The picture of this handsome Male House Finch on a branch was photographed at Green-wood Cemetery in Brooklyn, New York. You can find House Finches by looking around settled habitats, such as city parks, urban centers, residential backyards, farms, and forest edges.
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House Sparrow Male
The picture of this Male House Sparrow was photographed at the Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge in Queens New York. House Sparrows in flocks have a pecking order. Males with larger patches of black tend to be older and dominant over males with less black.
Carolina Wren
The picture of this Carolina Wren on a fence was photographed at the Forsythe National Wildlife Refuge in New Jersey. Carolina Wrens love to move low through tangled understory; they frequent backyard brush piles and areas choked with vines and bushes.
Male House Finch on Branch
The picture of this Male House Finch on Branch was taken at the Green-wood Cemetery in Brooklyn New York. The red of a male House Finch comes from pigments contained in its food during molt.
Brewer’s Sparrow
The picture of this Brewer’s Sparrow on a log was photographed at the Hutton Lake National Wildlife Refuge in Laramie Wyoming. Brewer’s Sparrows are the most abundant bird across the vast sagebrush steppe, and their long, trilling songs are a signature sound of the landscape.
Ferruginous Hawk on Pole
The picture of this Ferruginous Hawk on Pole was taken at the Hutton Lake National Wildlife Refuge in Laramie Wyoming. Ferruginous Hawks live in the open spaces of the West, in grasslands, prairie, sagebrush steppe, scrubland, and pinyon-juniper woodland edges.
Purple Gallinule
The picture of this Purple Gallinule was photographed at Viera Wetlands in Melbourne Florida. This Purple Gallinule was photographed with the Canon 5D Mark IV and the Canon 100-400 II lens
To hear the song of the Purple Gallinule, click on the arrow below.
Common Gallinule
Common Gallinule
The picture of this Common Gallinule was photographed at Sweetwater Wetlands Park in Gainesville, Florida. This Common Gallinule was photographed with the Canon 5D Mark IV and the Canon 100-400 II lens
To hear the song of the , click on the arrow below.
Northern Rough-winged Swallow
Northern Rough-winged Swallow
The picture of this Northern Rough-winged Swallow was photographed at Green-wood Cemetery in Brooklyn, New York. This Northern Rough-winged Swallow was photographed with the Canon 5D Mark IV and the Canon 100-400 II lens
To hear the song of the Northern Rough-winged Swallow, click on the arrow below.
Peregrine Falcon Sub Adult
Peregrine Falcon Sub Adult
The picture of this Peregrine Falcon Sub Adult was photographed at the Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge in Queens New York. This Peregrine Falcon Sub Adult was photographed with the Canon 5D Mark IV and the Canon 100-400 II lens
To hear the sounds of the Peregrine Falcon, click on the arrow below.
Swainson’s Thrush on Branch
Swainson’s Thrush on Branch
The picture of this Swainson’s Thrush on Branch was photographed at Green-wood Cemetery in Brooklyn, New York. This Swainson’s Thrush was photographed with the Canon 5D Mark IV and the Canon 100-400 II lens
To hear the song of the Swainson’s Thrush on Branch, click on the arrow below.