The White-crowned Pigeon’s resident Florida population increases in numbers as migrants arrive in July and August from the Bahamas and Caribbean to nest in the Keys on south Florida’s mangrove Islands. In sunlight, the nape of this large pigeon shows a beautiful iridescent sheen. During breeding they fly up to 30 miles between two habitats: one for…

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Meet a real “snowbird,” that visits us for the winter months, beginning in December through March. With such a delicate curving black bill, black ear spot behind the eye, and graceful white wings and square tail edged in black, Bonaparte’s Gullscome in flocks. Very actively diving just above the water or dipping along our shores and…

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Where did this Bird get its name? Bachman’s Sparrow is a small, very secretive bird that usually stays in the underbrush searching for and eating seeds, beetles, and other insects. But, come spring, the male is often up on a branch or, in this case a bush, singing his heart out with such a melodious…

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Why haven’t you seen this duckmore often, if it is one of the most abundant and widespread North American Ducks?First, Lesser Scaup form pairs in January to March and fly up to Canada’s unpopulated vast boreal forests—the warm, dry climatic zone just below the arctic, coniferous forests of pine, spruce, and fir. With the June…

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