Unlike birds whose plumage is mostly blue, the green coloring of a green bird’s feathers is primarily a combination of pigment and structure, not just a trick of the light. These birds’ emerald green, ...

Other breeding birds include Ruffed Grouse, Broad-winged Hawk, Yellow-billed Cuckoo, Black-billed Cuckoo, Alder Flycatcher, Willow Flycatcher, Blue-headed Vireo, Red-breasted Nuthatch, Golden-crowned ...

With its bright golden mantle and jet-black body, it would be hard to mistake the yellow-headed blackbird for any other ...