Chuck-will's-widow: Large nightjar with entire body complexly mottled with brown, gray, and black. White eyebrows are conspicuous. Chevron-shaped white forehead patch extends behind eye. Bohemian Waxwing: Large waxwing with gray upperparts, pink-gray crest, black mask and chin, and gray underparts. Wilson's Plover: Medium plover, gray-brown upperparts and cap. Sexes are similar. New subspecies range maps for this bird will be available in the next iBird update at which time we will retire the Thayer’s Gull as it’s own species. Feeds on fish, aquatic insects, and their larvae. Wings have large white bars. MacGillivray's Warbler: Medium-sized warbler with olive-green upperparts and yellow underparts. Wings have two white bars. Cinnamon-brown underwings visible in flight. The crown, face and neck are buff with fine brown streaks. Diet includes insects, worms and spiders. Legs, feet are pink-orange. Swift, direct, and low flight. Lazuli Bunting: Small finch, bright blue upperparts, cinnamon-brown breast and sides, white belly. Alternates steady wing beats, short glides. Mitch Waite Group. Yellow crown is bordered by a wide black cap; cheek and collar are black. Feeds on seeds and insects. Feeds on mussels and other bivalves. Sometimes called Swamp Warbler. Gray legs, feet. Black-tipped yellow bill is long and straight. Black Rail: Smallest North American rail, mostly dark gray or nearly black with white-speckled back, belly, flanks. This is a book full of information and pictures of the birds of North America. The bill, legs and feet are black. The entire watershed has been recognized by Audubon NY as an Important Bird Area. The bill is yellow with a dark tip. Feeds on fish and squid. Swift direct flight with rapid wing beats. Black cap that extends below eyes, down nape; pale gray upperparts that are darker at the wingtips; short, stout black bill and black legs, feet; long wings with very long outer primaries. Wings are black with white spots; rump is black; tail is black with white outer feathers. Head and underparts are buff to cinnamon with white throat and vent. Upperwings are dark gray with pale gray patches. Feeds on large flying insects. Sexes are similar. Hawks from perch, hovers. Hovers before dipping for prey. Feeds by probing mud with bill or dunking head under water. Tail is dark and yellow-tipped with cinnamon-brown undertail coverts. The wings and tail are dark gray. Wings have two bars: upper bar is yellow, lower bar is white. Dickcissel: Medium-sized, stocky, sparrow-like bird. Face is dark red, collar is gray, belly is pale red. Swift direct flight with steady wing beats. Franklin's Gull: This medium-sized gull has a gray back and white underparts. The Audubon Bird Guide is a free and complete field guide to more than 800 species of North American birds, right in your pocket. ". Fork-tailed Flycatcher: Medium-sized flycatcher with pale gray upperparts, black head, inconspicuous yellow crown stripe, and white underparts. Nape and upper back are chestnut-brown. Collar is white, throat is brown, and breast patch is dark brown. Red eyes with white eye-rings, and white patch above. Information, images and range maps on over 1,000 birds of North America, including sub-species, vagrants, introduced birds and possibilities. It hides in dense thickets, where it forages on the ground looking for insects, spiders, and caterpillars. Bill is gray. Red-billed Tropicbird: This slender, white, gull-like seabird is the largest tropic bird. Red-tipped black bill has yellow patch on upper mandible. Great Gray Owl: Large owl, dark gray body interspersed with bars and flecks of brown, pale gray, and white. Short low flights, alternates rapid wing beats with wings pulled to sides. Yellow legs, feet. Wings held downward. Feeds while wading in shallow water, sweeping its bill back and forth. Throat and breast are paler blue, and belly and undertail coverts are white. With Stan Tekiela's famous field guide, bird identification is simple and informative. Sexes are similar. Please read the information below which highlights NEAR's response to the COVID-19 crisis. The legs and feet are red. Legs and feet are gray. Strong direct flight with rapid wing beats. Sexes are similar. Fast direct flight with rapid wing beats. The tail is long, dark, and round-tipped. Cassin's Vireo: Small vireo, olive-gray upperparts, white underparts, pale yellow flanks. ADOPT!!!!! Dark brown streaked crown, white eyebrow, and dark line through eye. It has a swift direct flight with rapid wing beats. Direct and hovering flight with very rapid wing beats. Long, thin, upcurved bill. The wings have distinct black bars on white undersides. Tail is dark brown with short, gray undertail coverts. Broad-billed Hummingbird: Medium-sized hummingbird with metallic green body and vibrant blue throat. Tail is black, legs and feet are gray. This book features 125 species of North and South Dakota birds, organized by color for ease of use. Solitary, or in pairs and family groups. Underparts