Engrossed in our tedious life and daily tasks, we hardly notice the beauty that is present all around us, such as in the trees, plants, flowers, animals and the creatures flying above us — yes ...

In general, birds may have more than a half-dozen kinds of feathers: wing/flight feathers, tail feathers ... For red, orange and bright yellow, something called carotenoids perform the magic.

The chickadee is one of the most common birds seen during the winter at backyard ... browner colour with tinges of red on the wings and tail feather. The northern cardinal lives year-round in southern ...

For example, American goldfinch males are bright canary yellow ... feathers until they are 2 years old. The vultures soaring over minus a couple feathers are almost certainly adults. In most birds ...

This striking plume of yellow is the fluorescing tail feathers of a male emperor bird-of-paradise (Paradisaea guilielmi). Birds-of-paradise are known for their bright colours and courtship displays.

“The reason the prints are so large is that Audubon wanted to present all the birds ... tail, the large and well-defined white markings of its wings, neck, and bill, relieved by the rich carmine of ...

A rare yellow ... color on its tail and wings, but the bodies are usually a pale brown color that can look yellowish in certain light. Hill said that if the bird has any red feathers on its ...

One of the ‘moves’ in the male twelve-wired bird-of-paradise’s courtship dances goes a long way in explaining the presence of those 12 strange wire plumes that sprout in all directions from his yellow ...