When it’s swept through waters of lagoons and marshes and kept slightly ajar, this long beak is the perfect trap for small aquatic life. The pied avocet is a much smaller wading bird than the ...

Three key factors (including a diversity of particular plants) are the recipe for drawing hummingbirds into your summer yard.

It's large beak is long a pointed and pale at its base on ... seen in Ireland in the late 1950's it is now a familiar garden bird. Small and gentler looking than the Wood Pigeon it is pale sandy ...