Today we're "borrowing" my mom's field guide on the Birds of Eastern and Central North America to learn about those birds that I might've witnessed had I been alive only a century ago! Why fish ...

This species’ often confiding nature, distinctive plumage, pleasing song, and acceptance of human-dominated habitats make it one of the most beloved of North American birds. Polytypic.

This small, white-bellied, conspicuous species has the largest distribution of any North American kingbird ... but also casually as far south and east as northern Chile, Argentina, Paraguay ...