Bird – Nighthawk – Bull-bat – Night-jar – Mosquito-hawk
Bird Identification – Nighthawk – Bull-bat – Night-jar – Mosquito-hawk Did you ever hear a rushing, whirring, booming sound as though wind were blowing across the bung-hole of an empty barrel? The nighthawk, who makes it, is such a high flyer, that in the dusk of the late afternoon or early evening, when he delights […]
Bird – Cardinal Grosbeak – Crested Redbird – Virginia Nightingale
Bird Identification – Cardinal Grosbeak – Crested Redbird – Virginia Nightingale It was on a cold January day in Central Park, New York, that I first met a cardinal and was warmed by the sight. Then I supposed that he must have escaped from a cage, for he is uncommon north of Washington. With tail […]
Harry Potter owl farm in RSPCA inquiry
A former falconry centre in West Yorkshire that supplied owls for a Harry Potter film is being investigated by the RSPCA. Several birds of prey were removed from Old Park Farm in Eastmoor, Wakefield, after concerns were raised about the welfare of the animals. In 2005, nine eagle owls kept at the council-owned site were […]
Bird – Red-breasted Grosbeak
Bird Identification – Red-breasted Grosbeak Among birds, as among humans, it is the father who lends his name to the family, however difficult it may be to know the mother and children by it. Who that had not studied the books would recognise Mrs. Scarlet Tanager by her name? or Mrs. Purple Finch? or Mrs. […]
Bird – Canada Jay – Whiskey Jack – Moose-bird – Meat-bird
Bird Identification – Canada Jay – Whiskey Jack – Moose-bird – Meat-bird Anyone who has camped in the northern United States and over the Canadian border knows that the crow and blue jay have a rogue for a cousin in this sleek, bold thief, the Canada jay. He is a fluffy, big, gray bird, without […]
Bird – Purple Finch – Linnet
Bird Identification – Purple Finch – Linnet It would seem as if the people who named most of our birds and wild flowers must have been colour-blind. Old rose is more nearly the colour of this finch who looks like a brown sparrow that had been dipped into a bath of raspberry juice and left […]
Bird – Maryland Yellow-throat – Black-masked Ground Warbler
Bird Identification – Maryland Yellow-throat – Black-masked Ground Warbler This gay little warbler looks as if he were dressed for a masquerade ball with a gray-edged black mask over his face and the sides of his throat, a brownish green coat and a bright yellow vest. He is smaller than a sparrow. How sharply the […]
The Common Wren
Wren’s are small fast birds that you can find in your own back garden, Their are over 10 million wren’s in the UK alone!. They have been localized to many towns (even maybe in your area) and are compact with quick reflexes and energy. The Wren have a beautiful song that is loud and full […]
Bird – Blue Jay
Bird Identification – Blue Jay This vivacious, dashing fellow, harsh-voiced and noisy, cannot be overlooked; for when a brightly coloured bird, about a foot long, roves about your neighbourhood with a troop of screaming relatives, everybody knows it. In summer he keeps quiet, but throws off all restraint in autumn. Hear him hammering at an […]
Bird – Indigo Bunting – Indigo-bird
Bird Identification – Indigo Bunting – Indigo-bird Every child knows the bluebird, possibly the kingfisher and the blue jay, too, but there is only one other bird with blue feathers, the little indigo bunting, who is no larger than your pet canary, that you are ever likely to meet unless you live in the Southwest […]