igord 🇺🇸 2012-04-04 06:02
Brewer's blackbird www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/brewers_blackbird/id en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brewer's_Blackbird The Brewer's Blackbird (Euphagus cyanocephalus) is a medium-sized New World blackbird, named after the ornithologist Thomas Mayo Brewer. Adults have a pointed bill. Adult males have black plumage; the female is dark grey. The male has a bright yellow eye; the female's is dark. They resemble the eastern member of the same genus, the Rusty Blackbird; however, the Brewer's Blackbird has a shorter bill and the male's head is iridescent purple. This bird is often mistaken for the Common Grackle but has a shorter tail. The call is a sharp check which is also distinguishable. This bird is in a different family from the Eurasian Blackbird. Their breeding habitat is open and semi-open areas, often near water, across central and western North America. The cup nest can be located in various locations: in a tree, in tall grass or on a cliff. They often nest in colonies. These birds are often permanent residents in the west. Other birds migrate to the southeastern United States and Mexico. The range of this bird has been expanding east in the Great Lakes region. They forage in shallow water or in fields, mainly eating seeds and insects, some berries. They sometimes catch insects in flight. They feed in flocks outside of the breeding season, sometimes with other blackbirds. www.enature.com/fieldguides/detail.asp?recNum=BD0330 audio Identification Tips: Length: 8 inches Sharply-pointed bill Male: Entirely black plumage with purple gloss to head May have gray edges in Fall and Winter to upperparts and pale supercilium Pale eye Female: Dark eye Dark gray plumage Similar species: Male Rusty Blackbird similar to male Brewer's Blackbird but lacks purple iridescence. Female Rusty Blackbird has a light eye. Grackles are larger with much longer tails. Cowbirds are smaller with more conical bills.
Brewer's blackbird www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/brewers_blackbird/id en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brewer's_Blackbird The Brewer's Blackbird (Euphagus cyanocephalus) is a medium-sized New World blackbird, named after the ornithologist Thomas Mayo Brewer. Adults have a pointed bill. Adult males have black plumage; the female is dark grey. The male has a bright yellow eye; the female's is dark. They resemble the eastern member of the same genus, the Rusty Blackbird; however, the Brewer's Blackbird has a shorter bill and the male's head is iridescent purple. This bird is often mistaken for the Common Grackle but has a shorter tail. The call is a sharp check which is also distinguishable. This bird is in a different family from the Eurasian Blackbird. Their breeding habitat is open and semi-open areas, often near water, across central and western North America. The cup nest can be located in various locations: in a tree, in tall grass or on a cliff. They often nest in colonies. These birds are often permanent residents in the west. Other birds migrate to the southeastern United States and Mexico. The range of this bird has been expanding east in the Great Lakes region. They forage in shallow water or in fields, mainly eating seeds and insects, some berries. They sometimes catch insects in flight. They feed in flocks outside of the breeding season, sometimes with other blackbirds. www.enature.com/fieldguides/detail.asp?recNum=BD0330 audio Identification Tips: Length: 8 inches Sharply-pointed bill Male: Entirely black plumage with purple gloss to head May have gray edges in Fall and Winter to upperparts and pale supercilium Pale eye Female: Dark eye Dark gray plumage Similar species: Male Rusty Blackbird similar to male Brewer's Blackbird but lacks purple iridescence. Female Rusty Blackbird has a light eye. Grackles are larger with much longer tails. Cowbirds are smaller with more conical bills.
igord 🇺🇸 2012-04-04 06:12
American robin (североамериканский) странствующий дрозд Turdus migratorius (лат); певчая птица с красной грудкой (male - самец) и серо-черным оперением, птица-символ [state bird] штатов Висконсин, Коннектикут и Мичиган. Robins are popular birds for their warm orange breast, cheery song, and early appearance at the end of winter en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Robin simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_robin
American robin (североамериканский) странствующий дрозд Turdus migratorius (лат); певчая птица с красной грудкой (male - самец) и серо-черным оперением, птица-символ [state bird] штатов Висконсин, Коннектикут и Мичиган. Robins are popular birds for their warm orange breast, cheery song, and early appearance at the end of winter en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Robin simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_robin
igord 🇺🇸 2012-04-04 06:21
Mockingbirds are a group of New World passerine birds from the Mimidae family. They are best known for the habit of some species mimicking the songs of other birds and the sounds of insects and amphibians, often loudly and in rapid succession. There are about 17 species in three genera. These do not appear to form a monophyletic lineage: Mimus and Nesomimus are quite closely related; their closest living relatives appear to be some thrashers, such as the Sage Thrasher. Melanotis is more distinct; it seems to represent a very ancient basal lineage of Mimidae en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mockingbird Northern Mockingbird The Northern Mockingbird, Mimus polyglottos, is the only mockingbird commonly found in North America. This species was first described by Linnaeus in his Systema Naturæ in 1758 as Turdus polyglottos. The Northern Mockingbird breeds in southeastern Canada, the United States, northern Mexico, the Bahamas, the Cayman Islands and the Greater Antilles. It is replaced further south by its closest living relative, the Tropical Mockingbird. The Socorro Mockingbird, an endangered species, is also closely related, contrary to previous opinion. The bird is the state bird of Arkansas, Florida, Mississippi, Tennessee and Texas. This bird is mainly a permanent resident, but northern birds may move south during harsh weather. This species has occurred in Europe as an extreme rarity. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northern_Mockingbird
Mockingbirds are a group of New World passerine birds from the Mimidae family. They are best known for the habit of some species mimicking the songs of other birds and the sounds of insects and amphibians, often loudly and in rapid succession. There are about 17 species in three genera. These do not appear to form a monophyletic lineage: Mimus and Nesomimus are quite closely related; their closest living relatives appear to be some thrashers, such as the Sage Thrasher. Melanotis is more distinct; it seems to represent a very ancient basal lineage of Mimidae en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mockingbird Northern Mockingbird The Northern Mockingbird, Mimus polyglottos, is the only mockingbird commonly found in North America. This species was first described by Linnaeus in his Systema Naturæ in 1758 as Turdus polyglottos. The Northern Mockingbird breeds in southeastern Canada, the United States, northern Mexico, the Bahamas, the Cayman Islands and the Greater Antilles. It is replaced further south by its closest living relative, the Tropical Mockingbird. The Socorro Mockingbird, an endangered species, is also closely related, contrary to previous opinion. The bird is the state bird of Arkansas, Florida, Mississippi, Tennessee and Texas. This bird is mainly a permanent resident, but northern birds may move south during harsh weather. This species has occurred in Europe as an extreme rarity. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northern_Mockingbird