BWD Magazine – Page 53

Common Raven

This large all-black relative for the American crow can soar like an eagle, swoop and dive like a falcon, and […]

It’s hard to mistake the black-billed magpie for anything else, with its bold markings and impressive large size. In flight

The yellow-throated vireo has a “unified” look: It looks like someone took a gray above/white below bird and dunked it

In a field guide page, the white-eyed vireo resembles other vireo species. In real life, however, this bird’s voice, habitat,

The warbling vireo has the largest range of any member of the family in North America, being found from western

The red-eyed vireo is about 6 inches long—an olive-backed, white-bellied bird with a gray cap and bold white stripe over

In summer they can be found in a variety of wooded habitats, usually lower than those favored by red-eyed vireos.

The blue-headed vireo is five inches long and weighs .56 ounces. Its solid gray-blue hood contrasts with its white spectacles

Black above, white below, with a heavy black bill, the Eastern Kingbird looks a bit mean. As its Latin name

The eastern phoebe, unlike most other flycatchers, is relatively easy to identify. A medium-sized bird that constantly wags its tail,

There is almost no mistaking the scissor-tailed flycatcher. The male’s nine-inch-long tail and the female’s slightly shorter one proclaims their

A familiar and fairly large (13 inches long) woodpecker, the northern flicker is a distinctively marked bird that—unlike other woodpeckers—is