Weird Bird Fact Archives
All three of these birds are males the middle one is SY and others are ASY.
Did you know that the Brown Thrasher female will give the male Thrasher a stick as a sign that she has selected him as her mate? How cute is that?!!
Did you know that White-throated Sparrows often sing at night, especially when the moon is full?
Picture by Mattie VandenBoom
Did you know that a Rose-breasted Grosbeak male sings day and night, even while he is incubating eggs on the nest? What a happy guy! (until you try to put a band on his leg!)
To divert approaching intruders from its nest, the Ovenbird will dart away at the last moment feigning an injury.
Did you know that some male Canada Warblers are so eager and excited to be fathers that they have been seen trying to feed their chicks even before they have hatched!
Immature Snowy Egrets have yellow feet and a yellow stripe up the backs of their legs.
During the winter White-breasted Nuthatches hang out at feeders with Tufted Titmice to feel more secure.
(They pretend to not even know the Titmice in the spring and summer.)
The Belted Kingfisher (pictured above, click to enlarge) and the Green Kingfisher are the only 2 Kingfishers found outside of tropical habitats. In general, the Belted Kingfisher resembles a Blue Jay on steroids having a bad hair day. The Belted Kingfisher is one of only a few species in which the female is more brightly colored than the male. The female has a thick rufous band running around it's chest while the male's chest is plain white. Both have blue bands around their chests. Mattie took this picture of this little girl at Misquamicut.
The Pine Warbler is one of the first warblers to return to the North in spring, arriving as early as February in areas just north of the wintering range. It is one of the earliest breeding warblers too, starting in late April or May in the northern part of the range.