In flight, look for the beautiful bright yellow under the wings. Their bills are large ... Toxins in the monarch make them poisonous to most birds, but black-headed grosbeaks and a few others ...

And it makes bird identification tricky this time of year. Spotted towhees are a good example. As adults, these striking birds have jet-black heads and throats, prominent white spots on wings and ...

The male is an amazing looking bird. A jet-black body is contrasted by a vibrant yellow head and upper chest. Adding to this are large white wing patches. He has a long-pointed black bill and ...

The yellow-headed caracara (Milvago chimachima) is called the caracara cabecigualdo in Spanish. These are small, lightly built birds of prey. Their wings are dark brown and the rest of their body is a ...

Christmas bird counts in the Windsor-Essex and Chatham-Kent areas have so far turned up numerous owl sightings, a rare glimpse of a yellow-headed blackbird ... a person might spot in the region ...