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Pictures of Birds House Finch Birds Pictures and House Finch Birds Kind

Pictures of Birds House Finch Birds Pictures and House Finch Birds Kind

House Finch is a medium-sized finch that can be spotted abundantly in the cities, suburbs, parking lots, roadsides and gardens. Most of the house finches are permanent residents. Their common breeding habitats are urban, suburban and semi-open areas in the East as well West from Southern Canada to Northern Florida. Throughout the year, house finches can be found visiting bird feeders at various locations in the cities.

Adult male birds have a long square-tipped brown tail. They have brown colored back with a deep grey shading on the wing feathers. Their bill is short and thick with top rounded edge. Head, neck and shoulders are reddish, red color may sometimes extend down to stomach and the back. Intensity of colors in male birds varies with the season, color being often derived from the berries and fruits of its diet. Their call is a rapid, cheery warble or variety of chirps. They forage on the grounds and in vegetation eating grains, seeds and berries and small insects. Size of House Finch:Weight 16-29 grams, Length 13-14 cm and Wingspan 20-25 cm.

Pictures of Birds House Finch Birds Pictures and House Finch Birds Kind

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Pictures of Birds Eastern Kingbird Birds Pictures and Eastern Kingbird Birds Kind

Pictures of Birds Eastern Kingbird Birds Pictures and Eastern Kingbird Birds Kind

Eastern Kingbird is a dark and large tyrant flycatcher of the fields and other open areas. It is an abundant and widespread species of birds. Notwithstanding its name, eastern Kingbird can be found from Atlantic to the Pacific coast. They migrate in flocks to South America. Eastern Kingbird makes a sturdy cup nest in a tree or a shrub, sometimes on top of a stump or pole.

Eastern Kingbird is a medium sized bird. Adult birds are grayish black on the upper parts and light underparts. They have along black tail with a white end and long pointed wings. They have red patch on their crown that can seldom be seen. It is 19-23 cm long with a wingspan of about 33-38 cm. They make a high-pitched unmusical chirps and sputtering notes. Kingbird can aggressively defend its territory even against much larger birds. They wait on an open perch and fly out to catch insects in the flight. In the wintering areas, they eat berries, vegetables and other fruits.

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Pictures of Birds Yellow Crowned Night Heron Birds Pictures

Pictures of Birds Yellow Crowned Night Heron Birds Pictures and Yellow Crowned Night Heron Birds Kind

Yellow crowned night Herons are nocturnal herons of southern swamps, marshes and coasts from easter United States to north-eastern south America. They can also be found breeding along the wooded streams northward to Indiana and Illinois. It is a smaller Heron in appearance as compared to black crowned night Heron. They usually nest in colonies on platforms of sticks in trees or shrubs overhanging water. Their eggs are pale bluish green in color. In warmer locations, some of the birds are permanent residents whilst others migrate to central America and West Indies.

Yellow crowned night herons are medium sized and stocky birds. Crown and back is white and rest of the body is grayish. Crown has yellowish stripes. Legs are short and yellow in color. Eyes are red and with white stripe below the eyes. They weigh around 625 grams and the length is about 60 cm. Juveniles are similar to young black crowned herons. They make a loud and harsh squawk. They eat crustaceans, mollusks, frogs, small fish and other aquatic insects.

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Pictures of Birds White Ibis Birds Pictures and White Ibis Birds Kind

Pictures of Birds White Ibis Birds Pictures and White Ibis Birds Kind

White Ibis, a strikingly white bird from Ibis family is a wading bird of deep south that can be found in mid Atlantic coast of United States south through most of the new world tropics. The are normally found in marshy wetlands and water pools near the coast. They also occur on mowed grass and lawns and have now become common in city parks. They feed on large insects, reptiles, fish, frogs and other water creatures by probing with their long and down-curved beak.

They have a long down-curved bright red bill, long red legs, black wing-tips and rest of the body is white. During the breeding season the red bill blends into the face of the breeding birds. They weight around 700 to 1000 grams, their length is about 55-70 cm and wing span is about 95 cm. Both the sexes look alike. They make a harsh nasal sound “HUNK HUNK”. They fly with neck and legs outstretched in long loose lines.

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Pictures of Birds Great Egret Birds Pictures and Great Egret Birds Kind

Pictures of Birds Great Egret Birds Pictures and Great Egret Birds Kind

Great egret is a large white heron and thus commonly known as great white egret. They are large egrets with their habitats spread across most of the tropical and warmer temperate regions of the world in southern Europe, Africa, Canada, America, Australia and Asia, where it is localized. They are the largest egrets in old world and thus the name great egrets.

They are large birds with all white plumage that can reach one meter in height and weigh up to 900 grams to 1 kg. Their wing span is about 1.3 to 1.5meters. They are slightly smaller to great blue egrets. Yellow bill, black legs and feet are the best features to distinguish them from other white egrets. However, during breeding seasons, bill becomes darker and lower legs become lighter. Both the sexes are almost alike. They normally make a low sound at the nest but when disturbed they make a deep croak. With a slow flight and retracted neck, they can be easily distinguished from storks, cranes, spoonbills and ibises.