Birds

Blue-Grey Gnatcatcher

August 17, 2020October 27, 2023

The Blue-Gray Gnatcatcher’s latin name is Polioptila caerulea. It lives in all parts of North America. Their preferred habitat is shrublands, mature forests, tropical forests, lakeside habitats, and forest edges. The Blue-Gray Gnatcatcher’s breeding season is all throughout summer. Both parents participate in the building of the Blue Grey Gnatcatcher nest, which is cone-shaped and built on a horizontal tree branch. The incubation period for Blue Grey Gnatcatcher eggs is 13 days for both sexes, and two broods may be raised in a season. These birds migrate from March through September. Their population status is of least concern.

The Blue-Gray Gnatcatcher can be found at Coal Creek Farm from March through September. Their diet consists of mostly insects, including beetles, flies, wasps, spiders, and plant bugs. The Blue Grey Gnatcatcher call is a high-pitched, nasal call. The biggest surprise about this tiny bird is its ability to mimic other birds’ voices. In the course of the Blue Grey Gnatcatcher song, it may sing samples of jays, tanagers, nuthatches, warblers, and many other birds it has heard.

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Eastern Meadowlark

ByGeorge Lindemann and Beatriz Lindemann September 1, 2020October 24, 2023

The Eastern Meadowlark’s latin name is Sturnella magna. They are found in eastern North America and South America. Their preferred habitat is grasslands, open savannas, and prairies. The Eastern Meadowlark breeds from March through August. An Eastern Meadowlark nest is built in well-concealed areas on the ground, often in a shallow depression and usually in…

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Red-Bellied Woodpecker

ByTiffany Crockett September 28, 2020October 24, 2023

The Red-Bellied Woodpecker’s latin name Melanerpes carolinus. It is found all over North America but especially eastern North America. The Red-Bellied Woodpecker’s preferred habitat is open forests, forest edges, clearings, groves of trees, farm country, swamps, and riverside woods. They breed in late winter and nest between March and early May. Although the Red-Bellied Woodpecker…

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Red-Headed Woodpecker

ByGeorge Lindemann and Beatriz Lindemann July 28, 2020October 24, 2023

If you search for a picture of a Red Headed Woodpecker, or for Red Headed Woodpecker images, you quickly discover why it earned its name. Its bright red head makes it’s one of the easiest birds to identify, even to the most novice of bird watchers. This is especially true when it’s a large Red…

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Ovenbird

ByGeorge Lindemann and Beatriz Lindemann August 19, 2020October 24, 2023

Ovenbird Sound The Ovenbird’s latin name is Seiurus aurocapilla. It lives in eastern North America, Central America, the Caribbean Islands, Florida, and northern South America. Their preferred habitat is closed-canopy forests, lower canopy, and the forest floor. The female Ovenbird builds its Ovenbird nest in thick leaf litter on the open forest floor at least…

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Eastern Wood Pewee

ByGeorge Lindemann and Beatriz Lindemann August 13, 2020October 24, 2023

Eastern Wood Pewee Sound The Eastern Wood Pewee latin name is Contopus virens. They can be found all over North America. Their preferred habitat is dense forests, forest edges, mature woodlands, orchards, riversides, shrubby areas and forest edges. The Eastern Wood Pewees breed from May through August. Eastern Wood Pewee eggs, which are laid three…

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Eastern Bluebird

ByTiffany Crockett October 5, 2020October 25, 2023

The Eastern Bluebird’s Latin name is Sialia sialis. They are found east of the Rocky Mountains, southern Canada to the Gulf of Mexico, and southeastern Arizona to Nicaragua. An Eastern Bluebird nest will most likely be found in open country, pine savannas, ponds, open woodlands, and forest openings. These areas are the preferred Eastern Bluebird…

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