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Songbirds
Members of the order of Passeriformes, with 4000 species worldwide, songbirds are known for their melodic abilities. Our Songbirds category is for questions regarding how to observe, identify, and attract these feathered music makers.
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Does the Nightingale bird sing all year?
No, the Nightingale bird does not sing all year. Their singing is most prominent during the breeding season, typically from April to June. Outside of this period, they may still vocalize but not as frequently or intensely.
What type of body cover does a blue jay have?
As with other birds, the wing of a blue jay is covered in feathers.
Where does the whipoorwill live?
Eastern North America, from south Canada to Louisiana and Mississippi.
Do mourning doves return to the same place every year?
No they rebuild every year. They will also choose sites where not much building in required such as old lamps, shrubs, even in plant pots or abandoned nests of other birds
The redstart warbler fits that description. Check a field guide.
I heard on a programme about dreams that your brain has a buffer, a bit like a computer buffer, that can take incoming data (like a tap on the shoulder) hold it in store for a split second and allow you to create a short dream that allows the input to make sense. Like when there is a fire in your dream and the fire bell is actually your alarm going off. I remember once having a dream where my bare foot touched something really hot and I jumped awake to find that the blankets had come off my foot and I had actually touched the iron bedstead (which was in fact very cold!).
Do blue jays eat baby chickens?
Well, if you look it up real simple on google or something like that it will tell you that blue jays eat baby birds. And a chicken is a bird. So, ya, I would say blue jays eat baby chickens
How long does it take for a blue tit to fledge?
It takes about 13 days after hatching before a Bluet Robin to fly from the nest. This is after the mother has left them.
What type of colour do blue tits have?
no one cares what COLOUR (spell it right) bluebirds like they're birds although i think its orange
The American black bear (ursus americanus) is an omnivore with a voracious appetite in the fall as it's preparing for hibernation.
The diet of a black bear includes the following:
- Vegetation: up to 85% of total diet
- Will eat, but not seek out roots, bulbs, corms and tubers.
- In the spring they feed on carrion and newborn ungulates (antelope, elk)
- They enjoy new shoots and tree/shrub buds.
- Summer diet includes berries, fruits, buds.
- Autumn diet includes hazlenuts, oak acorns, pine nuts, huckleberries.
- They always enjoy insects (bees, yellow jackets, ants)
- They seek out honey.
- Fishing at night for salmon, and anytime for suckers, trout, catfish.
The blue tit (Cyanistes caeruleus) is a small bird, typically measuring about 11 to 12 centimeters (4.3 to 4.7 inches) in length and weighing around 10 to 12 grams (0.35 to 0.42 ounces). Its compact size and vibrant plumage make it easily recognizable among other birds. Blue tits have a wingspan of approximately 17 to 22 centimeters (6.7 to 8.7 inches).
Are blue jays native to Florida?
Yes. Blue jays are found over much of the US, especially east of the Rockies.
Blue jays will eat most anything, from seeds to the eggs of other birds.
How many offspring can a mallard have?
It really doesn't matter what breed of duck it is. They usually lay up to 8-15 in a nest and in a whole year up to 300 !
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Female mallards lay from 8-12 eggs. They lay one egg a day, then when they have completed laying, they will sit on the eggs to incubate them, this is why all ducklings hatch within hours of each other, ready to follow their mother as a group.Incubation can take approximately 28 days.
What bird is black with a white chest and a yellow beak?
I think that you are asking about the Rose-breasted Grosbeak.
