Tag: Bird of the Week 2024
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Birds of the Carolinas #6
The Carib Grackle (Quiscalus lugubris) The Carib Grackle also referred to as the Common Grackle is a tropical blackbird which is taller and longer than the typical blackbird. The plumage of Grackles are entirely black, however it has a beautiful glossy iridescent body that may display violets, purples, blues, and greens when the sun is shining…
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Birds of the Carolinas #5
Great Blue Heron The Great Blue Heron (Ardea herodias) can be spotted around ponds and lakes. I normally see them around the smaller lakes and ponds in and around Anne Springs Close Greenway. Great Blue Herons can hunt during the nighttime as well as during the day. Interestingly they have a high percentage of rodents-type…
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Birds of the Carolinas #4
Red-Tailed Hawk TheRed-tailed Hawk is the most often-seen large hawk in North Carolina. It perches on telephone poles along highways and soars over open fields in search of food. [This Red-Tailed Hawk chose to perch on our electrical wires outside our back patio. The area outside our patio is a wide open grassy landscape area which…
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