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Large, white gull, pale, pearl-gray back and upper wings. Bill is yellow, red spot at tip of lower mandible. Wing tips sometimes marked with pale to dark gray. White tail; legs and feet are pink. Direct flight with strong deep wing beats. Thayer's Gull, formerly its own species is now a subspecies of the Iceland Gull. Medium sandpiper, scaled, brown, black and rufous upperparts, white-sided rump, white underparts, black-spotted sides, upper breast. Head has brown crown, white eyebrows. Wings have white bars visible in flight. White tail has black central stripe, gray edges.
Medium, chicken-like marsh bird with purple-blue upperparts washed with iridescent green, deep blue underparts. Forehead is pale blue; bill is red and yellow-tipped. Legs are yellow with very long toes. The flight is labored and slow with dangling legs. This small sandpiper has mottled brown upperparts and streaked cap. Underparts are white; upper breast is rust-brown and spotted. The face and throat are rust-brown and the bill, legs and feet are black.
Forages on shore; sometimes probes mud.
Feeds on algae and aquatic plants, insects and insect larvae. Largest and only white-bodied albatross in the North Pacific. The head and nape have a golden-yellow cast, white wings have black edges and tips, and the tail is white with black fringe. Legs and feet are pink-gray. Feeds mainly on squid, but also eats fish and crustaceans. Dynamic soaring, glides for hours. Large seabird with white body and gray back. The bill is gray with a yellow tip and base. Underwing is white with diagnostic narrow black margin. Soaring flight on stiff, slightly drooped wings.
Often interuppted with several slow deep wing beats. Both the Salvin's and Chatham are out of the North American range. Small rail with pale yellow-striped, dark brown upperparts. White throat, buff breast, flanks, and belly are barred black-and-white. Head has buff face with dark brown cap, eye patches.
Bill is short, yellow. Wings are dark with large white patches visible in flight. Large hawk, mostly black except for barred flight feathers, black-and-white banded tail. Bill, legs are yellow. Circles like a turkey vulture. Eats small rodents, birds. Soars and glides on thermals with wings lifted slightly above back, tilts from side to side. It has a coral red bill and black legs and feet. It mainly feeds on flying fish. Swift, purposeful flight, alternates fluttering wing beats with glides. Hovers while hunting and in courtship.
Small, white gull with partial hood, white crescents above and below eye, and white-gray back. Wings with black tips and black bases of primaries. Non-breeding adult lacks hood, black mark behind eye, and black tip on bill. Juvenile like winter adult but more black on wing and tail with black tip. The male is sky-blue with faintly streaked upperparts and black-streaked white flanks. A black band separates a white throat and belly.
Wings have two bold white bars. The female has unstreaked blue-gray upperparts and a yellow wash on face and breast with pale streaks on flanks, and yellow eyebrows. The immature bird is paler and more olive over all. Prefers to stay high in the crowns of mature deciduous trees, making it difficult to see. Medium-sized blackbird with metallic purple sheen on back, head, neck, and breast.
Eyes are bright yellow. Central feathers of long, rounded tail are often lowered to show keeled V-shape. Swift, strong direct flight with rapid wing beats, holds tail folded in a V shape while flying. Large sparrow with dark-streaked, brown upperparts and white underparts with dark-streaked sides. Head has stark black crown, face, and throat. Gray cheek patch is marked by a thin, black line. Alternates rapid wing beats with brief periods of wings pulled to sides.
Small sparrow, brown-streaked back, brown-streaked gray nape, pale gray underparts with streaks on sides, pale yellow breast. Head is flat with brown stripes. Face is pale yellow-orange with gray cheeks. Legs, feet are pink-brown.
Medium-sized gull with dark gray back and wings. Head, neck and underparts are white. Rump and tail are white. Bill is yellow with red spot near tip. The wings have dark tips with white spots; legs and feet are yellow. Eyes are yellow with red orbital rings. The smallest of all gulls, with pale gray upperparts and white nape, neck, breast, belly, and tail. Hood is black and extends onto upper neck. Bill is dark red with black tip. Legs and feet are red-orange. Strong direct flight with deep wing beats.
