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Category: bird families

What is a Species?

Posted on January 23, 2023 by Kayla Fisk

 Even within a single species, there can be great variations of plumage, size and behaviors. For example, I absolutely love red tailed hawks, their diversity is incredible. They also are a good example for this episode. At the very basic the red-tailed hawk is classified as a species with a species name of Buteo jamaicensis….

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Bird Family: Parulidae

Posted on May 16, 2022September 12, 2022 by Kayla Fisk

One of the highlights in spring is going birding to see and hear the colorful songbirds that have migrated back from their southern wintering grounds. These little songbirds are as brightly colored and diverse as their musical songs, whistles and trills. This colorful group is the parulidae family, also called the new world warblers or…

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Bird Anatomy: Supraorbital Ridge

Posted on March 18, 2022September 12, 2022 by Kayla Fisk

Birds of prey have excellent vision, they need it to be able to see prey from perched in a tree or soaring high above the ground. Though, something can get in the way of their vision, making it difficult to clearly see, especially when out in the open, and that is the sun. Many times…

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Owl adaptations

Posted on February 13, 2022September 11, 2022 by Kayla Fisk

If you asked someone what their favorite bird species is, many will respond with some species of owl. What’s not to like? They are a beautiful group of birds, full of mystery and not as often seen as other birds who are active during the day. When you see one, it tends to be the…

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A Conservation Story: The Whooping Crane

Posted on May 28, 2021September 11, 2022 by Kayla Fisk

To start this series off with the honor of it being may 28th, which is whooping crane day, we will start with spotlighting this species and the process that it took to bring these species population to where it is today. While you may be familiar with this bird’s cousin the sandhill crane, the whooping…

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Birds of North America Project

Posted on March 22, 2021 by Kayla Fisk

As an artist and lifelong birder, its always been in my head to do a huge art project revolving around birds.  The idea that most stuck out to me was drawing all the birds of North America. But just drawing all those species just didn’t seem like enough, even though drawing all those species in…

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Bird family: Strigidae

Posted on November 23, 2019November 23, 2019 by Kayla Fisk

Owls are broken up into two different families, Strigidae (true owls) and Tytonidae ( barn owls). The family Strigidae consists of around 220 species and is found almost worldwide, on every continent except antarctica. Characterised by circular facial disks, cryptic coloring and many species possessing ear tufts. Like tytonidae they also have feathered legs, powerful…

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