White-faced Ibis

The White-faced Ibis is a rare migrant to much of the United States. Small populations breed in South Texas and in a couple of places in the Northwest. The picture does not show the white face. It is much more apparent throughout breeding season.

They favor freshwater habitats such as marshes and ponds for breeding. These areas usually give them with a variety of food choices and their diet varies accordingly.

They are average sized wading birds, about two feet tall, with long bills that bend downward.
They are also very shy birds and it is extremely difficult to get even as close as forty feet to them without their flying off.

Least Grebe

The Least Grebe ranges in length from 21–27 cm (approximately 8.25–10.5 inches, depending on the subspecies) and in weight from 112–180 g (3.95–6.35 oz). Like all grebes, its legs are set distant back on its body and it cannot walk well, while it is an excellent swimmer and diver. Small and plump, with a quite short, sharply-pointed beak and bright yellow eyes, it classically appears fairly dark all over.

The breeding adult is brownish grey above with a darker blackish crown and throat. It has a brownish chest and pale underparts. It shows a white wing patch in flight. Non-breeding birds are paler with a pale throat, and immatures are paler and greyer than adults. Unlike all other members of its genus, it lacks any chestnut coloring on its neck.

Warblers

Many different birds are called warblers.

Warblers in the family Parulidae are among the most familiar of the neotropical migrants to the United States.

During the spring relocation, trees across the country become rupture of colors and songs as they travel north to their summer propagation grounds.

They are usually characterized as small, vocal, insectivores. Yellow is a well-liked feather color.

This album covers a lot of common West Coast warblers and other neotropical migrants. Orange Crowned and Yellow-rumped are in the middle of the first arrivals. Tanagers are among the lat arrivals.

Stilt

The Recurvirostridae family of birds is an extremely small one consisting of stilts and avocets.

In the United States there are merely two species of this family present, the American Avocet and the Black-necked stilt. They are found first and foremost in the Western United States and the Gulf Coast.

Shorebirds

Shorebirds are a varied group of birds that include sandpipers, plovers, stilts, avocets, snipes, oystercatchers, turnstones, and phalaropes.

They are traveling and the majority species can be found along coastal areas of the United States throughout spring and fall migration. Some species prefer fresh water habitats and they can be establishing at internal marshes and ponds. Most shorebird species split a characteristic of wading close to shore, poking their bills into the ground in search of food.

Raptor

Bird of prey, also known as a Raptor, a type of bird often characterized by an enthusiastic beak, pointed talons, and eager eyesight. Raptors consist of a varied collection of bird families covering familiar species of eagles, hawks, falcons and owls.

They eat little mammals such as mice and rabbits, fish, snakes, and even additional birds. Some catch and slay their food and others (like vultures) feast on the leftovers other hunters go away at the back.

Most raptors are deliberate indicator species because they live in a peak spot in their ecosystem food chain. The rise and decline of raptor populations regularly coincides with ecosystem changes.

Silky Flycatchers

Silky Flycatchers be tending to be much better and have more split crested head feathers than the Tyrant Flycatchers.

All Silky-flycatchers also eat berries, with mistletoe berries life appearance the berry of choice for the Phainopepla.

Phainopepla are just found in the southern most part of the Southwestern United States. They tear time livelihood in both desert and woodland locale.

From a distance, they might be mistaken for other big, black feathered birds such as crows, ravens or grackles. A close-up look shows the male's characteristic red eyes and black crest. Female Phainopepla contain gray feathers with red eyes.