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Hummingbirds can't walk, only fly. |
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The top notch on the quail is called a hmuh. |
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The male Bewick’s Wren may build 3 or 4 dummy nests before letting the female decide which one to occupy. |
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The average life span of an American Robin is 12 years. |
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Owls turn their heads almost in a circle because they cannot move their eyes. |
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A woodpecker can peck on wood close to 500 times a minute. |
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Feathers make up 10% of a bird's weight. |
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The nest of a Bald Eagle can weigh over a ton and be 10 feet wide. |
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All the swans in England are the property of the monarch. |
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The American Crow can be found in all of the US states except Hawaii. |
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Associations between White-fronted Goose parents and siblings can continue throughout their lives. |
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In captivity, magpies can be trained to imitate the human voice. |
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Brant Geese are waterfowl flying champions, flying non-stop from Alaska to their wintering grounds in Baja California. |
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Red Crossbills leave their normal range when food is scare in search of the conifer seeds they love.
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Mallards are one of the fastest ducks, reaching speeds of 100 mph (with a tail wind helping).
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Nuthatches use their bills to smear the sap of coniferous trees around the entrance of their nest cavities. |
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The Red-breasted Merganser is the fastest duck on record, clocked at 100 mph.
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Wrens wag their tails from side to side. |
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Blackbird couples raise two or three broods a year, making a new nest each time. |
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Sapsuckers drill holes then lick the sap and eat the insects trapped in the sap.
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Spotted Towhees nest on the ground, with the female doing all the work of building the nest and incubating the eggs. |
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Canada Geese are non-native species to the UK, introduced by King Charles II in the seventeenth century. |
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Some Common Goldeneye females abandon their broods soon after hatching and the young will join another female's brood.
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Ring-billed Gulls nests in colonies. On Little Galloo Island in eastern Lake Ontario, there is a colony estimated as high as 82,000 pairs. |
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