The common brown-headed cowbird is the ... A smallish, compact and stocky blackbird with a short and thick-based bill, almost finchlike. Foraging birds are commonly seen on the ground with the ...

Under its beak will be a flap of skin that extends when they catch fish. The bird has orange ... wings and tails are dark brown. The hawk eagles also have yellow, short talons.

A chaffinch's song lasts about three seconds and is repeated; it starts with buzzing notes, slows, descends into a jumble, ...

Under these drastically changing conditions, the struggle to survive favored the larger birds with deep, strong beaks for opening the hard seeds. Smaller finches with less-powerful beaks perished.

The “chicken hawk” of colonial America, this medium-sized accipiter is a common sight at home bird ... short wings and flat-topped head are good field marks. Eye is close to the beak.

And 'Tip of the Week' is about identifying the different kinds of bird call, whether it's the contact call or the alarm ...