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The northern cardinal is the state bird of Indiana. This list of birds of Indiana includes species documented in the U.S. state of Indiana and accepted by the Indiana Bird Records Committee (IBRC) of the Indiana Audubon Society. As of January 2022, there were 422 species included in the official list. [1]
Across the river on the north bank is the rookery. Annually, these great birds return to nest. The great blue heron is the largest of the North American heron families. They stand 4 feet (1.2 m) tall and have a wingspan of 7 feet (2.1 m). It is best to visit with a ranger on a guide walk as the birds can be hard to find, high in their nests. [3]
The northern cardinal is the state bird of seven U.S. states, more than any other species: Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, North Carolina, Ohio, Virginia, and West Virginia; although in each case the particular state just refers to the bird as "cardinal". It was also a candidate to become the state bird of Delaware but lost to the Delaware Blue ...
Mockingbirds are busy nesting and mimicking several other birds – sometimes mimicking up to 10 birds all within a couple of minutes. Their nests are built in thick shrubs or trees, generally ...
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Deep cup nest of the great reed-warbler. A bird nest is the spot in which a bird lays and incubates its eggs and raises its young. Although the term popularly refers to a specific structure made by the bird itself—such as the grassy cup nest of the American robin or Eurasian blackbird, or the elaborately woven hanging nest of the Montezuma oropendola or the village weaver—that is too ...
Whose Nest Is This?, 10 a.m. at Clifty Falls State Park in Madison: Discover how to identify bird nests and eggs. Then participants will use natural materials to try and build their own nests ...
Kestrels occasionally nest in holes created by large woodpeckers, [50] or use the abandoned nests of other birds, such as red-tailed hawks, merlins, and crows. [51] They have been recorded nesting on cliff ledges and building tops, as well as in abandoned cavities in cactuses. [52] [40] American kestrels also commonly utilize nesting boxes. [53]