Birdwatching

The Carolina chickadee, Parus Carolinensis, is a small member of the titmouse family, more southerly in distibution than the very similar black capped chickadee. One of the first birds to appear at feeders, they roam the winter woods with tufted titmice and downy woodpeckers in search of food. In areas where their ranges overlap, Carolina chickadees may hybridize with the slightly larger black capped chickadee. Black cappeds are also somewhat browner on the flanks. Other than that, the two are very similar.

The quela finch of Africa, numbering in the billions.

If it's a large bird, it could be a wood stork.

They do in my back yard...Friendswood, TX 77546

They are both doves. The term pigeon is used for the larger members of the family Columbidae. The common feral pigeon of cities, is really the European rock dove.

You didn't say what the rest of the bird looked like, or where you saw it, but here's one possibility: http://nationalzoo.si.edu/ConservationAndScience/MigratoryBirds/Featured_photo/Images/Bigpic/baww2.jpg

It could be a lot of birds. When i hear that discription, i think of a song sparrow or a field sparrow or a house finch.

the bird is called an American goldfinch. we have a billion of them and they love thistle.

Could be a pied crow, a native to Africa. It's black feathers are iridescent, and can appear blue if the light is right. Look at a picture by following the link.

They can eat greens, various seed, plant life, insects, several different other edibles like cooked empty chicken egg shells and cuttlefish bone. Well, it's edible to them, anyway.

They are insectivourous and herbivourous, sometimes considered omnivores but not often because insects are not classed as a source of meat.

The Ern (aka Sea Eagle or White-Tailed Eagle)

they dont, they make their young play a cruel battle to the death, where the winner only gets to live, but never learns to love

In the mountains.

Actually, they are more likely to be found in mountains within the region they are found - western North America from the Yukon Territory south to New Mexico and a small portion of Texas, and west to the Pacific.

Torea, the pied oystercatcher (Haemotopus ostralegus).

Check your field guide for either the Carolina or black capped chickadees. The two birds are very similar, with the Carolina being a little smaller and grayer.

It could also be a Gray Catbird, which is a type of mockingbird.

Well the crow stands for death

in the older days people found crows hung in their yards to warn them that someone was watching them & they could be killed at anytime now people use it as a scare tactic

A good rule of thumb for birds is two weeks to hatch and two weeks after that to fly.

Sounds like you have a golden crowned kinglet.

Cardinals nest 1-15 feet off of the ground in trees and bushes. They lay 2-5whitesh-brown eggs which are incubated by the female for about 12-13 days. After the young hatch, they leave the nest about 9-11 days later. During their stay, however, they are fed regurgitated seeds.

The nest is made by the female of paper, leaves, twigs, rootlets, vines, grass, and hair. The male protects the female while she builds the nest.

American Goldfinch, not eastern. I don't know why.

According to the encyclopedia the American and Eastern Goldfinch are the same species.

Canary, goldfinch, yellow warbler, prothonotary warbler, Wilson's warbler, Bachman's warbler, prairie warbler, pine warbler, western tanager, common yellowthroat, yellow breasted chat. Many warbler specie's plumage contain yellow to some degree.

A small gray bird, with a black cap and black throat patch, some buff color on the flanks, and white streaked wings.

Solutions for getting rid of Starlings by providing a variety of feeders that they cannot feed from, but other birds can utilize: 1. Use a nyjer or thistle tube feeder, which is a specially designed feeder with tiny feeding ports for this very small seed. Starlings prefer other seed and find tube feeders difficult to manage easily. This type of feeder, depending on where you live, will attract small birds such as American Goldfinch, House Finch, and Chickadee. 2. Use tube feeders designed to hold mixed seed such as sunflower seed, shelled peanut or white millet etc. If you find the Starlings are still able to use the perches to access the seed, cut the perches a little shorter until they are unable to sit on them. This will not hinder the smaller birds. 3. Use peanut in the shell feeders which have bars or mesh with large holes to hold the food. Starlings find it very difficult to use this style. 4. Use an upside-down suet feeder that will attract clinging birds such as Woodpeckers, Nuthatches and Chickadees, but not Starlings who are unable to hold on. 5. Use safflower only in a hopper type bird feeder as Starlings are not usually attracted to this seed, but Cardinals are attracted by it. For more info visit the-scoop-on-wild-birds-and-feeders.com

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