Look For A very large bird with a white body and wings that are starkly black and white. It stands over a meter tall at 40 inches. The large down-curved bill and gnarled, featherless head make the wood stork a candidate for “ugliest bird.” Wood storks are strong, if slow, fliers and are frequently seen […]
Look For The reddish egret comes in two colors: white or grayish blue. The white morph (or variation) is white with a bicolored bill that is pink, tipped with black. It is much scarcer than the dark morph, which is grayish blue with reddish feathers on its head and neck; it also has a bicolored
A charcoal gray bird with a rusty back, white body striping, and a red bill, the common gallinule is equally at home swimming in water and walking on land. Both sexes have the bright red bill and forehead shield, although the male’s is brighter. Listen For Whinnying, squeaky notes in a series, slowing down near the
What looks like a duck and acts like a duck, but is not a duck? It’s the American coot, of course. Coots are duck-like in many ways, but they are actually members of the rail family and are the most common (and most commonly seen) of all the rails. Like ducks, coots are excellent swimmers
