where flocks of up to 50,000 birds create spectacular displays against winter skies. The Red-breasted Goose is a striking bird with a distinctive black head, neck, and back contrasting sharply with ...

Superficially this species is quite similar to the Common Merganser. However, the Red-breasted Merganser nests farther north, winters mostly on salt water, and nests mainly on the ground, while the ...

The presence of this nuthatch is typically announced by its nasal calls. The red-breasted nuthatch has the un­usual habit of smearing resin around the entrance hole to its nest, presumably to ...

The streamlined red-breasted merganser is a handsome bird and a great fisher - its long, serrated bill helps it to catch and hold its slippery fish prey. It is most commonly spotted around the coast ...

The Pacific coast representative of the yellow-bellied sapsucker complex, the red-breasted sapsucker differs ... patterning is very limited in northern birds. Adult: red head and breast, pale ...

While the Brown-headed Nuthatch perambulates the southern districts, the Red-bellied species spends its time in the eastern and northern States, the two dividing the country, as it were, nearly ...

The best part is that these species are generally quite social, so you’ll rarely see just a single bird. Check out 15 outstanding pictures of rose-breasted grosbeaks. Blue grosbeak vs indigo ...

Their numbers vary dramatically from year to year depending upon food supply and weather conditions. At feeders red-breasted nuthatches eat black-oil sunflower seeds, peanuts, suet and miracle meal.