Grand Strand residents may have seen little black-and-white birds turning up in the Myrtle Beach area and along the coast. They’re not penguins but dovekies. There have been at least 15 dovekies ...

A small animal, white terns have completely white bodies, in addition to being birds with white heads. They are long, small, and have an average lifespan of 36 years. Their legs are short and black.

Bird guide: 12 shorebirds found along Coastal Bend in South Texas. ... These large shorebirds have black and white feathers and long red-orange bills. They forage on oysters, clams, ...

The first species they identified — a rufous-sided towhee with a velvety black head, bright red and white breast, and ruby eyes — was the first bird Joanne ticked off on her life list.