation for being chatty busybodies. They are frequent visitors to feeders and backyards and are one of the most studied and well-recognized wild songbirds in North America.
The pair works together to dig out a nest hollow in
Though wild birds, black-crowned night herons are a common sight at the Smithsonian’s National Zoo in the summer, where they have a breeding colony. This is their only rookery in Washington, D.C.
Black-crowned night herons nest colonially, and often
Abandoned downy woodpecker holes are the most common nest
The blue crane, also known as the paradise or Stanley crane, is the national bird of South Africa. The long dark feathers trailing to the ground behind these birds are actually wing feathers, not tail feathers.
They prefer to feed and nest in dry, grassy uplands
Pumpkinseeds are North American freshwater fish that are very similar in appearance to their cousins, the bluegill.
Mating takes place when the pair circle the nest and
