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Home Subjects Covers About Contact The Northern Cardinal, Cardinalis cardinalis is a member of the family Cardinalidae that inhabits most of the eastern US. It is so popular that it is the state bird of seven states, the highest total of any. By the Migratory Bird Treaty of 1918, it is illegal to take, kill, […]
Home Subjects Covers About Contact The Indigo Bunting, Passerina cyanea, is a member of the family Cardinalidae that breeds from southern Canada to Florida and may migrate to South America for the winter. The breeding male is bright blue, while the female is brown, but it too molts to brown during winter. Passerina cyanea INDIGO
Home Subjects Covers About Contact The Dickcissel, Spiza americana, is a member of the family Cardinalidae that gets its name from the sound it makes. They breed in midwestern North America and migrate to Central and South America for the winter They are one of the few songbirds that are polygynous, with males having up
Menu Home Subjects Covers About Contact The Blue Grosbeak, Passerina caerulea, is a member of the family Cardinalidae, within the Order Passeriformes that breeds in the southern US and northern Mexico, and winters in Central America. The blue of the male is replaced with brown in the female. The first picture shows the Blue Grosbeak
Home Subjects Covers About Contact The Black-headed Grosbeak is a member of the family Cardinalidae, within the Passeriformes Order. It may be conspecific with the Rose-breasted Grosbeak, as they hybridize on the Great Plains. Pheucticus melanocephalus BLACK HEADED GROSBEAK *gallery moved, click button below* BLACK-HEADED GROSBEAK VIDEOS Facebook-f Chicago, IL EMAIL
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Home Subjects Covers About Contact Passeridae is a family of Old World Sparrows. The House Sparrow, Passer domesticus is a member this family “The first of many successful introductions to North America occurred when birds from England were released in New York City, in 1852, intended to control the ravages of the linden moth. In
Home Subjects Covers About Contact The family Sturnidae includes Starlings and Mynahs. They are native to much of the Old world, but the European Starling has been established in North America. “Starlings have diverse and complex vocalizations and have been known to embed sounds from their surroundings into their own calls, including car alarms and
Home Subjects Covers About Contact Family Mimidae (thrashers, mockingbirds, catbirds) Click on the thumbnail to see more of each species. Gray Catbird Northern Mockingbird Sage Thrasher Bendire’s Thrasher Curve-billed Thrasher Long-billed Thrasher California Thrasher Brown Thrasher Facebook-f Chicago, IL EMAIL
Home Subjects Covers About Contact Mimidae is a family of birds that includes thrashers, mockingbirds and catbirds, and are notable for their variety of songs, imitating other birds, animals and sounds. They are the jazz singers of the bird world, seemingly able to endlessly improvise, Phylogenetic studies have shown that they are closely related to
Home Subjects Covers About Contact The Sage Thrasher, Oreocoptes montanus is a member of the family Mimidae, within the Order Passeriformes breeds in western North America, usually in habitats as the name indicates. However there was one stray at Montrose Point in Chicago which remained several days, allowing many to see it there. Most of
