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| ROSE-BREASTED GROSBEAK Interesting Facts: - Male & Female both sing during courtship - Rubs bills together to confirm pair bonding - Both male & female incubate nest and sing while incubating - Song is Robin-like only richer - Male will actively fight a territorial intruder - Birds are sometimes trapped & caged in Central & South America as household songbirds Field Guide ID & photo (click here) |
| GREAT-CRESTED FLYCATCHER Interesting Facts: - Largest north/east flycatcher - Only cavity nesting N.American flycatcher - Winter range from S.Florida to Venezuela - Defends territory with aireal battles - Will use nestboxes places 20-50 feet high - Flight patterns include hovering, erratic dashes & gliding - Often uses snakeskins as nest material Field Guide ID & photo (click here) |
| GREEN HERON Interesting Facts: - Crow size - When threatened, freezes in place - When nervous raises & lowers crest & twitches tail - Can be either solitary or colonial nester - Often bait-fishes using leaves, twigs & other material - Uses wading and stalking when hunting Field Guide ID & photo (click here) |
| NORTHERN ORIOLE Interesting Facts: - Returns to same nesting area each year - Maryland state bird - Winters in Central & South America - Nest is flexible, woven bag - Predators: screech owls, crows, squirrels Field Guide ID & photo (click here) |
| BLACK & WHITE WARBLER Interesting Facts: - Only warbler to scurry up & down tree trunks like nuthatch or creeper - Once called "Black & White Creeper" - Ground nester - When nest disturbed will use "broken wing" strategy as distraction - During courtship male chases female while singing & fluttering - Cowbirds will use this warbler's nest as deposit nests Field Guide ID & photo (click here) |
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