Because Missouri is a crossroads where prairies meet the flora and fauna of both the North and the South, the state offers its Midwestern visitors an opportunity to see a wide variety of avian and plant species not found in neighboring Upper Midwestern states. A bird watcher staying in Columbia at the junction of Interstate […]
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1. American White Pelican High above a reservoir, a flock of enormous birds circles gracefully in the sky, majestic as white clouds on an autumn day. These are American white pelicans, the biggest birds in Iowa, weighing 20 pounds each, with a nine-foot wingspan. They are pure white except for black flight feathers on their
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1. Tundra Swan Measuring more than 50 inches in length with a wingspan of up to seven feet, the tundra swan is one of the largest birds in North America. It breeds, as its name implies, in the farthest reaches of Canada and Alaska, but North Carolinians can see it easily during winter, when vast
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1. Red-cockaded Woodpecker Like many woodpecker species, this one is black and white and of medium size; both sexes have large white cheek patches, and that is a defining field mark. Though the male wears a little red cockade over its auriculars (ears), the cockade is seldom seen. So, while this southeastern woodpecker may be
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