Western Grebe: Large, long-necked grebe with dark gray upperparts, white underparts, gray sides and flanks.
Young birds lack the white crescent on the neck and have light scalloping on the back. At distance, look for this species’ distinctive, peaked head to help you identify it.

Females are a staid brown, without the male’s bright eye or the female Red-winged Blackbird’s streaks.

Brewer's Blackbirds are opportunistic foragers—supplementing their diet with stockyard spillage and scraps.Full-bodied blackbird with a straight bill. What bird has a grey body, black head, and a white ring around its neck? The male can be identified by the turquoise throat, turquoise and white spotted chest and flanks, a deep green back, a white abdomen and chest and the wide violet-blue band on a short, thin red and black bill. Large pigeon with grayish upperparts and purplish gray underparts. They belong to the subfamily Dendrocygninae.

Back of neck is black.

WHISTLING DUCKS. They also visit forested suburban parks, fields, orchards, and backyard birdfeeders to forage.The Cornell Lab will send you updates about birds, birding, and opportunities to help bird conservation.

In perching males, the tail appears widened and rounded toward the tip.Males are glossy black all over with a staring yellow eye and a blue sheen on the head grading to greenish iridescence on the body. Red-tailed hawk. In flight, look for the light band at the end of the tail.Adults have delicate pink-purple underparts, visible at close range. Large flight feathers are dark gray-blue.

Long ears Speckled breast Orange eyes. Gray Heron: Large wading bird, upperparts are pale gray to blue-gray, underparts are white. Up close, a distinctive white neck crescent adorns its pastel gray plumage.

Green and brown head White speckles on head Gray feathers. American Kestrel. An ibis bird quite often just sits around on fences and has a really long funny looking beak which it uses to dig around in the ground looking for grubs. Short eared owl. Juvenile is gray-brown above, buff below with gray-brown streaks. Head is white with a large blue-black eyebrow and long black crest. Bill is long, thin, and dull olive-yellow. Large pigeon with thick-based, pointed wings. Eyes are red. Females are rich brown with a delicate face pattern. Legs are long, and greenish-yellow in color. They have a long neck, streaked with white, rust-brown, and black, which is generally held in a s-curve while wading, and a short tail. The bill is long, thin, straight and red at the base. The bird has an off-white underside, with a black collar around the neck and sides of the head and a white face. Their long legs give them a halting walk, head jerking with each step almost like a chicken’s. Even though this species dives for its food, you can find it in shallow wetlands such as beaver swamps, ponds, and bays. The male Ring-necked Duck is a sharply marked bird of gleaming black, gray, and white. A bird to be seen in the full sun, the male Brewer’s Blackbird is a glossy, almost liquid combination of black, midnight blue, and metallic green.


At landing, birds may circle in a slow fluttering flight before settling.Look for Brewer’s Blackbirds in open habitats of the West, such as coastal scrub, grasslands, riversides, meadows, as well as lawns, golf courses, parks, and city streets.The Cornell Lab will send you updates about birds, birding, and opportunities to help bird conservation.

... it sounds similar to the ibis bird.

Females are plainer brown, darkest on the wings and tail, with a dark eye. Sometimes visits feeders for seeds.A relatively quiet pigeon of oak woodlands and evergreen forests. White crescent on back of neck and pale tip to tail are distinctive.Large pigeon with small head and long tail.

Winter birds … The upper half of the tail is gray, fading to a pale gray band at the tip.

A sociable bird with a mellow coo, it forms large flocks in mountain forests where it feeds on seeds and fruits. As the name suggests, they have this unique whistling call. Yellow legs …

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Females are plain brown, darkest on the wings and tail. Female is slightly smaller and duller than the male. Often found in flocks; forages in trees for many kinds of fruits and nuts including berries, acorns, and pine nuts.Forms large flocks of up to 300. Often found in forests, including the wet forests of the Pacific Coast and mountain forests of the southwestern U.S., Mexico, and Central America.Travels in large groups of dozens to hundreds of individuals. Back of neck is black. The bill and feet are yellow.These forest pigeons spend much of their time traveling in groups to search for nuts, fruits, and seeds on the ground and in trees.

The beak is yellow, long, and and tapers to a point.

Eyes are red. The face is white, with a black streak extending from behind the eye to the back of the head. Lower face and front of neck are white; black cap extends below eye. This video has no audio.

Note the white band and iridescent green scaly-looking feathers on the back of the neck.

Great horned owl. ... Black head White ring around neck White speckled back. Bill is yellow with a dark tip.

Teal. Some show metallic greenish sheen on the back in the right light.

White neck and breast have black mottling along sides. The wings are unmarked pale gray with dark wingtips noticeable in flight. They typically travel and feed in flocks of dozens to hundreds of individuals. Unobtrusive woodland pigeon that feeds on seeds, fruits, and nuts.

Bigger bird Predator Red tail. Male: Black on front of the neck and back, white on backside of neck, breast, and underparts. Also has a really long beak? Medium tail. Bill is long, thin, and dull olive-yellow.