Birds

Bird Identification – Barred Owl – Hoot Owl If “a good child should be seen and not heard” what can be said for this owl? Its deep-toned whoo-whoo-who-whoo-to-whoo-ah, like the wail of some lost soul asking the way, is the only indication you are likely to have that a hoot owl lives in your neighbourhood. […]

Bird Identification – White-breasted Nuthatch – Tree Mouse – Devil Downhead When it comes to acrobatic performances in the trees, neither the chickadee nor the titmouse can rival their relatives, the little bluish gray nuthatches. Indeed, any circus might be glad to secure their expert services. Hanging fearlessly from the topmost branches of the tallest […]

Bird Identification – The Flycatchers When you see a dusky bird, smaller than a robin, lighter gray underneath than on its sooty-brown back, with a well-rounded, erect head, set on a short, thick neck, you may safely guess it is one of the flycatchers—another strictly American family. If the bird has a white band across […]

Everyone knows when one cock (male chicken) with another they usually fight to the death! People have been using male chickens to fight for over a century. its where two cocks are forced to fight in a “Cockpit” its known as a blood sport where crowds of hundreds gather to see animals fight to the […]

Bird Identification – Yellow Warbler – Summer Yellowbird – Wild Canary Rather than live where the skies are gray and the air is cold, this adventurous little warbler will travel two thousand miles or more to follow the sun. A trip from Panama to Canada and back again within five months does not appall him. […]

Bird Identification – American Sparrow Hawk – Killy Hawk – Rusty-crowned Falcon – Mouse Hawk Just such an extended branch as a shrike or a kingbird would use as a lookout while searching the landscape o’er for something to eat, the little sparrow hawk chooses for the same purpose. He is not much larger than […]

Bird Identification – Red-headed Woodpecker A pair of red-headed woodpeckers I know, who made their home in an old tree next to the station yard at Atlanta, where locomotives clanged, puffed, whistled and shrieked all day long, evidently enjoyed the noise, for the male liked nothing better than to add to it by tapping on […]

Bird Identification – The Wood Thrush -song Thrush – Wood Robin – Bell Bird Much more shy and reserved than the social, democratic robin is his cousin the wood thrush, whom, perhaps, you more frequently hear than see. Not that he is a recluse, like the hermit thrush, who hides his nest and lifts up […]

Bird Identification – Cowbird This contemptible bird every child should know if for no better reason than to despise it. You will see it alone or in small flocks walking about the pastures after the cattle; or, in the West, boldly perching upon their backs to feed upon the insect parasites—a pleasant visitor for the […]

Bird Identification – The Song Sparrow This is most children’s favourite bird: is it yours? Although by no means the belle of the family, the song sparrow is beloved throughout its vast range if for no other reason than because it is irrepressibly cheerful. Good spirits are contagious: every one feels better for having a […]