A very white Red-tailed Hawk
November 16th, 2011 bnwilson1188Birding at Silverwood this week, we came across a Red-tailed Hawk with a completely white chest. Very pretty bird.
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Pileated Woodpecker
November 11th, 2011 bnwilson1188
A male Pileated Woodpecker in our backyard.
“Nearly as large as a crow, the Pileated Woodpecker is the largest woodpecker in most of North America. Its loud ringing calls and huge, rectangular excavations in dead trees announce its presence in forests across the continent.”
http://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Pileated_Woodpecker/id
Snow Buntings
November 10th, 2011 bnwilson1188
Snow Buntings in flight at the White Bear Lake beach
“Appropriately named, the Snow Bunting is a bird of the high Arctic and snowy winter fields. Even on a warm day, the mostly white plumage of a bunting flock evokes the image of a snowstorm.”
http://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Snow_Bunting/id
Fox Sparrow in the backyard
November 9th, 2011 bnwilson1188
“A large, boldly striped sparrow of scrubby boreal forest and mountain chaparral, the Fox Sparrow is most familiar as a migrant or wintering bird. Its vigorous "double-scratching," kicking backward in ground litter with both feet to uncover food, often draws attention to its presence under a bird feeder.”
http://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Fox_Sparrow/id
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