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Home Subjects Covers About Contact Barrow’s goldeneye (Bucephala islandica) is a diving sea duck breeding mainly at wooded ponds and lakes in Western North America. They migrate in winter to the coasts or open inland water. The individual here was at Skokie Lagoons, February 4, 2012. Bucephala islandica BARROW’S GOLDENEYE *Revised gallery with new images moved.* […]
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Menu Home Subjects Covers About Contact The American Wigeon, Mareca americana, is a dabbling duck that has recently undergone generic reassignment, as it was formerly Anas. They breed mainly in Canadian and Alaskan subarctic river deltas and Boreal forest wetlands, and migrate south in winter. Click image to see more gallery of pictures Papilionidae (SWALLOWTAILS
Menu Home Subjects Covers About Contact The American Black Duck, Anas rubripes is endemic to eastern North America. It is the heaviest Anas species and interbreeds regularly with the closely related Mallard. Anas rubripes AMERICAN BLACK DUCK click on picture to open gallery of photos Anas rubripes AMERICAN BLACK DUCK Facebook-f Chicago, IL EMAIL
Menu Home Subjects Covers About Contact Hummingbirds are in the family Trochilidae and share the Order Apodiformes with Swifts. They include the smallest of birds and are found only in the Americas. They are noted for their ability to hover and fly backwards. 328 species are known, the 2nd highest number for a bird family.
Menu Home Subjects Covers About Contact MISCELLANEOUS HUMMINGBIRDS (Family Trochilidae) BUFF-BELLIED HUMMINGBIRD (Amazilia yucatanensis) MISCELLANEOUS HUMMINGBIRDS Amazilia violiceps Amazillia beryllina Amazillia beryllina Colubri thalassinus LUCIFER HUMMINGBIRD (Calithorax lucifer) Calithorax lucifer Calithorax lucifer Calithorax lucifer Elvira cupreiceps Eupherusa eximia Eupherusa eximia GREEN-CROWNED BRILLIANT (Heliodosa jacula) Heliodosa jacula Heliodosa jacula Heliodosa jacula Heliodosa jacula Heliodosa jacula Heliodosa
Menu Home Subjects Covers About Contact Costa’s Hummingbird (Calypte costae) occurs in the Southwest United States and the Baja Peninsula of Mexico. Only the adult male has the purple throat feathers flaring out. COSTA’S HUMMINGBIRD (Calypte costae) click picture for photo gallery COSTA’S HUMMINGBIRD (Calypte costae) Facebook-f Chicago, IL EMAIL
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Menu Home Subjects Covers About Contact The Blue-throated Hummingbird (Lampornis clemenciae) vies with the Magnificent Hummingbird as being the largest hummer in the US. While a native to Mexico, some occur north in summer in Southwestern US. states. Females and immatures lack the blue throat. BLUE-THROATED HUMMINGBIRD (Lampornis clemenciae) click picture for photo gallery BLUE-THROATED
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Menu Home Subjects Covers About Contact The Rufous Hummingbird (Selasphorus rufus) nest farther north than any other hummingbird, ranging from southern Alaska to California. Some migrate 2000 miles to winter in Mexico, and wanderers are often found in the Eastern US. This series was in Oakbrook at the home of the Gyllenhaals, in November 2011
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Menu Home Subjects Covers About Contact The Magnificent Hummingbird (Eugenes fulgens) is also known as Rivoli’s Hummingbird. It rivals the Blue-throated Hummingbird as largest in the United States. It ranges from the Southwest US to Honduras and Nicaragua. MAGNIFICENT HUMMINGBIRD (Eugenes fulgens) MAGNIFICENT HUMMINGBIRD (Eugenes fulgens) Facebook-f Chicago, IL EMAIL
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Menu Home Subjects Covers About Contact Anna’s Hummingbird (Calypte anna) was named after Anna Massena, Duchess of Rivoli, in France. It is the only North American Hummingbird with a red crown. Females can have an iridescent red gorget, like the males but it is usually smaller and less brilliant. They range along the West Coast
