Birds on Parade
American Passenger Pigeon (Extinct): Why is the story of this beautiful bird deleted from the history books? ("Our" present-day "Rock" Pigeon is an European import.)
The Barred Owl: The Original All-American Hooter:
 American Goldfinch (male) in redbud tree. Photograph © Matt Miles, P.O.Box 73, Rogersvile, MO 65742. |
Barn Owls: Barn Owls Need Love Too
Brown Thrasher: Brown Thrashers Defend Nest
Catbirds: Cats in the Garden! - How the Gray Catbird got its name.
Cerulean Warbler: Save a Patch of Sky
Common Nighthawk: one of our best mosquito eaters -
Crows: Corvus Brachyrhynchos - All American Crow
Giant
Moth Mistaken for Hummingbird
Goldfinch or Wild Canary: Have You Got Canaries in Your Garden?
Greater Road-Runner (Geococcyx californianus)
Grey-Green Lichen Bird or Lichen Mimic: Can You Find This Bird?
House Wren: Tiny Wrens Nest All Over (See "Useful Info"
for formal floorplans)
Mute Swan (immature) greets the
New Year in St. Louis. Photo Courtesy Dennis Bozzay |
Hummer Alert: Hummingbirds Heading South After Nesting. Put Out Feeders.
Hummingbirds: How To Band a Hummingbird
Ivory-billed/Pileated Woodpeckers
Mockingbirds: Northern Mockingbirds in Winter
Mockingbirds: To Fool A Mockingbird
Mourning Dove: Lady Makes Do...
Northern Bluejay: Cyanocitta cristata
Northern Bluejay: If Birds Can Do It, What's Wrong With Us?
Robins: How Did the Robin Get Its Red Breast?? - A myth you may have missed.
Ruby-throated Hummingbird: Alabama Gulf Coast Fall Migration
Sandhill Cranes and Whooping Cranes: Choose Choice Habitat in Florida as New Winter Home - With Help
Scarlet and Western Tanagers: The Dazzling Scarlet Tanager and Its Western Kin
Starling, English: Comic Nesters
See Migration for Fall and Spring Migrants
West Coast Characters: Acorn Woodpeckers, Sandhill Crane, California Gulls, and Black Oystercatcher
Western Bluejay: Did You Know Most Blue Jays Out West Don't Have Crests?
White- Crowned Sparrow: Winter Migrant from the North and West
Wild Turkey: The Wily All-American Wild Turkey
Yellow-Bellied Cuckoo: Are Cuckoos Cuckoo?
Yellow-breasted Chat: A Famous Little Bird You May Have Never Seen
Fall Migrating Birds, Alabama Gulf Coast 2002, Up Close Before Flight to Latin America for Winter
An Important Question: "Why Birds? Why Not Keep Them in a Cage or Zoo?" and Other Essays