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  • This Moody Junco Was Perched On A Dead Tree At The End Of Fall As The Cool Weather Settled In
    Junco On Perch.jpg
  • Dreamy visions of a Blue Jay perched in a tree
    Visions of a Blue Jay.jpg
  • A Dark-Eyed Junco Perched On A Tree Branch
    DE Junco on Branch.jpg
  • Bursting with black, white, and rose-red, male Rose-breasted Grosbeaks are like an exclamation mark at your bird feeder or in your binoculars
    Male Rose-Breasted Grosbeak On Branc...jpg
  • A Black-Capped Chickadee On A Tree Branch in Sunlight
    Chickadee on Branch.jpg
  • A White-Breasted Nuthatch on a tree branch with a moody vibe
    Nutty On Branch.jpg
  • A Male Northern Cardinal Perched On a Branch With A textured Backdrop
    Afternoon Cardinal.jpg
  • A Red-Winged Blackbird perched on a branch under a canopy of summer green
    Blackbird Viewing From The Branch.jpg
  • A Male Finch perched atop a sunny bokeh backed branch
    Male House Finch Branch on Green.jpg
  • Mr. Titmouse Perched On A Branch
    Titmouse Looking Branch.jpg
  • A Titmouse From Behind On A Tree Branch With A Green Backdrop
    Titmouse On Green.jpg
  • Mr. Woodpecker seems to be keeping guard from his vantage point on the tree branch
    Downy On Point.jpg
  • A Male House Finch On A Tree Branch
    Male House Finch Branch on Green.jpg
  • A Tufted Titmouse perched on a small tree branch with a background of purple and orange hues.
    Tufted on Violet.jpg
  • A Male House Finch Posing On A Branch Letting Me Snap A Profile Shot
    A House Finch Looks On.jpg
  • A Tufted Titmouse Perched On Top Of A Branch Basking In Autumn Bokeh
    Tufty On Top.jpg
  • A Chipping Sparrow contrasts on a bright backdrop of green from the woods
    Chipping Sparrow On Green.jpg
  • A Male House Finch Perched On A Bare Tree Branch Against Textured Green
    Male Finch in Tree on Bright Green.jpg
  • A Female Northern Cardinal On A Tree Perch. This friendly gal held her spot long enough for me to swap lenses and fire off a few shots. I swear she wanted to pose for me!
    Pretty Lady On A Perch.jpg
  • A Junco out catching snowflakes on a cold winter afternoon
    Chilly Junco On Her Perch.jpg
  • tree, branch, bird, titmouse, tufted titmouse
    Tufty Perched On Green.jpg
  • A Nuthatch stopped on a perch to pose long enough for a quick snap
    Nuthatch On Top.jpg
  • Mr. Purple Finch Perched On A Branch Contrasts Against The Summer Green Foliage From Behind
    Male P-Finch Long.jpg
  • A Red Male House Finch on a spring blooming tree branch with pink and purple blossoms.
    Red Male House Finch-E.jpg
  • A tiny titmouse looking off from his perch in the tree
    Tufty On Branch.jpg
  • A Tufted Titmouse Up Close and Personal
    Tufty Strikes A Pose on Branch.jpg
  • Blue Jay On Branch.jpg
  • A tufted Titmouse strikes a pose on a bare breach on a chilly morning with flurries beginning to fall
    Frigid Morning Titmouse.jpg
  • A Nuthatch perched on a tree branch with a seed in his beak
    Nuthatch - Seed - Branch.jpg
  • The smallest North American woodpecker, the downy woodpecker is also one of the most common and most readily recognized not only because of its size, but also because it will readily visit backyards and feeders.
    Downy Woodpecker on Tree.jpg
  • A Male Northern Cardinal On A Branch Over Blue Waters
    Redbird Flow on Blue.jpg
  • Yellow-Crowned Night Heron chillaxing up on a branch.
    Yellow-crowned Night Heron.jpg
  • A bluebird perched on a rotting tree branch on a moody overcast day.<br />
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The bluebirds are a group of medium-sized, mostly insectivorous or omnivorous birds in the genus Sialia of the thrush family. Bluebirds are one of the few thrush genera in the Americas. They have blue, or blue and rose beige, plumage.
    Bluebird Blues.jpg
  • An afternoon sparrow on a broken tree branch
    Chipping Sparrow Perch.jpg
  • A Tufted Titmouse On A Tall Tree Branch Perch
    Tufted High Perch.jpg
  • A Tufted Titmouse Perched On A Branch Backed By Autumn Bokeh
    Titmouse Bokeh Perch.jpg
  • The Ruby-throated Hummingbird does not show a strong preference for any particular color of feeder. Instead, it prefers specific feeder locations. uby-throated Hummingbirds normally place their nest on a branch of a deciduous or coniferous tree; however, these birds are accustomed to human habitation and have been known to nest on loops of chain, wire, and extension cords.<br />
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You can attract Ruby-throated Hummingbirds to your backyard by setting up hummingbird feeders or by planting tubular flowers. Make sugar water mixtures with about one-quarter cup of sugar per cup of water. Food coloring is unnecessary; table sugar is the best choice. Change the water before it grows cloudy or discolored and remember that during hot weather, sugar water ferments rapidly to produce toxic alcohol. Be careful about where you put your hummingbird feeders, as some cats have learned to lie in wait to catch visiting hummingbirds.<br />
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The Ruby-throated Hummingbird is a species of hummingbird. As with all hummingbirds, this species belongs to the Trochilidae family and is currently included in the Apodiformes order.
