Summer birds heard but not often seen! Acadian Flycatchers come down to our level to sing but are hard to see because they stay still on their perch while singing. They search for insects on the underside of leaves but will also fly up to...
Summer birds heard but not often seen! Red-eyed Vireo’s favor the upper canopy of the deciduous forest. They sing all day long, welcoming you like an old friend when you enter the woods. By September they can be seen in the mid and lower canopy...
Searching for winter raptors is done from the comfort of your car. Just drive around appropriate habitats, find safe places to stop, then start looking! Some raptors are year-round residents, like Red-tailed, Red-shouldered and Cooper’s Hawks. Others, like Northern Harrier’s, Rough-legged Hawks and Short-eared Owls,...
Searching for winter raptors is done from the comfort of your car. Just drive around appropriate habitats, find safe places to stop, then start looking! Some raptors are year-round residents, like Red-tailed, Red-shouldered and Cooper’s Hawks. Others, like Northern Harrier’s, Rough-legged Hawks and Short-eared Owls,...
Searching for winter raptors is done from the comfort of your car. Just drive around appropriate habitats, find safe places to stop, then start looking! Some raptors are year-round residents, like Red-tailed, Red-shouldered and Cooper’s Hawks. Others, like Northern Harrier’s, Rough-legged Hawks and Short-eared Owls,...
Searching for winter raptors is done from the comfort of your car. Just drive around appropriate habitats, find safe places to stop, then start looking! Some raptors are year-round residents, like Red-tailed, Red-shouldered and Cooper’s Hawks. Others, like Northern Harrier’s, Rough-legged Hawks and Short-eared Owls,...
Searching for winter raptors is done from the comfort of your car. Just drive around appropriate habitats, find safe places to stop, then start looking! Some raptors are year-round residents, like Red-tailed, Red-shouldered and Cooper’s Hawks. Others, like Northern Harrier’s, Rough-legged Hawks and Short-eared Owls,...
Buffleheads eat a variety of aquatic invertebrates (insect larvae), crustaceans and mollusks. She builds her nest in an old Flicker hole in the boreal forests for Canada and Alaska.
Ring-necked Ducks dive underwater to eat a variety of plant and animal materials. They breed in freshwater marshes and bogs across the boreal forest of North America. Young are independent at 2-days of age.
Goldeneyes nest in tree cavities in the boreal forests of Canada and Alaska. Young are called from the nest at 1-day of age by the female and led to water, where they can feed themselves.
