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Menu Home Subjects Covers About Contact The American Pipit is a member of the family Motacillidae which includes Wagtails. It breeds in the tundra of North America and Asia, but may be seen over most of the US during migration till it settles further south and into Mexico. It likes open areas and is often […]
Menu Home Subjects Covers About Contact Family Bombycillidae (WAXWINGS) Waxwings constitute the family Bombycillidae in the Order Passeriformes. The red tips on some of the wing feathers, resembling sealing wax gave them their common name. There are only 3 species in the sole genus, of the family, and 2 are in North America. The Bohemian,
Menu Home Subjects Covers About Contact The Horned Lark, (Eremophila alpestris) is the sole member of the family Alaudidae in North America. The species has a large distribution though, here and in Eurasia, with 32 subspecies. It likes open ground and seashores and lake shores. HORNED LARK (Eremophila alpestris) IMAGES MOVED, CLICK BUTTON TO SEE
Menu Home Subjects Covers About Contact The Carolina Wren is in the family Troglodytidae, which is in the Order Passeriformes. It inhabits the eastern United States, with the range extending a little into Canada and Mexico. In the US family, only the Cactus Wren is larger. Their range has expanded, possibly due to climate change
Home Subjects Covers About Contact WINTER WREN (Troglodytes hiemalis) is in the family Troglodytidae of the Order Passeriformes, breeding in coniferous forests from British Columbia to the Atlantic Ocean. It migrates in winter further south and may be found in most of the US north of Florida then. It was recently decided that the Pacific
Home Subjects Covers About Contact The Sedge Wren (Cistothorus stellaris) breed in eastern North America, west of the Appalachians down to Missouri and Arkansas, preferring wet meadows or grasslands, nesting in tall grass or sedges. In winter they may move further south to coastal areas from Florida to Texas. It was recently split off from
Home Subjects Covers About Contact The Marsh Wren (Cistothorus palustris) is native to Canada, the US and Mexico, living in marshes with tall vegetation like cattails. Males make dummy nests in their territory and may peck eggs and young of other birds nesting nearby. MARSH WREN (Cistothorus palustris) *gallery moved, click button below* MARSH WREN
Menu Home Subjects Covers About Contact The House Wren is a member of the family Troglodytidae, in the Order Passeriformes. Its ranges is from Canada to tip of South America and is thus the mostly widely distributed bird in the New World. Its variations in different parts of its range have resulted in taxonomic difficulties
Menu Home Subjects Covers About Contact The Cactus Wren (Campylorhynchos brunneicapillus) is a member of the family Troglodytidae, in the Order Passeriformes. It is endemic to the deserts of the southwest US and extends to northern and central Mexico. Arizona has this, the largest wren, as its State Bird. Populations have declined due to habitat
Home Subjects Covers About Contact Shrikes are songbirds that prey on other birds, rodents and Arthropods. They lack the strong talons of Raptors, so they impale their prey on thorns or sharp twigs. Their family is Laniidae and there are 2 species in North America north of Mexica, both represented below. Loggerhead Shrikes range south