Small sparrow with brown streaked upperparts. Breast and sides are pale brown with pale streaks; throat, belly, and undertail coverts are white. Head has gray-brown crown and nape, orange-brown face, and gray cheeks. Tail is short and pointed. Medium blackbird, black overall with a dull, blue-green sheen, yellow eyes. Forages on ground of wet woodlands and fields, wades in marshes or small pools of water. Feeds on insects, caterpillars, snails, crustaceans, small fish, salamanders, fruits, grains and seeds.
Medium-sized nightjar with gray-brown-black mottled upperparts and pale gray-black underparts. Throat is black; eyebrows and neckband are white. Tail is long and rounded with large white corner patches. Until recently, this bird and the Mexican Whip-poor-will were combined as the Whip-poor-will. Small oriole, black head, back, tail, and chestnut-orange shoulder patches, underparts, rump. Wings are black with single broad white bar; flight feathers have white edges.
Feeds on insects, fruits, berries, nectar and flowers. Swift direct flight on rapid wing beats. Small oriole, mostly bright orange with black hood and back. Wings are black with orange shoulder patches and strongly white-edged feathers that appear as bars. Black base, center form T-shaped mark on orange tail. Strong swift and direct flight on rapid wing beats. Medium vireo with olive-brown upperparts and white underparts. Head has a gray cap, white eyebrow, black eyestripe, and red eyes. Blue-gray legs and feet. Alternates short glides with series of rapid wingbeats. May hover briefly to pick berries or insects from foliage.
Medium-sized, secretive vireo with olive-green upperparts, and white underparts with yellow sides and flanks. Spectacles are pale yellow and iris is white. Flight is fast and direct on short, rounded wings. Medium tanager with brilliant red body, black wings, tail. The only bird in North America with this unique plumage. Heavy bill is yellow-gray. Gray legs and feet. Winter male has dull green upperparts, yellow-green underparts, often interspersed with red during molt. Small flycatcher, gray-olive upperparts, pale gray underparts. Bill is dark except for yellow base of lower mandible. Feeds on insects, spiders and berries.
Slow fluttering direct flight on shallow wing beats. Medium woodpecker, black-and-white mottled upperparts, white rump, yellow-washed white underparts. Red throat, black border. Red crown, black-and-white striped face, neck. Dark wings have white shoulder patch. Black tail has black-barred, white center stripe. Medium-sized vireo with olive-green upperparts, white underparts, and yellow flanks.
Head has blue-gray hood, white spectacles, and white throat. The wings are dark with two white or pale yellow bars. Weak, fluttering flight with rapid wing beats. Large flycatcher, blue-black back, wings, black tail with white terminal band, white underparts. Head is black, has inconspicuous red crown feathers visible when bird is displaying. Black bill, legs, feet. Fluttering stiff-winged direct flight with shallow wing beats. Medium-sized, strikingly white sparrow with black back, central tail, and wing tips.
Forages on ground for seeds, insects, larvae and caterpillars. Swift flight, alternates rapidly beating wings with brief periods of wings pulled to sides. Large, gull-like seabird with white body, brown wings and brown-streaked head and back. The blue-gray bill is long and stout. Legs and feet are powder blue.
Plunge dives for fish from 50 feet above shallow water. Alternates rapid, deep wing beats with sailing glides. This black-tailed white-morph is a small booby with a white head, body and tail. It has a pale blue, pink-based face and pale blue bill. It has black flight feathers and bright red legs and feet. The brown form is brown overall with darker flight feathers.
Strong steady wing beats with glides. It feeds on fish and small octopi. Sexes are similar, but the female is much larger. This large seabird has a white body, black trailing edge on the wings, and a pointed black tail. The head has black mask and a long pointed yellow bill. The legs and feet are yellow-gray. It plunge dives from 40 feet for small squid and flying fish. It alternates strong rapid wing beats with glides. Sexes are similar, but the female is larger.
It has a blue-gray to yellow bill and yellow legs and feet. To acquire food, it plunge dives from 30 to 50 feet. Large shearwater, scaled, gray-brown upperparts, white underparts, brown markings on belly. Dark cap contrasts with white face. Tail is dark above with conspicuous white rump band and gray below. Flies on deep wing beats followed by long glide.