    Flutter Hummer.jpg
  • A Male Purple Finch On A Tree Branch From Behind
    Male Purple Finch From Behind.jpg
  • A Male Purple Finch On A Tree Branch From Behind
    Male Purple Finch From Behind.jpg
  • Most of the country drives during an eastern North American summer will turn up a few Eastern Bluebirds sitting on telephone wires or perched atop a nest box, calling out in a short, wavering voice or abruptly dropping to the ground after an insect. Marvelous birds to capture in your binoculars, male Eastern Bluebirds are a brilliant royal blue on the back and head, and warm red-brown on the breast. Blue tinges in the wings and tail give the grayer females an elegant look.
    Bluebird Watching.jpg
  • The Sacred Ibis (Threskiornis aethiopicus) is a member of the ibis and spoonbill family (Threskiornithidae). Birds in this family are wading birds with long, downward-curved bills that they use to probe in mud or grass for invertebrates and other prey. Sacred Ibises are larger than Florida's native ibises. <br />
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They have very distinctive long, black feathers or plumes on their rumps. During the breeding season the feathers on the sides of their chests and on the outer wings (near the edge when folded) may have a yellowish (or reddish) tinge, and their lower legs may be tinged with reddish-copper; bare patches of scarlet-red skin may also be visible under their wings. The heads and necks of young Sacred Ibises are covered with black and white feathers, giving the head and neck a mottled appearance.<br />
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Sacred Ibises look very similar to the native Wood Stork (Mycteria americana), a member of the stork family (Ciconiidae) that is federally listed as an endangered species.<br />
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Sacred Ibises are native to sub-Saharan Africa, the Middle East, and Madagascar; historically, they were also found in Egypt, where they are now extinct. These large birds are often depicted in Egyptian hieroglyphs as the earthly representation of the god Thoth (also shown as an ibis-headed man) and were considered sacred?hence the common name. They are very similar in appearance and so closely related to the Black-headed Ibis (T. melanocephalus) in South Asia and the Australian White Ibis (T. molucca) that many scientists consider the three a "superspecies," and some believe they may actually all be the same species. In their native range, they inhabit coastal estuaries, lagoons, marshes, and other inland wetlands such as flooded agricultural fields and urban retention ponds.
    Sacred Ibis.jpg
  • A goldfinch soaks up some harsh afternoon light on his little perch in the trees
    Sunny Goldfinch.jpg
  • Tufted Titmouse On Tree Branch
    A Visit From Tufty.jpg
  • Male Purple Finch On A Bare Tree Branch
    Mr Finch Standing Tall.jpg
  • A titmouse perched on a branch, feathers blowing in the wind.
    Tufty Needs A Comb.jpg
  • A Male Purple Finch On A Branch With A Proud Pose.
    A Finch With Flare.jpg
  • A tiny downy woodpecker on a tree branch along side the road, he stood still long enough for a quick shot
    Autumn Downy Woodpecker.jpg
  • A tiny Hairy Woodpecker perched on a bare tree trunck
    Hairy woodpecker perch.jpg
  • A Male Northern Cardinal Perched On A Tall Bare Tree Branch
    Mr Redbird Standing Tall.jpg
  • Red Male House Finch perched on a tree branch as the sun sets
    Red Male House Finch-C.jpg
  • A Red-Bellied Woodpecker On A Bare Tree Branch Looking FOr A Meal
    Woody Walking Soft BG.jpg
  • A Tufted Titmouse poses on a tree branch against a mixed backdrop of soft yellow and purple hues.
    Sunny Tit Pic.jpg
  • A Tufted Titmouse Perched On A Tree Branch With Warm Afternoon Light
    Friendly Autumn Titmouse.jpg
  • A Tufted Titmouse Perched On A Tree Branch With Warm Afternoon Light
    Afternoon Bokeh Titmouse.jpg
  • A Tufted Titmouse Perched On A Tree Branch With Warm Afternoon Light
    Tufty Up Close.jpg
  • A Tufted Titmouse Perched On A Tree Branch With Warm Afternoon Light
    Curious Titmouse.jpg
  • A female bluebird perched on a tree branch enjoying a spring afternoon
    Female Eastern Bluebird.jpg
  • A male purple finch fluffs his feathers on a tree branch after a thunderstorm
    Finch Fluff.jpg
  • A Dark-Eyed Junco Sitting On A Tree Branch Masked In The Shadows
    Junco Tree Perch.jpg
  • Adults have a long, square-tipped brown tail and are a brown or dull-brown color across the back with some shading into deep gray on the wing feathers. Breast and belly feathers may be streaked; the flanks usually are. In most cases, adult males' heads, necks and shoulders are reddish. This color sometimes extends to the belly and down the back, between the wings. Male coloration varies in intensity with the seasons and is derived from the berries and fruits in its diet. As a result, the colors range from pale straw-yellow through bright orange (both rare) to deep, intense red. Adult females have brown upper-parts and streaked underparts.
