Female-plumaged Black-headed Grosbeak is very similar to female-plumaged Rose-breasted Grosbeak but has buffier breast and has streaking confined to the sides. For more information on passerines visit: http://www.mbr-pwrc.usgs.gov
Close view of spotted sandpiper standing on rocks among reeds in Siskiyou County, California. For more information about shorebirds visit http://www.fws.gov/birds/.
Close view of immature Sora feeding in still water; mirror image of bird in water in Siskiyou County, California. For more information about shorebirds visit http://www.fws.gov/birds/.
Pheasant standing alertly in short grass with brush around in Siskiyou County, California. For more information about game birds visit
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Close-up of an immature ring-billed gull in Siskiyou County. For more information about birds visit http://www.fws.gov/birds/. Eyes of ring-billed gulls don't turn pale until later in life, and this is a young bird (in its second calendar year,...
Bird standing alertly almost knee deep in quiet water in Siskiyou County, California. Vertical. For more information about wading birds visit http://www.fws.gov/birds/.
Gull standing on black, sparkling sand with one leg lifted in air with sand particles sticking to foot. For more information about birds visit http://www.fws.gov/birds/.
Starling sitting on dead branch in Siskiyou County, California. A non native species, european starlings were introduced to the United States in Central Park, New York in the early 1890's. All of the European Starlings found today in North...