Top Tip: The long and thin bill helps the bird suck nectar as it hovers over ... its crested head in marvelous shades of pink ...

the brown thrasher is generally a secretive bird of dense thickets and hedgerows. Often seen feeding on the ground, probing for insects with its long slender bill, the brown thrasher frequently ...

CANFIELD — Several years ago, I relocated our bird feeders from the backyard to the pergola over our deck. Yes, it is messy requiring a thorough spring cleanup, but there are also two advantages.

DESCRIPTION: The brown pelican is a large, dark seabird with a long bill and extensible throat pouch ... of pelicans and destroyed numerous nesting islands, putting the bird in more danger than it has ...

Female: with good look, note pink-based bill, paler eyes. Juvenile: distinctive; dark gray-brown feathering all over. Birds begin a complete molt into adultlike plumage soon after fledging ...

"Brown shades are more common in natural environments than in cities. We suspect that brown birds are at a disadvantage in a rather gray city. The predominant colors of a city and the lack of ...