Birdwatching

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.

Nope

The Cardinal is the state bird. According to the act (1943 s.b.151 chapter 595) the legislature responded to a request from various bird clubs and garden clubs by canvassing the "the State for votes on the selection of a suitable representative bird" and the Cardinal received the most votes.

Millet, milo, sunflower, grass and weed seeds.

It migrates to get more food and escape the harsh winter conditions and lack of food.

I believe that you are talking about the waxwing. There is the Bohemian Waxwing which is grayish brown and the larger waxwing. The Cedar Waxwing is smaller than a robin and more of a brown tint than the Bohemian Waxwing. They both have the black eye band, or mask, and they have a yellow band on the tip of the tail.

South.

Typically, they head down past the border of the US, into Mexico, or further into Central America or even South America.

It really depends on the species.

Of course, this is assuming you are asking about North American wood warblers, and you are asking where they go in the winter.

A black-capped chickadee's weight ranges from 9-14 grams (0.32-0.49 ounces).

A Rook has a white beak; as does a Magpie. There are others including at least one type of Pelican.

Usually leave late September to early October.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Kestrel

The house sparrow, which is not a true sparrow, but a weaver finch, grows to around six and a half inches.

Because it's a tough little bird that isn't impressed by winter weather and seems to thrive in it.

well it maybe a European starling... there mostly brown with whitish/yellow almost spots.... but they have really long beaks that are yellow or brown.. a fairly medium sized bird as well..