Virginia Rail is a small and secretive waterbird that often remains hidden in the dense vegetation and marshes . Their breeding habitats can be found from Nova Scotia to California and North Carolina and also in Central and South America. Northern populations migrate to Southern United States and Central America during winters. Some of the birds on Pacific Coast are permanent residents.

Adult Virgina Rail birds have a laterally compressed brown colored body with dark back and crown, and orange-brown legs. They have long toes, a flexible vertebrae, short tail and long slim reddish bill. Their cheeks are grey with a light stripe over the eyes and a whitish throat. Virginia Rail feed on insects and aquatic creatures by probing with their bill in mud or shallow water, often relying on the sense of sight. They make wide variety of and a series of sweet calls especially at night. Being secretive, they are more often heard than seen. Size of Virginia Rail:Weight 65-95 grams, Length 20-27 cm and Wingspan 32-38 cm.

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White-breasted Nuthatch is a stocky bird with a large head, powerful bill, strong feet and short tail. Their upperparts are pale bluish-grey, underparts and face are white, a black cap and a chestnut lower belly. They feed on insects by foraging on tree trunks and branches, seeds and nuts being the significant diet during winter. They make their nests in tree holes. Hawks, owls and snakes are their primary predators. Size of White-breasted Nuthatch birds – 18-30 gram weight, 13-14 cm length and 20-27 cm wingspan.

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Tufted Titmouse is a small songbird native to North America. Black-crested Titmouse found in central and southern Texas that was earlier considered as a sub-species of Tufted Titmouse, is now taken as a separate species. They can be found inhabiting in deciduous woodlands, gardens, parks, and shrublands  in the eastern United States. Besides, in the Great Lakes, the Great Plains, the Gulf of Mexico and Atlantic Ocean, Tufted Titmouse are all-year residents. They can also be sometimes spotted on window ledges in the urban areas.

Tufted Titmouse have grey upperparts and white underparts with a white face, grey crest, a dark forehead and a short stout bill. They make diverse variety of whistling sound. They feed on insects, caterpillars, seeds, nuts, fruits and berries by foraging into the tree branches and on ground. They make their nests in the holes in trees by lining the nests with soft materials, often plucking hair from animals such as dogs and cats. Most of the birds are permanent residents while few join mixed flocks and migrate in winter.

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Tri-colored Heron is a medium-sized heron of southeastern United States, which were earlier known as Louisiana Herons. They are resident breeders from the Gulf States of the USA and northern Mexico, south through Central America and the Caribbean to Central Brazil and Peru. Their breeding habitats are in subtropical swamps where they nestle in colonies with other herons on platforms of sticks in trees or shrubs.

Tri-colored Heron is a medium-sized heron with long and slender neck and bill, bluish-grey head, dark back, dark neck with a white line and white belly. They have a long, pointed, yellowish or grayish bill with a black tip. In the breeding birds, there are long blue filamentous plumes on the head and neck and buff plumes on the back. They stalk their prey in shallow or deep water, often running and chasing to grab their prey. Tri-colored herons make a soft, nasal moaning sound. They feed on fish, crustaceans, reptiles and insects.  Size of Mallard:Weight around 400 grams, Length 60-70 cm and Wingspan around 90 cm.

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Song Sparrow is a medium sized common sparrow or American sparrow that can be found inhabiting in bushy, and marshes including salt marshes across the most of the United States and Canada. Besides, they are also found abundantly in human populations, agricultural areas and roadsides. Southern species are permanent residents while northern birds migrate to Southern United States or Mexico, where there is a significant resident population all-year. Song sparrow can be often confused with Savannah Sparrow and Lincoln’s Sparrow

Adult song sparrow have brown upperparts with dark streaks on the back. Underparts are white with a dark streaking and a dark brown spot in the middle of the breast. They have a grayish face with streak through the eyes, a brown cap and  a brown long and rounded tail. They forage on the ground, in shrubs and in shallow waters for eating insects and seeds. Birds foraging in salt marshes also eat crustaceans. They nestle in sheltered locations on the ground, in shrubs or trees. As the name goes, song sparrow are  well known for their persistent singing throughout the Spring and Summer. Size of Song Sparrow: Weight 15-50 grams, Length 12-17 cm and Wingspan 18-25 cm.

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Semipalmated Sandpiper is a small shorebird, which can be seen abundantly breeding in the Arctics along southern tundra in Canada and Alaska near water. During winter, they migrate in large flocks, often in hundreds and thousands, to the coastal areas of South America and even to southern parts of North America. Bay of Fundy and Delaware Bay are their favored breeding grounds during winter. Semipalmated Sandpipers are difficult to distinguish from other similar tiny shorebirds especially Western Sandpipers.

