Breast and sides are pale brown with pale streaks; throat, belly, and undertail coverts are white. Rusty Blackbird: Medium blackbird, black overall with a dull, blue-green sheen, yellow eyes. Marbled Godwit: This large sandpiper has black-marked, dark brown upperparts, and lightly barred, chestnut-brown underparts. Feeds on small crustaceans and fish. Wings are dark with two white bars. Thick-billed Murre: Medium-sized seabird with black upperparts, head and neck, and white underparts. Wings are dark with two white bars.

Feeds higher on the beach than other plovers. Its trademarked, custom Pantone shade is No. And traditional names tend to stick.

Wing speculum is green with buff upper and white lower border. Bill is short and black. Northern Parula: Small, compact warbler with blue-gray upperparts and bronze-green back patch. Black bill with yellow-orange saddle. Four professional football clubs — Bristol City, Charlton Athletic, Cheltenham and Swindon Town — are nicknamed ‘The Robins’ and all play in red kits.

The eye-line is dark, the eyebrow is white, and the rump is cinnamon-brown. Soars on thermals and updrafts. Great Knot: Medium sandpiper with brown upperparts showing dark spots on crown and back, and white underparts with black spots on breast and sides. Pomarine Jaeger: The dar morph of this large jaeger is dark brown except for white patches near underwing tips and sides of under tail. The legs and feet are dark. Feeds on insects. The European robin (Erithacus rubecula), known simply as the robin or robin redbreast in the British Isles, is a small insectivorous passerine bird that belongs to the chat subfamily of the Old World flycatcher family. I have been fascinated by robins since childhood, which is why I have written a book about these remarkable birds. Often cocks its tail high above its back as it feeds. Feeds on insects, fruits, berries, nectar and flowers. Long bill, slightly upcurved and pink with black tip. Tail is long and pointed in flight, extends past the pink legs and feet, and fans to wedge-shaped when banking turns or landing. Eyes are large and red.

Magnolia Warbler: Medium-sized warbler with dark back, yellow rump, and black-streaked yellow underparts. Rapid direct flight with strong wing beats. Upper mandible is black with pale base, while lower mandible is yellow with black tip.

Guadalupe Murrelet: Medium-sized Murrelet with black upperparts and white face, throat, underparts, and underwing coverts.

The belly is white. Ok, let’s get right to the list of orange-bellied birds! Length: 7.5 – 10.2 in  Weight: 2.3 – 3.5 oz Wingspan: 13.4 -15.0 in. Sexes are similar. Elegant Tern: Medium tern, pale gray upperparts, white underparts may have pink tint. Swift direct flight on rapid wing beats. It feeds on small crustaceans, invertebrates and large insects. Cape May Warbler: Small warbler, olive-yellow upperparts, thick, black streaks on yellow underparts. Wings are dark with two white bars. Legs and feet are pale gray. Most Americans believe the world will be greener by 2042 if we produce zero... 'Buck-toothed' bird the size of a crow with a toucan-like beak lived on Madagascar 68 million years ago. Flies on deep wing beats followed by long glide.

As any gardener will tell you, robins have struck up an extraordinary relationship with humans and will boldly perch on a bucket edge or fork handle to pick up worms that have been unearthed. Legs and feet are black. Familiar creatures attract nicknames: my grandmother referred to her favourite garden birds as ‘Jenny wren’, ‘Tom Tit’ and, of course, ‘Robin redbreast’. The American robin is a thrush with gray-brown upper parts and a rich red breast. Deep rufous-orange underwing linings are visible in flight.

Similar in looks to a Baltimore, male Bullock’s also have a fiery orange belly and breast. Fast direct flight with rapid wing beats. Head is dark, eyebrow is thick and white. Yellow-bellied Sapsucker: Medium woodpecker, black-and-white mottled upperparts, white rump, yellow-washed white underparts. Female has brown streaked upperparts, buff streaked underparts and yellow wing linings.

Brown Thrasher: Medium thrasher, rufous upperparts, black-streaked, pale brown underparts. Streaked head has white eyebrows. Eurasian Hobby: Small falcon with dark slate-gray upperparts and white underparts with heavy, dark gray streaks. Pink breast has dark spots, flanks are gray bordered with vertical white stripes, scapulars are brown, black, and white.

We also participate in other affiliate programs. Wings are dark with large white patches. Upperparts cryptically colored with brown and yellow-brown streaks of many different shades. Graceful, bouyant flight with rapid, shallow wing beats. Greater Scaup: This large diving duck has a glossy green-black head, white sides and belly, black tail, neck and breast, barred gray flanks and back. Wings have large white patches visible in flight. Tail is long and scissor-like, black above with white outer edges and white below with black inner edges. Head has blue-gray hood, white spectacles, and white throat.

Feeds on nectar, spiders, sap and insects. Once one begins, others follow, until the streets echo with a relay of robin songs, each harmonising with its neighbour, as they defend their territories which — at just over half a hectare — are a bit smaller than an average-sized football pitch. The only eastern warbler that nests in tree hollows.

The tail is black with white on outer tail feathers. Length: 4.3 – 4.7 in  Weight: 0.3 -0.4 oz Wingspan: 7.9 -9.1 in. Black-tailed Gull: Large gull with white head, neck, breast, and underparts; light charcoal-gray wings and back; large yellow bill with black ring above red tip; pale yellow eyes with red orbital ring; short yellow legs and feet; long wings; telltale short black tail with white edge. Legs and feet are black.

Tail is green with black outer tail feathers. Tail is noticeably short. Alternates rapid, deep wing beats with sailing glides. Legs dark, bill dusky with yellow tip.

The answer is simple: until oranges started to be imported into Britain from Spain during Tudor times, the English had no word for the colour ‘orange’. Dark green tail may show some rufous. One man was astonished to find that a robin had started to make a nest in his unmade bed. Secretive, heard rather than seen. It forages on the ground by walking and running. Bill is gray. The comments below have not been moderated.

Black base, center form T-shaped mark on orange tail. When people hear a bird singing at night they tend to assume it must be a nightingale. You can find them in spruce, fir, hemlock, pine, and others. As with the female Western Bluebirds, females of this species are not as vibrant, with more of a grey overall color and an orange wash on the chest. Indeed, robins look to us for sustenance during cold spells, as their natural food of earthworms and other invertebrates can be hard to find.

The male puts the resin around the outside of the hole while the female puts it around the inside. It has a black tail with conspicuous black-and-white barred edges; olive-green bill, legs and feet. Pink legs, feet. Length: 9.1 – 10.6 in  Weight: 4.4 – 7.2 oz  Wingspan: 22.4 – 23.6 in. Barn swallows are darty, acrobatic birds that are dark blue-black on the upperparts and face, and a rich cinnamon color on the chin, neck, and belly. Fulvous Whistling-Duck: Large, long-legged, long-necked duck with dark brown back and white V-shaped rump patch.