are lighter brown with brown barring. Bridled Tern: Medium pelagic tern. Black-tailed Godwit: Large, tall godwit with black-barred, orange-brown body. Both are outside of North America. Yellow-brown legs and feet. Formerly called Sky Lark, name was changed to Eurasian Skylark in 2016 by the American Ornithologist Union. Diet includes fish, crabs, clams, eggs, carrion and garbage. Can dive to depths of more than 240 feet. Strong flight with shallow wing beats. This year’s changes to the official Check-list of North American Birds include the long-expected return of Mexican Duck to full species status, a so-called “lump” among crows, and recognition of new songbird species in Middle America.. Fluttering, uneven flight with slow, shallow wing beats. Feeds primarily on insects. Bouyant flight with steady wing beats, alternates several wing strokes with short to long glides. Buoyant, graceful pigeon-like flight with fluttering wing strokes alternating with soaring glides. The bill and legs are yellow, and it has a red eyering. Band-rumped Storm-Petrel: This is a black-brown storm-petrel with gray-brown wing bars and a conspicuous white band across the rump and large, slightly notched tail. Alternates rapid, shallow wing beats with stiff-winged glides. Robert has been a big support in helping me to make her feel safe. The female (shown in foreground) and winter adult have brown streaked upperparts and no black bib. AKA Hungarian Partridge. Brewer's Blackbird: Medium-sized blackbird with purple gloss on head and neck and green gloss on body and wings. Feeds on fish and squid. Feeds on seeds, spiders, and insects. Wings are dark gray with two rust-brown bars. Legs and feet are pink. This list is by no means exhaustive, but most urban and suburban visitors in the winter months will belong to one of the species below. Prefers to walk rather than fly. Bill is long, thin, and dull olive-yellow. Tail is black with thick, white edges. Make bird watching in North Dakota and South Dakota even more enjoyable! It feeds on aquatic insects and crustaceans. Intermediate forms exist between light and dark morphs. Yellow legs and feet. Direct and hovering flight with very rapid wing beats. Thayer's Gull: Having had full species status since 1973, as of 2017, the AOU considers this gull to be a subspecies of the Iceland Gull and has lumped it there. Forages on ground and in trees and bushes. It has a gray and white face and throat, and white upper breast and under tail. Gray legs, feet. Rock Wren: Medium wren with white-speckled gray upperparts, brown rump, white-over-black eye brow, white throat and breast with fine gray streaks, and buff-yellow flanks and belly. Dark gray back and nape. Wings are dark with thin,white bars. Soars high on thermals. Bill is heavy and slightly hooked. The tail is deeply forked and white with dark edged outer feathers. Alternates rapid wing beats with short glides. Arctic Tern: This is a medium-sized, slim tern with gray upperparts, black cap, a white rump and throat, and pale gray underparts. Purple Gallinule: Medium, chicken-like marsh bird with purple-blue upperparts washed with iridescent green, deep blue underparts. Common Eider: Large diving duck (v-nigrum), with distinctive sloping forehead, black body, white breast and back. Whitish underparts; underwings have brown trailing edge. Sandwich Tern: This is the only medium-sized tern with a long slender black bill tipped with yellow. For an additional challenge, birders can open their windows and listen for bird calls to identify birds by sound and use the Audubon Guide to North American Birds (leaves DEC's website) or us the Merlin Bird ID app (leaves DEC's website) to help with visual or audio identification. Flies in a V formation. Strong direct flight with constant shallow wingbeats. Smew: Small merganser, mostly white body except for black back, mask, breast bar, and V-shaped nape patch. Magnificent Frigatebird: Large black seabird, orange throat patch inflates into a huge bright red-orange balloon when in courtship display. Short flight, alternates several rapid wing beats with wings pulled to sides. Broad white stripes on black wings are visible in flight. Western Grebe: Large, long-necked grebe with dark gray upperparts, white underparts, gray sides and flanks. Eats worms, aquatic insects, crustaceans and mollusks. Female is olive-green above, with gray back and yellow underparts. White tail with faint brown central strip and dark tip. Short, bounding flights, alternates rapid wing beats with wings pulled to sides. Hugs wave contours or flies up to 150 feet. Northern Gannet: Very large seabird. Chestnut-collared Longspur: Small, sparrow-like bird with brown-streaked upperparts, black breast and flanks, some have chestnut on underparts, pale gray belly. Hood is solid black and eye-ring is dark red. Head is black and eyes are red. It feeds on squid and fish. Wings are dark with two white bars. The underparts are white; upper tail is black with white outer edges. Sexes