Bird (The Verb)

Greater Roadrunner (Geococcyx californianus), chick (fledgling), family Cuculidae, order Cuculiformes, Arizona, USA

The symmetry of this turn in the air!

Yellow Warblers (Setophaga petechia) are small, agile birds known for their stunning ‘circle flight’ during nest-building.

I wanted to use what ‘reach’ I may have here to share the Carolina Wildlife Center’s urgent plea for donations. If they are unable to raise $75,000 to cover ongoing and future care of their wildlife patients, the center will have to close July 20th, 2026. The services provided by CWC to the community are incredibly valuable, and without them, many wild animals will suffer without the care they need.

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Chestnut-collared Longspur (Calcarius ornatus), male, family Calcariidae, order Passeriformes, Pawnee Grasslands, Northern CO, USA

Longspurs and Snow Buntings, now in their own family together, were once in the Emberizidae (old world sparrows, buntings, and some finches), along with the new world sparrows.

Both groups were split off the Emberezidae in the 2010s.

Longspurs are actually not that closely related to sparrows of either continent, as was once thought, and are actually more closely related to the cardinal and tanager families.

Paradise Tanager (Tangara chilensis), family Thraupidae, order Passeriformes, Peru

Black-crowned Crane (Balearica pavonina), family Gruidae, order Gruiformes, Jos, Nigeria

Shining Sunbeam (Aglaeactis cupripennis), male, family Trochilidae, order Apodiformes, Peru

Grey Treepie aka Himalayan Treepie (Dendrocitta formosae), family Corvidae, order Passeriformes, HP, India

Lear’s Macaw aka Indigo Macaw (Anodorhynchus leari), family Psittacidae, found only in northeast Bahia, Brazil

ENDANGERED.

Maghreb Magpie (Pica mauritanica), family Corvidae, order Passeriformes, Morocco

Yeeeessss, you. You're one cute Nilgansito.

Harlequin ducks are quite interesting to observe.

Buffy Helmetcrest (Oxypogon stuebelii), male, family Trochilidae, order Apodiformes, endemic to Colombia