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Birdwatching

Birdwatching is a very popular hobby around the world. Finding and identifying all the different species is a challenge. If you enjoy learning the feeding, nesting, and mating habits of birds, this is the category to watch!

1,175 Questions

How does a Chickadee feed?

They take their beaks and inhale the food.

What bird has black head and orange body with long tail?

what kind of bird is it that has a black body orange chest an dances sometimes

2nd answer:

Sounds very much like a common Robin. The robin, turdus migratorius, is in the thrush family of birds and likes eating berries and earthworms.

Bird with green head and black body?

European (or Common) Starling and the Common Grackle

What bird is black with yellow eyes?

There are two that I know of. They are the Common Grackle and the Brewer's Blackbird.

What are facts about chickadees?

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.

What is Britain's most common bird?

The quela finch of Africa, numbering in the billions.

Do sparrows eat lizards?

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

How can you tell a dove from a pigeon?

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.

What bird is the size of a sparrow with a black and white striped head?

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

What bird is black with White cheeks and yellow beak?

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.

What kind of bird has yellow and black body and red orange head?

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

What bird is the size of a sparrow and has a shiny blue head and a black body?

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.

Is the Eastern goldfinch an omnivore?

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.

How much does a chickadee eat in a day?

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

What does a chickadee's habitat look like?

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.

What bird has solid black head and neck with grey body?

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.

What does it mean when you see a lot of crows in a tree?

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

What Ohio birds orange-red head and breast?

The Northern Cardinal (Cardinaliscardinalis) is the state bird of seven states, including Ohio. This mid-sized songbird has a distinctive raised crest on the head, and a bright, coral-colored beak. The male of the species has a black mask, while the female has a gray mask. The male has a vibrant crimson coloration, while the female is a dull red-brown shade. In the US, they are not allowed to be kept as pets, since 1918.

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How long does it take a black chickadee egg to hatch?

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

Nesting habits of a chickadee?

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.

Why is Iowa's state bird the Eastern Goldfinch?

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

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