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Waxwings are a group of passerine birds with soft silky plumage and unique red tips to some of the wing feathers. In the Bohemian and cedar waxwings, these tips look like sealing wax and give the group its name. These are arboreal birds of northern forests. They live on insects in summer and berries in winter. [8]: 368–370
In winter, dark-eyed juncos are familiar in and around towns, and in many places are the most common birds at feeders. [12] The slate-colored dark-eyed junco ( J. h. hyemalis ) is a rare vagrant to Western Europe and may successfully winter in Great Britain , usually in domestic gardens.
First-winter birds are easily distinguished from adults by the tips of the primaries, which have a white or only very pale yellow leading edge, and no white 'tick mark' on the trailing edge; they also have a slightly narrower yellow tail tip (5–10 mm in males, 2–6 mm in females), and fewer red wax tips on the secondaries, 4–6(–8) in ...
Northern flickers also eat berries and seeds, especially in winter, including those of poison ivy, poison oak, dogwood, sumac, wild cherry and grape, bayberries, hackberries, and elderberries, as well as sunflower and thistle seeds. Northern flickers often break into underground ant colonies to get at the nutritious larvae there, hammering at ...
Several species of birds commonly use the area to nest in the spring and summer, including wood ducks and European starlings. In the winter the central lagoon typically freezes over, however, the adjacent Bow River remains open. Because of this, several species of waterfowl can commonly be found here over winter, including mallards and Canada ...
In the Great Smoky Mountains, roughly 60 or so different species of birds remain through every season.
Many northern birds migrate to winter within the breeding range in central and western Mexico, though some remain further north. The common poorwill is the only bird known to go into torpor for extended periods (weeks to months). [ 2 ]
Accipitridae is a family of birds of prey, which includes hawks, eagles, kites, harriers and Old World vultures. These birds have very large powerful hooked beaks for tearing flesh from their prey, strong legs, powerful talons, and keen eyesight. White-tailed kite, Elanus leucurus (A) LC; Swallow-tailed kite, Elanoides forficatus (A) LC