To know what a tropical bird is, you first have to know where the tropics are. The tropics form a band around the equator ...

This Friday marks the first Fourth of July that the bald eagle – often seen flying near lakes across the Inland Northwest – is our country’s national bird.

What is a cool bird? Cool types of birds can be beautiful birds, uncommon birds, or even the weirdest birds. Of course, what ...

The bald eagle, America’s national bird, stands as one of nature’s most impressive predators. With their striking white heads, massive wingspans, and fierce yellow eyes, these raptors aren’t just ...

I liked to watch. You could mistake a male merganser with his green head and large white belly for a drake mallard. They are about the same size. Instead of a duck bill, the merganser has a hooked, ...

Its striking appearance features predominantly white feathers with black on its back and wings, aiding in camouflage and heat absorption. The albatross has a distinctive hooked beak, ideal for its ...

The white tern is a slight and elegant seabird with stark white feathers, a sharp black-and-blue bill, and jet black eyes. Its body size is about the same as an American robin’s, but it has a wingspan ...

Birds of prey, or raptors, are carnivorous birds that hunt and kill prey using a combination of their keen senses, strong talons and sharp, hooked beaks. Ranging from the minuscule falconet to the ...

Take your ordinary backyard bird like a Northern Cardinal, Blue Jay or American Goldfinch and give it a hooked bill that can rip flesh like a raptor and you have a Northern Shrike, sometimes called ...

Anhinga have a long, pointed beak used for spearing prey, while cormorants have a hooked bill adapted for grabbing prey. Both have long necks with the anhinga being longer.

Pictures show it nesting in Trinity Bay in 2023, or standing on floating ice in the Codroy Valley earlier this year. The photos reveal the bird's distinctive white stripes over its wings, and its ...

Description The Southern Fiscal is a distinctively black-and-white bird! The head, back and tail are black or very dark grey while the chest and underparts are white. It has a distinctive hooked beak.