Large, dark waterbird with long tail, snake-like neck, small head, red eyes, and long olive-brown bill. Body is green-black overall with silver-gray feathers appearing speckled and grizzled on upper back and forewings. AKA snakebird and water turkey. Often soars like a raptor.
Medium sparrow, yellow-brown streaked upperparts, black head with white eyebrow and ear patch, and yellow-brown nape, throat, and underparts. Wings have large white bars. Tail is black with white edges. Yellow-brown legs and feet. Feeds on seeds, spiders, and insects. This small storm-petrel has a brown-black body, pale brown wing bands and a large, white rump.
It has a fine black bill with very pronounced tubes. It feeds mainly on pelagic crustaceans and fish. The wings are short and rounded. The feet extend past the tail in flight. It has a direct flight with steady, shallow wing beats. The sexes are similar in size and coloration. The bill is large and pink with a dark tip. The wings are dark with brown-edged coverts that become paler with wear. The legs and feet are pale pink. It feeds on small fish and squid. It has a slow flight, alternating stiff-winged flapping and gliding near water.
Medium grouse with lightly barred brown upperparts and white underparts dotted with chevrons. Head has short crest, yellow-orange eye comb, and pink or violet neck patch exposed when displaying. Tail is pointed and white-edged. Often seen on prairies in the summer.
Small flycatcher with olive-brown upperparts, white underparts, and indistinct white eye-ring. Wings are olive-brown with two white or pale bars. Bill is short with orange lower mandible. Weak fluttering direct flight with shallow, rapid wing beats. Large oriole with mostly bright orange body except for black streaks on back.
Deep orange-red head and breast contrast with black face, chin. Black wings with two bold white bars. Black tail with white corners. Medium-sized woodpecker with black upperparts and tail, and white underparts and rump. The head, throat, and upper breast are dark red. Wings are black with large white patches.
This is the only woodpecker in the east with a completely red head. Medium thrasher, rufous upperparts, black-streaked, pale brown underparts. Brown-black bill curves down, lower mandible has pale base. Wings have two white and black bars. Tail is long and red-brown. Fast flight on shallow, rapid wing beats. Small flycatcher with olive-gray upperparts, gray breast, and pale yellow belly.
The bill has pale lower mandible with dark tip. Feeds on insects, spiders, berries and seeds. Weak fluttering direct flight with shallow wing beats. Small flycatcher with dark gray-brown upperparts and slightly darker wings and tail. Underparts are pale with hint of olive-brown or yellow on sides and breast. Feeds on insects, small fish, berries and fruit. Weak fluttering bouyant flight. Medium thrush, rust-brown upperparts, white underparts with heavy dark brown spots.
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Black bill has creamy pink base on lower mandible. In the early s, its range began to expand north, forcing the Veery and Hermit thrushes to find another habitat. Medium-sized thrush with rust-brown upperparts, indistinct pale gray eye-ring, white underparts, and faint rust-brown spots on the breast.
Dark race has gray-brown upperparts and breast spots. The male sings a lovely, ethereal downward-slurring song at sunset. Small flycatcher with olive-green upperparts, yellow underparts, and olive-green wash on breast. Spectacles are pale yellow. The wings are dark with two white bars. Feeds on a variety of insects and spiders. Weak fluttering flight with shallow rapid wing beats. Large, crested flycatcher with olive-green upperparts. Head, throat, and upper breast are gray, belly is yellow, and undertail coverts are lemon-yellow.
Wings are dark with rufous patches. Swift bouyant direct flight. This large crested finch has a vivid red body. The black mask and chin contrast with a heavy red bill. Female is duller overall, with red wings and tail washed with gray, and smaller crest. Forages on the ground in trees and bushes. Feeds on seeds, grains, fruits, insects and snails. Hops instead of walking on the ground. Alternates rapid wing beats with wings pulled to sides. Medium vireo with olive-green upperparts and yellow-washed to yellow underparts. The head has a gray cap, dark eyes, and white-bordered black eye-line.
Wings are olive-green with very faint wing-bars.
