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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. Seventeen species have been recorded in Maine. Swallow-tailed kite, Elanoides forficatus (R)
The black-capped chickadee is the state bird of Maine and Massachusetts and the provincial bird of New Brunswick. [64] [65] [66] In 2022 the black-capped chickadee was named the official bird of Calgary, Alberta. [67] The bird is prominently featured on the standard Maine vehicle registration plate. [68]
This is a comprehensive listing of all the bird species recorded in Acadia National Park, which is in the U.S. state of Maine.The park's avifauna comprise 362 species according to the National Park Service (NPS) as of July 2024.
Most of us already have a spectacular array of birds in our winter backyards. We get a variety of striking woodpeckers (downy, hairy, red-bellied, and pileated, even the occasional yellow-bellied ...
The specific species can then be distinguished by certain features, such as the size and colour of the head, neck, back and bill. But reliable identification of loons in winter is often difficult even for experts – particularly as the smaller immature birds look similar to winter-plumage adults, making size an unreliable means of identification.
The northern cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis), known colloquially as the common cardinal, red cardinal, or just cardinal, is a bird in the genus Cardinalis.It can be found in southeastern Canada, through the eastern United States from Maine to Minnesota to Texas, New Mexico, southern Arizona, southern California and south through Mexico, Belize, and Guatemala.
In the summer, its southern limit stretches from northern France to Maine; in the winter, the bird may range as far south as the Mediterranean Sea and North Carolina. These oceanic waters have such a vast extent of 15 × 10 ^ 6 –30 × 10 ^ 6 km 2 (6 × 10 ^ 6 –12 × 10 ^ 6 sq mi) that each bird has more than 1 km 2 of range at its disposal ...
Red-headed woodpecker. The Red-headed woodpecker has an unmistakable look that includes a bright crimson head, a snow-white body and half white, half black wings.