a red-winged blackbird, please?

Red-winged Blackbird Agelaius phoeniceus

© Blair Dudeck

A new variant has been added!

Mountain Trogon (Trogon mexicanus) © Blair Dudeck

It hatches from big, black, bold, brown, coarse, coppery, elegant, female, large, male, much, shy, similar, striking, top, upper, and white eggs.

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[2484/11080] Citreoline trogon - Trogon citreolus

Order: Trogoniformes (trogons and quetzals) Family: Trogonidae

Photo credit: Blair Dudeck via Macaulay Library

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American Avocet

With its long, curved beak it’s no wonder that the American Avocet’s diet consists of crustaceans and insects. I’m winter they feed almost exclusively on brine shrimp. They are currently of least concern, although in the past they were hunted readily, and even made extinct on the east shores of America! . Learn More!

Passenger Pigeon

Although the passenger pigeon is extinct, they still hold a tender place in everyone’s hearts. Hunted to extinction, the Passenger Pigeon used to come in huge flocks of billions. They used to be the most abundant bird in North America. This is part of the reason they went extinct, as efforts to breed them in captivity failed since they needed large flocks to meet their breeding criteria. Learn More!

(American Avocet photo by Blair Dudeck)

Animal of the Day!

Calliope Hummingbird (Selasphorus calliope)

(Photo by Blair Dudeck)

Conservation Status- Least Concern

Habitat- United States; Canada

Size (Weight/Length)- 7.6 cm

Diet- Nectar; Insects

Cool Facts- Being the second smallest bird in the world, the calliope hummingbird makes up for it with their personality. Being almost completely migratory outside of the breeding season, calliope hummingbirds follow the flower blooms from the southern United States to northern Canada and back again. During the mating season, male calliope hummingbirds fiercely defend their stretch of flowers. Their needle sharp beak easily chases away other hummingbirds almost twice their size. To entice a female, the male extends its vibrant pink throat feathers to resemble a flower followed by 20 meter dives towards the ground to show off his flying capabilities.

Rating- 13/10 (Their humming noise comes from their wings, not their beak.)

Black-cheeked Warbler (Blair Dudeck)

Northern Gannet (Morus bassanus)

© Blair Dudeck

Green Honeycreeper (Chlorophanes spiza)

© Blair Dudeck

Willow Ptarmigan (Lagopus lagopus)

© Blair Dudeck

the willow ptarmigan....one of my favorite friends

the BEST friends! fun fact which i just learnt: the red grouse is in fact a subspecies of the willow ptarmigan. god i love their eyebrows.

photos by: Justin Saunders / Blaire Dudeck / Will Britton / Adam Perrier

A new variant has been added!

Pavonine Quetzal (Pharomachrus pavoninus) © Blair Dudeck

It hatches from breathy, common, green, long, mature, mid, past, prominent, quetzal, red, soft, stocky, and upland eggs.

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[2628/11080] Common redpoll - Acanthis flammea

Also known as: mealy redpoll

Order: Passeriformes Suborder: Passeri Superfamily: Passeroidea Family: Fringillidae (true finches) Subfamily: Carduelinae (cardueline finches)

Photo credit: Blair Dudeck via Macaulay Library

[2579/11080] Common black hawk - Buteogallus anthracinus

Order: Accipitriformes Family: Accipitridae

Photo credit: Blair Dudeck via Macaulay Library

[1913/10977] Buff-throated saltator - Saltator maximus

Order: Passeriformes Suborder: Passeri Superfamily: Emberizoidea Family: Thraupidae (tanagers)

Photo credit: Blair Dudeck via Macaulay Library

[1047/10,977] Black-cheeked Warbler - Basileuterus melanogenys

Order: Passeriformes Suborder: Passeri Superfamily: Emberizoidea Family: Parulidae (new world warblers)

Photo credit: Blair Dudeck via Macaulay Library