Smith's Longspur: Medium sparrow, yellow-brown streaked upperparts, black head with white eyebrow and ear patch, and yellow-brown nape, throat, and underparts. Both parents feed the young, which have dark-spotted breasts rather than red ones. Bill, legs, and feet are black. Feeds on insects, spiders, berries and seeds. LeConte's Sparrow: Small sparrow, brown-streaked back, brown-streaked gray nape, pale gray underparts with streaks on sides, pale yellow breast. Flight is short and low, alternating rapid wing beats with glides. Good bird fact: Nuthatches have a penchant for caching food. The best bird guide and bird watching search engine to identify birds in the world. We British love the robin, pictured — two years ago, it won a BBC Springwatch poll to choose the UK’s national bird. Bill is dark brown. Marbled Godwit: This large sandpiper has black-marked, dark brown upperparts, and lightly barred, chestnut-brown underparts. Underwings are dark. Strong steady wing beats alternated with long to short glides. Brown-black bill curves down, lower mandible has pale base. Occasionally, it’ll fly up to a post and deliver its delightful song, cheering me even more. Tail is long and red-brown. And traditional names tend to stick. Only member of the wren family found outside the Americas, occuring in Europe, Asia, and Africa. Mute Swan: Aggressive bird, entirely white, orange bill with large black basal knob and naked black lores. Now I live in Somerset, I see them everywhere: in reedbeds, along the coast, in the High Street and, of course, in my own garden. The legs and feet are black. Wings and tail are black with blue edges. According to the National Wildlife Federation, “Leaf litter is a natural habitat for many insects and gives insect and grub-eating birds such as robins, towhees and thrashers, hours of quality snack time.” Watch for these classic birds in your yard, no matter what the weather is like. Light morph has white neck, pale yellow collar, white lower breast, mottled breast band, sides. Tail deeply forked, legs are black. Steller's Eider: Small eider with black back and collar, white sides, buff-brown underparts with small but distinct black spot on side. By the time “orange” entered wide-spread use, Redbreast was established as the bird’s name.Today's show brought to you by the Bobolink Foundation. Scissor-tailed Flycatcher: Medium flycatcher with pale gray upperparts and head, white underparts and throat, salmon-pink sides and flanks, and dark brown wings with white edges. Secretive, heard rather than seen. But you can attract robins to your yard even when it’s snowing, gobbling up berries from shrubs and trees. Early settlers in North America named the similar orange-breasted birds they encountered here, the American* Robin. Eats mollusks, insects, larvae, worms and seeds. White eye-ring is broken. Bill is gray. Weak fluttering flight on shallow wing beats. When its range overlaps with the Golden-winged Warrbler, it often interbreeds with or displaces it. Feeds on small crustaceans and fish. Feeds on plants, seeds, fruits. That’s because it gorged itself on overripe berries and is a bit tipsy! Underparts are white with rust-red barring. Legs and feet are black. “Robin”, a common nickname, was added later.And in the New World, the name stuck, too. Hovers briefly above prey before dipping down to sieze it. Alternates several shallow rapid wing beats and short glides. Long bill is gray, hooked. Philadelphia Vireo: Medium vireo with olive-green upperparts and yellow-washed to yellow underparts. Forages in grassy fields. Often feeds on mudflats like a wader. Wings are white with black primaries and a white-bordered blue speculum. Blue Jay: Medium, noisy jay with bright blue upperparts, pale gray underparts, distinct head crest, and neck surrounded with a curious black necklace. Black legs, feet. First discovered near Philadelphia in 1842. Legs and feet are yellow. The diet includes aquatic insects and plants. Hooded Oriole: Medium oriole with bright orange-yellow head and nape, and black back, face, throat, and upper breast. Feeds by dipping head and neck in water. Swift flight, alternates raping wing beats with wings pulled to sides. Pink-gray legs and feet. It may be because the word “orange” just wasn’t an option when the bird was named. It feeds on parrot fish, flatfish, mullets and other fish. White-eyed Vireo: Medium-sized, secretive vireo with olive-green upperparts, and white underparts with yellow sides and flanks. Black bill is very short; legs, feet are orange-red. Genetic research has told us that they actually aren’t closely related. Hovers above water before diving. The steel blue of the back wraps around creating a thick collar on the breast. We own a wild bird feeding supply nature shop in East Lansing, Michigan, If you have specific questions, photos, or comments feel free to send them to. Flies in straight line formation. Length: 6.7 – 7.5 in Weight: 1.0 – 1.5 oz Wingspan: 12.2 in. Found in pine stands, mangroves and overgrown fields rather than prairies. White-Breasted Nuthatch. Tail is dark. Dark wings with white trailing edges visible in flight. According to the National Wildlife Federation. Wings are white with black primary and secondary feathers. Feeds on insects, fruits, berries, nectar and flowers. The Male (shown in background) has a dark gray back and head, and black-streaked shoulders. The white-edged side and flank feathers form a striking border between sides and back. Dickcissel: Medium-sized, stocky, sparrow-like bird. Next time you see the flash of an orange belly, you’ll be that much more likely to identify it. 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