… ContinueThis YouTube video was produced by the American Bird Conservancy.
The Barred Owl (Strix varia), a nocturnal dweller of mature forests in the United States and Canada, has deep, dark eyes and rich, chocolate-brown and cream-colored plumage. This large bird can easily evade detection in the daytime, as it blends in with the tree bark, flies on silent wings, and is quite sedentary. But there’s no mistaking its haunting, hooting song.
Infamous and instantly recognizable, the song of the Barred Owl is a wild and unignorable declaration of ownership to any creature of the swamps, woodlands, and suburbs they call
Add color text to an image in Pixlr Express
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Eastern Bluebird: Harbinger of Spring
… ContinueThis YouTube video was produced by the American Bird Conservancy.
The vibrant colors and soft, musical warbles of the Eastern Bluebird (Sialia sialis) are a welcome sight on a cold, snowy day. Bluebirds have long been considered harbingers of spring, from Mexico to the eastern United States, and their willingness to nest in open, human-modified habitats makes them popular among birders and non-birders alike.
Eastern Bluebird populations plunged in the early 20th century, when non-native House Sparrows and European Starlings were introduced into the United States. Both of these invasive species are also cavity-nesters and much more aggressive than bluebirds,