are similar. Wings are rufous. Face is buff with black stripe behind eye. Feeds on insects, crustaceans, and invertebrates. It was first recorded on the Lewis and Clark expedition. Head and nape are blue. White-faced Storm-Petrel: The only Atlantic storm-petrel with the combination of dark gray upperparts and white underparts with a dark cap and eyeline. Orange-brown crown is marked with fine dark lines. Ross's Gull: The pink gull of the high Arctic. Feeds mostly on insects but also eats seeds. Tail is forked; legs and feet are dark gray. Diet includes fish and small birds. Great Skua: Large, heavy-bodied seabird, prominent white patch in primary feathers. Sexes are similar. Bill is long and black. Bill, legs are bright orange, upper bill develops a fibrous keel during breeding season. It has a dark bill, yellow eyes and black legs and feet. Ross's Goose: Small, white goose with black primary feathers and stubby gray-based red-orange bill. It has a dark brown back, black face and black underparts with white-mottled flanks; a white S-shaped mark extends from above the eye to along sides. It feeds on parrot fish, flatfish, mullets and other fish. It has a long, dark forked tail, and a black bill, legs and feet. Winter birds are duller gray and juveniles are light gray overall. Cinnamon Teal: This small duck has scaled dark brown upperparts, cinnamon-brown underparts, head and neck, red eyes, long dark bill and yellow-gray legs. Bill, legs, and feet are gray. Flies in V or straight line formations. Although it is mostly "eastern" in our area, its total range extends south to Nicaragua. The eyes are yellow and the bill is blue-gray with a black tip. Bar-tailed Godwit: This large shorebird has a long upcurved bill, scaled brown, black and gray mottled upperparts and pale red-brown underparts. Bachman's Sparrow: Medium-sized sparrow with brown-streaked gray upperparts and buff underparts except for white belly. https://www.thespruce.com/most-common-backyard-birds-4121925 Bill is dark and legs and feet are pink. Feeds on mollusks, crustaceans, insects and small fish. Crown is black and nape is pale green. Wings are brown with chestnut-brown patches. Swift direct flight with rapid wing beats. Feeds on insects, caterpillars, fruits and berries. Forages in trees and bushes. Direct flight, steady, strong wing beats. Legs and feet are gray. It shows white wing linings in flight. Sexes are similar. Brown Pelican: Large, unmistakable seabird, gray-brown body, dark brown, pale yellow head and neck, oversized bill. Lewis's Woodpecker: Medium woodpecker with dark green-black upperparts and hood. Feeds on marine worms and insects. Head is gray with white eye-ring that extends to brow. Bouyant, silent flight with flicking wing beats. The belly and under tail coverts are white. Wings are dark with white tips; legs are pink. Hovers in display flight and when foraging. Tail is slightly forked when folded. Alternates several rapid wing beats with short glides. The juvenile is brown and streaked. The wings are short with white spotted black tips. Gray legs, feet. Tail is long and scissor-like, black above with white outer edges and white below with black inner edges. Wings have conspicuous white patches. Flight is short and low, alternating rapid wing beats with glides. The legs are orange. It specializes in eating bees and wasps, which is why it is also known as the bee bird… Sooty Tern: This medium-sized tern has long wings, a deeply forked tail, black crown, nape, and upperparts and a broad triangular white forehead patch. In 2016 the American Ornithologist Union split the Clapper Rail into three species, the Clapper Rail, Ridgway's Rail and Mangrove Rail (not in North America). The head is gray, bill is short and slightly decurved. Tail is gray with white spots near corners. Tail is long, broad, edged with white (black near base). It has a strong direct flight with deep wing beats. Tail is gray with faint bars, dark terminal band, and white trailing edge. Bell's Vireo: Small vireo, faint, broken eye-ring, thick, slightly flattened hooked bill, one or two faint wing bars. Feeds on fish and invertebrates. Broad-billed Sandpiper: Small sandpiper with a long bill that curves down at the tip. An open ocean species vaguely resembling a small penguin that can fly. Wings and tail are gray-black; tail has thin white tip. Black with bright yellow throat pouch bordered with white feathers. Direct flight with strong steady wing beats. Wings are dark with white stripes visible in flight. Bill is red with black tip. Feeds and forages on land or in shallow water by probing in mud, and sweeping bill back and forth. Townsend's Warbler: Olive-green upperparts, black throat and upper breast. Birds of the World is a powerful resource that brings deep, scholarly content from four celebrated works of ornithology into a single platform where biologists and birders can find comprehensive life history information on birds. 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