    Red Male House Finch-D.jpg
  • A Black-crowned Night Heron in Green Waters. The Black-crowned Night Heron, commonly abbreviated to just Night Heron in Eurasia, is a medium-sized heron found throughout a large part of the world, except in the coldest regions and Australasia. Black-crowned Night-Herons are stocky birds compared to many of their long-limbed heron relatives. They're most active at night or at dusk, when you may see their ghostly forms flapping out from daytime roosts to forage in wetlands. In the light of day adults are striking in gray-and-black plumage and long white head plumes. These social birds breed in colonies of stick nests usually built over water. They live in fresh, salt, and brackish wetlands and are the most widespread heron in the world. <br />
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Black-crowned Night-Herons often spend their days perched on tree limbs or concealed among foliage and branches. They forage in the evening and at night, in water, on mudflats, and on land. In flight they fold their head back against their shoulders, almost making the neck disappear.<br />
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These are social birds that tend to roost and nest in groups, although they typically forage on their own. Look for them in most wetland habitats across North America, including estuaries, marshes, streams, lakes, and reservoirs.
    Black-crowned Night Heron 2.jpg
  • The Wood Duck or Carolina Duck is a species of duck found in North America. It is one of the most colourful North American waterfowl. Males are iridescent chestnut and green, with ornate patterns on nearly every feather; the elegant females have a distinctive profile and delicate white pattern around the eye. These birds live in wooded swamps, where they nest in holes in trees or in nest boxes put up around lake margins. They are one of the few duck species equipped with strong claws that can grip bark and perch on branches.<br />
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In good light, males have a glossy green head cut with white stripes, a chestnut breast and buffy sides. In low or harsh light, they'll look dark overall with paler sides. Females are gray-brown with white-speckled breast. In eclipse plumage (late summer), males lose their pale sides and bold stripes, but retain their bright eye and bill.<br />
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Wood ducks breed across most of the central and eastern United States, southeastern Canada and along the Pacific coast from California to British Columbia. The highest breeding densities occur in the Mississippi Alluvial Valley. In recent decades, the breeding range has expanded westward into the Great Plains region following development of wooded riparian corridors. Wood ducks prefer riparian habitats, wooded swamps and freshwater marshes.
    Wood Duck Flap.jpg
  • A Tufted Titmouse stopped by to accompany me for lunch one afternoon, so of coarse I had to click.
    Tufted On Branch Panted Sunny.jpg
  • The active little Downy Woodpecker is a familiar sight at backyard feeders and in parks and woodlots, where it joins flocks of chickadees and nuthatches, barely outsizing them. An often acrobatic forager, this black-and-white woodpecker is at home on tiny branches or balancing on slender plant galls, sycamore seed balls, and suet feeders.
    Monday Morning Downy.jpg
  • The East African Crowned Crane (Grey Crowned Crane) gets its name from the distinctive golden crown of feathers on its head. The Grey Crowned Crane is a bird in the crane family Gruidae. It occurs in dry savannah in Africa south of the Sahara, although it nests in somewhat wetter habitats.They can also be found in marshes. This photo was taken at the Saint Louis Zoo<br />
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This species and the closely related Black Crowned Crane are the only cranes that can roost in trees, because of a long hind toe that can grasp branches. This habit, amongst other things, is a reason why the relatively small Balearica cranes are believed to closely resemble the ancestral members of the Gruidae.<br />
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The body of the Grey Crowned Crane is mainly gray. The wings are predominantly white, but contain feathers with colors ranging from white to brown to gold. The head is topped with a crown of stiff golden feathers. Cheek patches are white, and a red gular sack is present under the chin. The gular sack is similar to a wattle, except that it can be inflated. Legs and toes are black. The bill is short and dark gray. <br />
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West African crowned cranes are monogamous birds that form pairs for life. Pairs can be seen together even in the middle of a large flock, which suggests an exceptionally strong pair bond. Adult cranes reinforce their pair bond by dancing for and with each other. They perform ritualistic dance displays that include bows, leaps, runs, wing flapping, short flights, jerky bouncing, running, and stick tossing. Cranes of all ages dance. Among younger birds, dancing may serve to reduce aggression with other cranes, provide physical exercise, and possibly relieve anxiety.
    Crowned Crane Consistency.jpg
  • A male Northern Cardinal flies through the winter storm dodging the tree branches in the woods laden with icicles. The skies were dull and grey with a bit of a purple tint, the air was brisk and chilly. The only signs of beauty and life was this bold red bird flying from tree to tree on this cold winter day in my Missouri back yard.
    Flight Of A Winter Cardinal.jpg