Semipalmated Sandpiper is s small bird with a short neck, moderately long  legs, and a moderately long and stout bill, which may be slightly drooping at the tip. Their legs are black, back grey-brown, dark bill, white underparts and a lightly marked chest. Their vocalization includes a loud ‘cherking’ sound. They make their nests on ground. Their diet consists of aquatic insects and crustaceans, hunting by sight and feel. Size of Semipalmated Sandpiper: weight 21-32 grams, length 13-15 cm, wingspan 29-31 cm.

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Ring-billed gull is a medium-sized gull that breed mainly in inland areas in North America. They can be generally  found along the coastal areas, near rivers and in large colonies on the grounds and islands.  Ring billed gull is a migratory birds that move to the Great Lakes, the Gulf of Mexico, the Atlantic and the Pacific Coasts of North America during winter season. In Great Britain, ring billed gulls are no more considered as rarity. They even wander away to Western Europe, Ireland and Great Britain.

Ring billed gull is a medium sized bird that has a typical yellow bill with a black ring near the tip. Their head, neck and underparts are white, grayish back and yellow legs. They have yellow eyes with red colored outer rims. They catch their prey in flight or while walking, swimming or wading. Besides, they also steal food from other birds and search food by scavenging. They are omnivores and main diet includes insects, fish, grain, eggs, earthworms and rodents. Their natural predators are rats, foxes, cats, raccoons, coyotes, eagles and dogs. Size of Ring-billed Gull:Weight 300-700 gram, Length 43-53 cm and Wingspan 105-115 cm.

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Northern Shoveler is a most distinctive and widespread dabbling duck. Simply known as Shoveler, Northern Shoveler  breed in northern areas of Europe and across most of North America. They can be found breeding in North America along the southern edge of Hudson Bay and as far south as the Great Lakes west to Colorado, Nevada and Oregon. Their large elongated, spoon-shaped bill with comb-like projections along its edges makes Northern Shovelers an unmistakable in the Northern Hemisphere.

Shovelers have a green head, white breast, chestnut belly and flanks. Female birds are light brown with a long and broad grey-tinged bill. They feed on mollusks, insects and water plants. While feeding, they dabble in the water, swinging its bill from side to side  and using the bill to strain plant food from water. They make their nests in a shallow depression on the ground and usually close to water. Northern Shovelers are fairly quiet species of birds. Size of Northern Shoveler:Weight 400-800 grams, Length 45-50 cm.

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Mute Swan is a member of duck, goose and swan family from northern and central Eurasia. They have also been introduced in North America to grace ponds, lakes water parks and estates. Descendants of such birds have naturalized in the eastern United States and the Great lakes.  Although the name is mute swan but it is a sort of misnomer because they are not mute, rather quieter than than other swans. Due to their sheer size, reddish bill and white plumage, mute swans remain as the most unmistakable waterfowl at the close quarters.

Adult mute swans are one of the heaviest flying birds with an average weight of 27-pounds in male birds and 18-pounds in female birds, the largest recorded male bird being 50-pounds. They have an all white body, long and curved neck, black face and orange bill. They make their nests on large mounds in shallow waters either in the middle or at the edge of a lake. They often re0use the same nests year after year, restoring or modifying the nests as necessary. They are less vocal than the other noisy swans. Size of Mute Swan:Weight 5.5-14.5 kg, Length 125-150 cm and Wingspan 210-240 cm.

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Mallard, one of the most familiar and most easily recognizable ducks, is a dabbling duck, which breed throughout temperate and subtropical regions of North America, Europe, Asia, Australia and New Zealand. Mallard is a strongly migratory bird in the northern parts of the breeding range, which migrate to farther south in winters. Mallard along with Muscovy Duck are considered as the ancestors of all the domestic ducks. They can be found inhabiting in wetlands, parks, rivers, marshes, ponds, lakes

Mallard is a large duck with a green head, grey body, yellow-orange bill with a black tip and rusty chest. Female birds are light brown. They feed primarily on aquatic plants and sometimes they even eat frogs. They make their nests on riverbeds although not necessarily near the waters. During breeding seasons, they form large flocks. Mallard is a noisy species with males making nasal calls and females the “quack”. Size of Mallard:Weight 1-1.3 kg, Length 50-65 cm and Wingspan 80-95 cm.

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