Crow and Mockingbird having a heated discussion.
Ruby-throated Hummingbird
Mallard drake and hen
American Goldfinch
American Goldfinch in flight.
Chipping Sparrow
Small Owl at Callaway Gardens, GA
Northern Cardinal - male
Red-winged Blackbird - Female - Females are a subdued, streaky brown, almost like a large, dark sparrow.
Great Egret
Osprey
Osprey on nest at Miller Ferry, AL
Eurasian Collared Dove - A few Eurasian Collared-Doves were introduced to the Bahamas in the 1970s. They made their way to Florida by the 1980s and then rapidly colonized most of North America.
Bald Eagle near Thomaston, AL
Canada Goose landing
American Goldfinch - Goldfinches are among the strictest vegetarians in the bird world, selecting an entirely vegetable diet and only inadvertently swallowing an occasional insect.
Ruby-throated Hummingbird
Bald Eagle at Callaway Gardens.
American Goldfinch
Dark Eyed Junco
Eastern Bluebird at Sailboat Bay, Gulf Shores, AL
Newly hatched Eastern Bluebird almost ready to fly
Northern Cardinal - male
Turkey Vulture - These birds are a consummate scavenger, cleaning up the countryside one bite of their sharply hooked bill at a time, and never mussing a feather on their bald heads.
Osprey
Great Blue Heron
Brown-headed Cowbird - Adult Male - Cowbirds forgo building nests and instead put all their energy into producing eggs, sometimes more than three dozen a summer. These they lay in the nests of other birds, abandoning their young to foster parents, usually at the expense of at least some of the host’s own chicks.
American White Pelican
Bald Eagle near Thomaston, AL
Bluebird - Male and Female in Maple tree.
Red-tailed Hawk
Mallard drake - Mallards have long been hunted for the table, and almost all domestic ducks come from this species.
American Goldfinch
Chipping Sparrow
American Goldfinch
Owl in Flight at Callaway Gardens, GA
Red-tailed Hawk at Callaway Gardens, GA
Northern Cardinal - male
Great Egret - They hunt in classic heron fashion, standing immobile or wading through wetlands to capture fish with a deadly jab of their yellow bill.
Red-tailed Hawk - One of the largest birds you’ll see in North America, yet even the largest females weigh in at only about 3 pounds.
Northern Cardinal - male on budding Sweet Gum tree.
Brown-headed Cowbird - Adult Male - Cowbirds forgo building nests and instead put all their energy into producing eggs, sometimes more than three dozen a summer. These they lay in the nests of other birds, abandoning their young to foster parents, usually at the expense of at least some of the host’s own chicks.
Osprey - Unique among North American raptors for its diet of live fish and ability to dive into water to catch them.
Bald Eagle near Thomaston, AL
Tricolored Heron - Formerly known as the Louisiana Heron.
Northern Cardinal
American Goldfinch
Dark Eyed Junco - One of the most abundant forest birds of North America, you’ll see juncos on woodland walks as well as in flocks at your feeders or on the ground beneath them.
Loggerhead Shrike - This masked black, white, and gray predator hunts from utility poles, fence posts and other conspicuous perches, preying on insects, birds, lizards, and small mammals.
Brown Pelicans in Flight at Sailboat Bay, Gulf Shores, AL
Double-crested Cormorant - These solid, heavy-boned birds are experts at diving to catch small fish.
Eastern Bluebird - Male - Eastern Bluebirds typically have more than one successful brood per year. Young produced in early nests usually leave their parents in summer, but young from later nests frequently stay with their parents over the winter.
Great Egret
Red-tailed Hawk
Northern Mockingbird - These slender-bodied gray birds apparently pour all their color into their personalities. They sing almost endlessly, even sometimes at night, and they flagrantly harass birds that intrude on their territories.
Tufted Titmouse
Carolina Chickadee - John James Audubon named this bird while he was in South Carolina. The curious, intelligent Carolina Chickadee looks very much like a Black-capped Chickadee, with a black cap, black bib, gray wings and back, and whitish underside.
Bald Eagle near Thomaston, AL
Ruby-throated Hummingbird - Enjoy them while they’re around; by early fall they’re bound for Central America, with many crossing the Gulf of Mexico in a single flight.
Ruby-throated Hummingbirds
American Goldfinches at feeder.
Northern Cardinal female in Snow - Only a few female North American songbirds sing, but the female Northern Cardinal does, and often while sitting on the nest. This may give the male information about when to bring food to the nest. A mated pair shares song phrases, but the female may sing a longer and slightly more complex song than the male.
American Robin - A common sight 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, and early appearance at the end of winter.
Red Bellied Woodpecker at Feeder
Chipping Sparrow - Chipping Sparrows are common across North America wherever trees are interspersed with grassy openings.
Eastern Bluebird - Male
Great Egret
Osprey
Osprey chasing Turkey Vulture that flew too close to nest.
Eurasian Collared Dove - A few Eurasian Collared-Doves were introduced to the Bahamas in the 1970s. They made their way to Florida by the 1980s and then rapidly colonized most of North America.
Northern Mockingbird
Canada Geese
