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  1. James Lemon

    Yellow-headed Blackbirds On the Go

    During autumn migration, male yellow-heads form separate flocks from females and young. Within portions of their range, they are frequently part of enormous winter flocks that include Red-winged Blackbirds, grackles and cowbirds.
  2. James Lemon

    Juvenile Bald Eagle

    Bald Eagles can live a long time. The oldest recorded bird in the wild was at least 38 years old when it was hit and killed by a car in New York in 2015. It had been banded in the same state in 1977.
  3. James Lemon

    Red-necked Grebe

    Like other grebes, the Red-necked Grebe ingests large quantities of its own feathers. The stomach retains two distinct masses (balls) of feathers, and their function is unknown. One hypothesis suggests that the feathers help protect the lower digestive tract from bones and other hard...
  4. James Lemon

    Red-tailed Hawk

    Birds are amazingly adapted for life in the air. The Red-tailed Hawk is one of the largest birds you’ll see in North America, yet even the biggest females weigh in at only about 3 pounds. A similar-sized small dog might weigh 10 times that.
  5. James Lemon

    Bald Eagle

    Bald Eagles can live a long time. The oldest recorded bird in the wild was at least 38 years old when it was hit and killed by a car in New York in 2015. It had been banded in the same state in 1977.
  6. James Lemon

    Eurasian Collared-Dove

    Eurasian Collared-Doves made their way to North America via the Bahamas, where several birds escaped from a pet shop during a mid-1970s burglary; the shop owner then released the rest of the flock of approximately 50 doves. Others were set free on the island of Guadeloupe when a volcano...
  7. James Lemon

    Mountain Bluebird

    Historically, the Mountain Bluebird depended for nest sites on forest tree cavities excavated by woodpeckers. Today, many Mountain Bluebirds breed in artificial nest boxes, which tend to be situated in more open areas and have smaller openings to keep out marauders and bad weather. Most of what...
  8. James Lemon

    American Coot

    The waterborne American Coot is one good reminder that not everything that floats is a duck. A close look at a coot—that small head, those scrawny legs—reveals a different kind of bird entirely. Their dark bodies and white faces are common sights in nearly any open water across the continent...
  9. James Lemon

    Northern Flicker

    Although it can climb up the trunks of trees and hammer on wood like other woodpeckers, the Northern Flicker prefers to find food on the ground. Ants are its main food, and the flicker digs in the dirt to find them. It uses its long barbed tongue to lap up the ants.
  10. James Lemon

    Yellow Headed Blackbird

    In 1825, Charles Lucien Bonaparte, nephew of Napoleon Bonaparte, gave the first detailed description of the Yellow-headed Blackbird, which was collected in 1820 by Thomas Say and Sir John Richardson.
  11. James Lemon

    Osprey

    An Osprey may log more than 160,000 migration miles during its 15-to-20-year lifetime. Scientists track Ospreys by strapping lightweight satellite transmitters to the birds’ backs. The devices pinpoint an Osprey's location to within a few hundred yards and last for 2-3 years. During 13 days in...
  12. James Lemon

    Great Grey Owl

    These birds wait, listen, and watch for prey, then swoop down; they also may fly low through open areas in search of prey. They frequently hunt from a low listening post which can be a stump, low tree limb, fence post, or road sign. Their large facial discs, also known as "ruffs", focus sound...
  13. James Lemon

    Tree Swallow

    Tree Swallows feed on small, aerial insects that they catch in their mouths during acrobatic flight. After breeding, Tree Swallows gather in large flocks to molt and migrate. In the nonbreeding season, they form huge communal roosts.
  14. James Lemon

    Mountain Bluebird

    A female Mountain Bluebird pays more attention to good nest sites than to attractive males. She chooses her mate solely on the basis of the location and quality of the nesting cavity he offers her—disregarding his attributes as a singer, a flier, or a looker. Unlike other bluebird species...
  15. James Lemon

    Killdeer

  16. Robert Watcher

    Pelicans shouldn’t be here.

    A pair of White Pelicans have made a stir not too far from our home in Ontario - along the beach area of Lake Huron. Anne and I decided to drive over this afternoon, hoping we would have a sighting. It was cold and raining as we walked along the coast area where a couple of friends said they...
  17. Asher Kelman

    Links to favorite Bird Shots!

    Give us your favorite links in OPF to remarkable bird shots. Asher
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