First discovered near Philadelphia in Small wren with white-streaked, brown upperparts and pale buff underparts. Eyebrows are pale brown. Tail is short and barred.
Bill is short and the legs and feet are pink. One of the most nomadic territorial birds. In any area it may be abundant one year, absent the next. Small finch with dark-streaked gray-brown upperparts, heavily streaked white underparts. Face and crown are chestnut-brown and black-bordered. Eye-ring is dull white; throat is white. Wings have two pale, thin bars. Legs, feet are yellow. Tail has white outer feathers.
Gray Bunting Breeding Male: Medium sized, dark gray bunting with black streaks on back, shoulders, and underparts. Heavy, pink bill with black tip, culmen. Short flights, alternates rapid wing beats with periods of wings pulled to sides. Medium bunting, mostly purple-blue with red wash on throat, breast, back. Nape and eye-rings are red. Bill is gray and slightly curved down. Wings and tail are purple-blue. Female has brown upperparts with buff underparts. Short flights, alternates rapid wing beats with wings pulled to sides.
Large cardinal-like finch with conspicuous red-tipped gray crest, gray head, back, upperparts, red-washed face, breast, and pale gray underparts. Dark gray wings with red edges on primaries. Eats insects, larvae, seeds, fruits and berries. Small, stocky finch, red upperparts and breast, faintly streaked brown back, white underparts. Bill is dark gray and stout. Wings and tail are dark brown. Legs and feet are gray-brown. Forages on ground and in trees and shrubs for seeds and insects. Small finch, brown-streaked gray upperparts, bright rose-pink breast, boldly streaked flanks and undertail coverts.
Red cap and black chin. Bill is olive-brown with fine black tip. Wings are dark with two narrow white bars; tail is black and notched. Medium crossbill, bright pink overall except for black wings with two bold white wing-bars. Belly has dull white center; white undertail coverts. Black tail, deeply notched. Medium-sized pipit with finely streaked, olive-green upperparts. White underparts, chin, belly and undertail coverts. The sides and breast are pale brown with bold dark streaks.
The eyebrow is buff-orange in front and white behind eye. The legs and feet are pink. Small wagtail tschutschensis , olive-green upperparts, yellow underparts with brown spots on sides of breast. White throat with faint brown necklace. Gray head has black ear patches, white eyebrows. Dark wings with two white bars.
Medium warbler, black upperparts, white underparts with thick black streaks on sides. Northern Parula Northern Parula: Gray head, black moustache stripe. Large loon, white-spotted black upperparts, white underparts, gray sides with fine white spots. Bill is heavy and black.
Black tail with white edges. Medium-sized thrasher palmeri , with gray upperparts and spotted, pale gray underparts. Eyes are orange-red and bill is long and decurved. Tail is long and dark gray. Feeds on insects, spiders, small reptiles, fruits, seeds and berries. Small thrush with brown upperparts, striking blue bib with rust-brown central spot, black and brown-orange bands across breast, thick white eyebrow, and white underparts. Tail is dark with rust-brown base. Rather swift, deliberate direct flight on rapidly beating wings. Medium, robin-like thrush, gray back and head, orange-brown breast and flanks, white belly and undertail coverts.
Black eye line with white borders above and below is conspicuous. Yellow bill with dark culmen. Strong, direct and fast flight on rapidly beating wings. Small thrush oenanthe , with gray upperparts, black wings, mask, and tail. Underparts are white, and buff-brown wash on throat. Dark gray back and nape. Very active bird, nervous and restless while foraging. Bobs tail and often makes short flights to hawk insects.
Small thrush with black back and white rump. Underparts are white except for orange breast. Head is black and collar is white. Wings are black with white stripes. Female is paler overall with brown head and buff rump. Found in open meadows and marsh edges. Forages for insects on ground; also picks off vegetation. Small thrush minimus , with olive-brown upperparts, buff-brown breast with brown spots, and white or buff belly.
Gray eye-ring is indistinct. Upper mandible is black with pale base, while lower mandible is yellow with black tip. Tail and rump have rust-brown wash. This medium-sized lark has dark-streaked, brown upperparts and white underparts with streaks on the breast and sides, a dark edged tail, and indistinct crest on head. It forages on the ground by walking and running.
