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Virginia Rail
The Virginia Rail is a fascinating bird! They have laterally compressed bodies they are thin from a front perspective, but full-bodied if we look at their side profile. They are...
Virginia Rail
The Virginia Rail is a fascinating bird! They have laterally compressed bodies they are thin from a front perspective, but full-bodied if we look at their side profile. They are...
Green-tailed Towhee
One of North America’s most memorable birds, the Green-tailed Towhee stands out from other Towhees on the account of their beautiful plumages. Despite being so iconic and abundant throughout their...
Green-tailed Towhee
One of North America’s most memorable birds, the Green-tailed Towhee stands out from other Towhees on the account of their beautiful plumages. Despite being so iconic and abundant throughout their...
Hammond’s Flycatcher
A small, olive-green bird with distinctive facial markings and a stout and round body, the Hammond’s Flycatcher is a mature bird and old-growth coniferous forests of western North America. Males...
Hammond’s Flycatcher
A small, olive-green bird with distinctive facial markings and a stout and round body, the Hammond’s Flycatcher is a mature bird and old-growth coniferous forests of western North America. Males...
Gray Flycatcher
Unassuming and inconspicuous, the Gray Flycatcher is yet another member of the notoriously difficult to identity Empidonax genus. They have a much broader range than some other members of the...
Gray Flycatcher
Unassuming and inconspicuous, the Gray Flycatcher is yet another member of the notoriously difficult to identity Empidonax genus. They have a much broader range than some other members of the...
Cordilleran Flycatcher
Among the similar-looking Empidonax Flycatchers, the two most difficult to tell the Cordilleran Flycatcher and the Pacific-slope Flycatcher apart. You can usually recognize a male by their calls, but you...
Cordilleran Flycatcher
Among the similar-looking Empidonax Flycatchers, the two most difficult to tell the Cordilleran Flycatcher and the Pacific-slope Flycatcher apart. You can usually recognize a male by their calls, but you...
Clapper Rail
A clattering cackle in the salt marsh is often our first clue to the presence of this big Rail. The Clapper Rail is usually hidden in dense cover, but sometimes...
Clapper Rail
A clattering cackle in the salt marsh is often our first clue to the presence of this big Rail. The Clapper Rail is usually hidden in dense cover, but sometimes...