Common and Uncommon Birds of South Carolina It seems like all I see these days are Robins, Wrens, Cardinals, Goldfinches, Chickadees, and those ever-present, persistent Mourning Doves that insist on making a nest on my balcony! I’m not complaining because out of all those birds; the Mourning Doves let me get the closest to them […]
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Everything Guide to the White-Tailed Hawk Stocky and Large with Broad Wings Conservation: Low Concern Resident only – Non-migratory Diet: Mammals, reptiles, birds Listen to the White-Tailed Hawk here and here Watch the White-tailed Hawk fly here! I love the White-tailed Hawk because it has the same color of eyes (as well as here) as I
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Diurnal, Migratory, Soaring, Predator Diet: Mammals, Lizards, and Birds Listen to the Zone-Tailed Hawk here and here My favorite characteristic of the Zone-Tailed Hawk is its cunning stealth with hunting prey. Evolution has been kind to this raptor, giving it a startling similarity to the Turkey Vulture (which doesn’t hunt prey but waits until
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Overview Evolved from Theropods (yes, the dinosaur!), these modern-day Jurassic Park inhabitants are not even big enough to fill one of the behemoth’s claws, yet hummingbirds have more species than any other bird (over 350)! I wonder how the one-ounce Black-chinned Hummingbird would look next to a Velicoraptor – it may be a speck, but
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Have you ever had the gift of seeing a Blue-throated Mountain Gem hummingbird fly backward? Hummingbirds are the only birds that can do that and fly upside down! That’s one sure way to determine you’ve seen a hummingbird! These fun-sized birds are restless and quickly flit about, making it difficult to see their true colors
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Meet the most powerful eagle in Africa, with unique, unusually large razor-sharp talons and incredibly strong legs that can crush skulls and snap spines of prey weighing up to 60 pounds! Of the 30 eagle species that exist, it is no exaggeration to call the Crowned Eagle the most ferocious bird on earth. The Crowned
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Growing up three months each year with the outlet delta of Maine’s Androscoggin Lake in full view and at the apex of its seasonal glory gave me a love of loons, hawks, ospreys, great blue herons, and eagles that has only evolved throughout my life. Dead River is the name, but it’s a teeming ecosystem
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Growing up in New England, and especially summering at our camp in Maine, I came to be my grandmother’s bird feeding apprentice through no efforts of my own! Trudging along behind her as she complained about either Blue Jays or Squirrels, I learned to regard both with great suspicion. They were the bane of her
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The Winner is the Brome Squirrel Buster Standard Watching those pesky squirrels climb, jump and hang from my bird feeders is as close to a stroke as I’ve ever been, but if they keep it up, the end is near. I wrote those words to my grandmother decades ago, but the lingering sentiment remains there!
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I remember being a child and seeing a hummingbird for the first time. I thought it was a dragonfly, with its tiny body, ultra-quick wings, and iridescent colors! I didn’t believe my mother when she told me it was a bird! These days, seeing these miniature creatures darting, dodging, and diving makes me feel like
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