Feeds mostly on seeds, grains and insects. They are renowned for their display flight and song. Alternates several rapid wing beats with short glides. Large raptor, black overall, short, featherless neck, pale bill, short and squared tail, long, pale gray legs and feet. Gray-black skin on head and neck is wrinkled. White-tipped wings, held horizontal in flight. Soars on thermals, must flap its wings more often than a Turkey Vulture.
Large flycatcher, olive-green upperparts, gray head, dark eye patch, white throat, bright yellow underparts. Wings and slightly forked tail are dark. Difficult to distinguish from Tropical Kingbird. Slow fluttering flight on shallow wing beats. Medium-sized flycatcher with pale gray upperparts, black head, inconspicuous yellow crown stripe, and white underparts. Wings and spectacularly long, deeply forked tail are black. Wing linings are white. Swift flight with shallow wing beats.
Medium flycatcher with olive-brown upperparts, yellow belly and undertail coverts, darker olive-brown crown, brown tail and wings, and pale gray throat, breast. Feeds on insects and berries. Strong flight on rapidly beating wings. Hovers and dips to pick up prey.
Medium flycatcher with pale gray upperparts and head, white underparts and throat, salmon-pink sides and flanks, and dark brown wings with white edges. Tail is long and scissor-like, black above with white outer edges and white below with black inner edges. Large flycatcher with olive-gray upperparts, gray head, inconspicuous orange crown patch, pale throat, dark eye patch, and dark upper breast.
Underparts are bright yellow. Wings and tail are brown. Feeds on insects, frogs, fruits and berries. Small nightjar, mottled gray-brown upperparts, buff collar that appears lighter on dark throat, pale gray-brown underparts with dark brown bars. Tail is gray-brown with white corners. Flight is silent and bouyant on flicking wing beats. Areas of bare skin are bright red; its eye rims, bill and legs. It can be distinguished from the its congeners, the Indochinese green magpie, C.
There also is little range overlap, which is important to know when identifying these sedentary species. Green magpies' green feathers will fade to turquoise-blue when frequently exposed to the sun. This is because green plumage colouration is produced by a combination of two sources: Captive birds and those wild individuals that spend a lot of time in the sun will fade to blue because carotenoids are destroyed by light even the plumage colour of "stuffed" prepared bird specimens that are stored in dark museum drawers fades.
Blue-coloured captive birds that are not kept outdoors are probably not getting enough carotenoids in their diet so they grow blue plumage when they moult. That said, it is worth mentioning that genetic blue plumage-colour variants do tend to pop up fairly frequently even in the wild. This colour variant is prized in aviculture, so is be selectively bred for when it does occur.
You are invited to review all of the daily mystery birds by going to their dedicated graphic index page. This can really bring you out of the doldrums. Think in terms of adding a little pop or accent of color to your room in a few areas to keep it connected. For example, blue in a pillow and then blue in a decorative accent on the coffee table. The kids are back in school yeah! I am starting by updating the pillows on my sofa. If you have time this week, pop into your local HomeGoods — they have tons of great throw pillows in my favorite fall colors — navy, orange, cream, and light blue.
I had to share the inspiration behind my new logo design. When I was a little girl my family had wonderful reunions with extended family at different locations throughout the United States. I ended up with some adorable, handmade stationary with little birds made out of ric rac and a fine tip marker.
It was so simple, but so sweet kind of like her! They survived 12 moves, three states, and two children! When I was brainstorming the name for my new business — little bird — came to mind. There is a reason I have held onto that stationary- and now I know why! I am so lucky to have had her design it and my website for that matter and to be starting this new chapter of my life. With Spring officially here in I have become obsessed with changing the look of my front door. I have neutral tan siding, white trim, and black shutters.
Now to add some fun with color! Blue is a color I have always been drawn to, and with its revival as of late in interior decor I have become inspired to bring it into the exterior of my home. It is a great color to add year round charm to any home and compliments each season.
I will keep you posted once I complete my project. For now, here are a few inspirational color choices to make your front door pop!