Home Subjects Covers About Contact The Hooded merganser (Lophodytes cucullatus) is the only living species in its genus though a fossil relative is known. They breed across large areas of North America in clear water aquatic habitats where they hunt by sight, diving on fish, supplemented by crayfish and insects. Males can raise the hood to […]
Menu Home Subjects Covers About Contact The White-winged Crossbill, (Loxia leucoptera) is a member of the finch family, Fringillidae, found in both North America and Eurasia, as 2 subspecies, breeding in the northern coniferous forests. The specialized bill functions like forceps allowing them to extract conifers seeds with precision. A resident of its range, but
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Home Subjects Covers About Contact The Brown Creeper (Certhia americana) is in the family Certhidae, and is the only North American member of the family, breeding mainly in mature coniferous forests in the north, but south in the mountains into Mexico. They forage on trees climbing upwards, then fly down near the base of another
Home Subjects Covers About Contact The Razorbill ((Alca torda) is a member of the family Alcidae, in the Order Charadriiformes. It is the closest living relative of the extinct Great Auk, which was wiped out by the Europeans when they began to explore the world further. They live in the subarctic Atlantic Ocean, nesting along
Home Subjects Covers About Contact This is a gallery of photos of Orb Web Spiders, Family Araneidae. These are the ones that make the beautiful symmetrical webs. It is a large family and many species are shown here, some with multiple views, males, females, with prey, sorted alphabetically. Click on images for larger view. ORBWEAVER
