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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
What kind of bird has a turquoise head with a black body?
If you live in the western US, I would suggest a Steller's Jay. We answer questions from around the world, so knowing where you are seeing this bird is crucial to correctly identifying it. Knowing its size would also help.
What kind of birds are gray with black and white stripes around their necks?
molly birds are gray and they are very sassy
I put out orange halves to attract Baltimore Orioles, but Red-bellied Woodpeckers usually devour them first. Other oriole species, finches, thrashers, mockingbirds, tanagers, and woodpeckers will all eat oranges.
What California bird is black has a green chest and a white beak?
Rose-breasted grosbeak (male). Member of the cardinal family. Found in southern/eastern Canada and northern/eastern United States during summer breeding season; southeastern U.S. during migration; and northern portion of South America during winter.
Mallard ducks have been clocked at 50 - 60 mph.
Ordinary flight is around 40-55 mph for most ducks. (Add an additional 10-12 mph when chased.) Canvasbacks, when chased, have reached 72 mph.
The red-breasted merganser is the fastest duck ever recorded, attaining a top airspeed of 100 mph while being pursued by an airplane. A Grumman G-73 Turbo-Mallard cruises at about 180 mph.
How do you get rid of nesting doves?
We placed a rubber snake in the mailbox that they kept trying to nest in and it scared them off.
What is the bird from Australia that starts with the letter E?
Eastern Barred Bandicoot and Eastern Pebble-mound Mouse are animals in Australia. The emu is a large bird in Australia.
What type of bird looks like a painted bunting but has a yellow belly blue wings with a red head?
The Gouldian finch has a red head and yellow belly. They are native to Australia. Any Gouldian finch in North America is an escaped pet.
What do tree swallows look like?
Depending on its age, the color on its back is brown or an iridescent blue-green color and white underneath.
The ruffed grouse (Bonasa umbellus), sometimes called the Partridge, was designated the official state bird of Pennsylvania in 1931.
Other Pennsylvania symbols include:
Animal: White-Tailed Deer
Insect: Firefly
Flower: Mountain Laurel
Fish: Brook Trout
Where did you see it? Like, area in the world or state. It was at my bird feeder in my yard In the outskirts of Hillsdale Mi. in the country.
Not all birds like seeds. They have to have the proper beak shape to open a seed. Some birds prefer only insects, fish and some even eat small mammals, snakes and other small creatures.
A seed has a great deal of stored oil, protein and starch for the health and livelihood of a bird, especially during winter when fresh food (insects) are not available.
What type of bird is small charcole grey with a black stripe on head?
Sounds like maybe a female brown-headed cow bird. I saw a bird at my feeder with the same description and did some research, found a pic that looked similar.
What bird has horizontal white strips on both wings?
If it's gray, about 9" long, and in North America, it's probably a Northern Mockingbird.
What bird has black and white stripes?
There are many birds with black "masks." Some North American birds with obvious masks include the Northern shrike, loggerhead shrike, Northern wheatear (breeding male), cedar waxwing, bohemian waxwing, and common yellowthroat (male). A number of other birds have black markings on their face, including many warblers.
What is the biggest bird that flies?
The Andean Condor is the biggest bird of prey. It's wingspan is about 10 ft. long and weighs on average about 24 pounds. The Wandering Albatross has the longest wingspan, reaching up to 12 feet. And the kori bustard in Africa is the heaviest flighted bird, with some reaching up to 40-42 pounds. The largest bird alive today is a male ostrich, but they don't fly.
Birds drink by their beaks. Birds drink water because the water helps them live.
and it looks a bit like poo
Are baby birds born with its feathers?
Long feathers take up a lot of room, and could not develop in the egg. The baby bird's down is a very efficient insulator, which helps conserve energy that it needs to survive and also for its rapid growth. Once it is of a good size and begins to need the longer feathers, they grow in.
Which bird has most beautiful wings?
I believe that the swan has the most beautiful wings of all birds!
What do birds need to survive?
There are many instincts that we all have in order to survive from reproduction to survival skills. Birds instincts include some of these as well. For example, they fly south when it is cold in the winter time in order to stay warm to survive. They also communicate to one another by chirping.
Other sources explain more:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Instinct
A good example of an immediate instinct for certain types of bird is imprinting. This is the behaviour that causes geese to follow around the first moving object that they encounter, as it tends to be their mother.
Check out the book, Chapter 10:
http://books.google.com/books?id=zB0SAAAAYAAJ&pg=RA1-PA279&lpg=RA1-PA279&dq=bird+instincts&source=bl&ots=HZC5U0YqTk&sig=eemLA7y27jOqbVxEbHWR9JdhYWs&hl=en&ei=C_6nSf7GH6KBtwfPqbzrDw&sa=X&oi=book_result&resnum=4&ct=result#PPP1,M1
What bird has a white and red beak?
The bird i saw had extremely large eyes, a white beak, and suprisingly a purple head. I don't know what kind of bird it is but i hope it is a new species so i can name it something awsome!!! If it is a new species then that would be sweet!!!
What is a brightly colored bird that has a curved beak and a heavy bill?
There are several birds that fit this description. You are probably thinking of the toucan. The cartoon character Sam of Froot Loops fame is a toucan. Also parrots fit this description. I'm sure there are many other birds that do, too.
What kind of bird has a black head and white body with a hawk type beak?
This sounds suspiciously like an Osprey.
