Saturday, July 28, 2012

Pine Siskin

 Pine Siskin

Spinus pinus









  • Pine Siskin is a member of the finch family.

  • It is a close relative to the Goldfinches and the Redpoll.

  • Eggs: #3 to 4, light bluish white, thinly dotted with several tones of brown.

  • Its favorite environment include shrublands and forests as well as country-style gardens and groves.

  • The throat, nape and head of the Pine Siskins are puffy and delicately patterned with dark brown.

  • They preferred food are plant components, insects and seeds.

  • They are extremely social birds.

  • When Pine siskins eat on conifers, they generally will hang upside down from the crowns of the cones.


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  • Thursday, July 26, 2012

    Cardinal

     Cardinal, Male

     Cardinalis cardinalis
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  • A bird that feeds on both vegetable and animal contents.

  • Also known as "redbirds.

  • Appointed the official bird of no less than 7 U.S. states.

  • The birds consume seeds, fruit, grain, sap and insects.

  • They don't migrate.

  • Are brisk songbirds and sing a assortment of tunes.

  • Eggs are generally 3 per season.

  • Males can be combative when guarding their territory.

  • It is one of the most identifiable birds in the North America.

  • They are fed upon by cats, owls and small hawks.

  • The cone-shaped of the cardinal's beak brands this bird a seed eater.
  • Wednesday, July 25, 2012

    Red-breasted Nuthatch

     Red-breasted Nuthatch


     Sitta canadensis










    1. The Red-breasted Nuthatch, Sitta canadensis, has a large head, has short legs and a flat body.

    2. Is a tiny songbird.

    3. It reproduces in coniferous forests across Alaska, Canada and the western and northeastern United States.

    4. A deep cluster of energy at your feeder.

    5. The red-breasted nuthatch puts down generally 4 - 7 eggs.

    6. Spiders and insects are the primary foods in the summer. Throughout winter, Red-breasted Nuthatches eat lots of insects that they force from food spaces in barks narrow depression.

    7. Are more friendly, talk socially perpetually among themselves.

    8. Red-breasted Nuthatch is the most migrant of the 4 species of Nuthatches.


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