Dance of Attraction

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 Peacock (bird) or Peafowl, common name for three members of the pheasant family. Although these birds are more commonly called peacocks, that name is properly applied only to males; females are called peahens. Two species are Asian: the common or Indian peafowl, and the green peafowl.

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Peacock's Pride

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 Peacock (bird) or Peafowl, common name for three members of the pheasant family. Although these birds are more commonly called peacocks, that name is properly applied only to males; females are called peahens. Two species are Asian: the common or Indian peafowl, and the green peafowl.

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Rainbow Lorikeet

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 colorful Australian bird: a colorful bird of the parrot family with a blue head, orange breast, and green wings and back that feeds on nectar, fruit, and seeds. Native to: northern and eastern forests of Australia.  Latin name Trichoglossus haematodus.

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Hawk's Flight

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 Red-tailed Hawk (Buteo jamaicensis)

 Description 18-25" (46-64 cm). W. 4' (1.2 m). A large stocky hawk. Typical light-phase birds have whitish breast and rust-colored tail. Young birds duller, more streaked, lacking rust-colored tail of adult; they are distinguished from Red-shouldered and Swainson's hawks by their stocky build, broader, more rounded wings, and white chest. This species quite variable in color, especially in West, where blackish individuals occur; these usually retain rusty tail.

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Rocky Mountain Robin

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 American Robin (Turdus migratorius)

 

Description 9-11" (23-28 cm). Gray above, brick red below. Head and tail black in males, dull gray in females. Young birds are spotted below.

Habitat Towns, gardens, open woodlands, and agricultural land.

Nesting 3-5 blue-green eggs in a well-made cup of mud reinforced with grass and twigs, lined with softer grasses, and placed in a tree or on a ledge or windowsill. Robins usually have 2 broods a season.

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Gull Reflection

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  Similar to Herring Gull but smaller, with darker gray mantle, dark eye, reddish eye ring, and greenish legs. Bill of breeding adult has red spot overlapped by black. Winter and immature birds have black subterminal bar on bill and lack red eye ring of adults. A common inland gull.

Solitude

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 Snowy Egret (Egretta thula)

 Description 20-27" (51-69 cm). W. 3'2" (97 cm). A small, delicate white heron with a slender black bill, black legs, and yellow feet. In breeding season, it has long lacy plumes on its head, neck, and back. Immature bird similar to adult, but lacks plumes and has yellow stripe up back of leg. Adult Cattle Egret has pale bill, legs, and feet; immature has dark bill, legs, and feet. Much larger Great Egret has yellow bill and black legs and feet.

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Birds of Flight

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 Willet (Catoptrophorus semipalmatus)
 Description 15" (38 cm). A large shorebird, gray-brown, with a long straight bill. Best identified in flight by its flashy black and white wing pattern. Gray legs and thicker bill distinguish it from Greater Yellowlegs.

Habitat Coastal beaches, freshwater and salt marshes, lakeshores, and wet prairies.

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