Birdwatching

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There are thousands of different kinds of birds and this is not enough for identification.

It would help to know: What kind of bird? How large? In what country was it found? What type of habitat? What sound did it make?

You may be thinking of a vulture, which only has skin on its head. The bald eagle, however, has white feathers on its head.

The queen and all workers are female; the males are the drones.

Drones' eyes are about twice the size of those of worker bees, and drones have fatter and heavier bodies than workers, but not as large as the queen.

Storks wade in shallow water, feeding on fish, frogs, large insects and mollusks. They will sometimes keep their heads underwater and wait for fish to come by. Storks may stir up the mud with one of their very large feet in order to bring small mollusks or other prey close to the surface. They may not be beautiful birds in the usual sense, but watching a colony of them moving slowly through shallow waters as they feed is a marvelous sight. Unfortunately, wood stork numbers in the US have been declining in recent years, and in June 2014 they were declared endangered.

maybe a gyrfalcon

Some large birds of prey, such as Hawks, Peregrine Falcons, Ospreys will eat Owls. Also Foxes, Weasels, Wolves and other land carnivorous will eat owls if they can catch them, particularly the sick or young Owl, as well as those that have fallen to the ground and can not get away again. Ravens and Crows have also been known to pick of the sick birds or even eat those that have recently died. these are a couple of animals that eat owls.

Some Black Vultures look brown in the right light, especially if backlit. If it was soaring in the company of other dark birds, that's probably what it was. They tend to soar, then flap rather frantically, then soar for a few seconds and flap again.

red-winged blackbird, which has a yellow border on the red patch

tricolored blackbird, which has a white border on the red patch

Sparrows have a little bit of red. Not much.

Well that would be the ones I hunt and shoot in the head! lol

The pelican is known for catching and carrying fish in its large bill and throat pouch.

If it is a blue bird which seldom flies and lives in a wet area, it is probably a coot or a swamp chicken.

Cuckoos don't raise their own young. Instead, a female cuckoo lays her eggs in another bird's nest. The cuckoo chick tends to be bigger and grow faster than the host bird's young, outcompeting them for food, and usually ends up killing them.

Some species do seem to realize when a cuckoo egg is laid in their nest and will destroy it or build a new nest on top of the old one and the eggs in it. However, many species seem clueless, even if the cuckoo chick ends up growing much larger than they are.

A few other species are parasitic breeders, including cowbirds.

We have pigeons, robins, sparrows, starlings, crows, blue jays, hawks, owls, gulls and many other types of birds living in New York State.

A male goldfinch fits that desciption, but only the top of the head is black.

Robins, and most birds that we know, do not return to a nest after a brood has left. What is called Robin in the US builds in shrubs usually, and includes mud in the base with plant pieces over that. Most used nests will contain diseases and pests such as mites, and take up room where other nests might be made, so removing them after they are empty does all birds a favor. Normally, boxes should be cleaned after a brood, too. In the US, Eastern Bluebird, for instance, will make a second nest over a former one in a box if it is deep enough. Other species may make a nest over one that was tampered with, as when a Cowbird egg is layed in it or eggs are damaged by a House Wren. Other exceptions are swifts and swallows, burrowing birds, and large birds such as Osprey; and birds that use the same places, such as owls using nests from other species including squirrels, and many birds using the same cavity after a woodpecker or other animal made it handy.

If it was about 18 - 22 inches tall and had a long pink beak, it was probably an American White Ibis, Eudocimus albus. Many gulls also have black tips on their wings. Black pigment makes the feathers more wear-resistant.

There are various ones. What other colors did it have? Any idea on the size?

Yes, there are. There are species of parrots that can imitate the human voice.

The delicate Goldfinch has beauty and charm in abundance. This small finch is strikingly colourful with its mixture of red, white and black on the head, golden brown body and bright yellow wing bars. Looking more closely, the lores and crown are black, the chin and forehead are red and the cheeks are white. The body is predominantly golden or tawny brown, but the belly and rump are white. The wings are mostly black with a large striking yellow band. The bill varies from pinkish to pale grey, and the legs are flash coloured.

http://www.garden-birds.co.uk/birds/goldfinch.htm

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Named by resolution rather than bill, the measure does not appear in the North Dakota Century Code as codified law, the Northern Pike (Esox lucius) is North Dakota's state fish in 1971.

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