Migration is described as a yearly seasonal movement of a population of animals, in this case birds, generally north to south, to and from breeding and wintering grounds. Many are familiar with an overhead passing form of canada geese noisily flying over in their typical v formation. Seeing these large flocks form twice a year,…
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Red-Headed Woodpecker
Red-headed Woodpecker (Melanerpes erythrocephalus) A medium sized woodpecker native to the eastern half of North America. In their prefered habitat of deciduous woodlands and tree groves, they can be seen eating insects, fruits and seeds. This species is on the IUCN red list as near threatened due to losses of mature forests with nut crops…
Bird of the Day: Spectacled Owl
The Spectacled owl is a larger sized nocturnal owl with a round head that has no ear tuftts. Adults have a dark brownish-black face with white markings between their eyes and cheeks with long eyebrows which look like spectacles and is what gives this species its name. They also have a white throat patch with…
Welcome
Hello! My name is Kayla Fisk and you have stumbled upon my bird blog! I will start by first telling you a little about myself and then about what you can expect to see posted here. I am an artist from Central New York that mainly draws in colored pencil but I will from time…