31 5/8 x 31 5/8" (80.2 x 80.3 cm). Forages on ground, in thickets and in brushy understory for seeds, insects and larvae. The chest and belly are colored a creamy yellowish orange color. Hops on ground to forage. Juveniles look like females, but with a black beak. [11] Most predation comes in the form of duckling predation and egg foraging. The Red Faced Star Finch also be found in irrigated rice fields and sugarcane fields. [15], Game animals and shooting in North America. The redhead goes by many names, including the red-headed duck and the red-headed pochard. Forms large flocks with other duck species, especially in winter on lakes and coastal waters. Rainbow Bee-eater: Small, green bee-eater with turquoise-blue back, rump, and vent. Plumage/Description: Males are a deep, dark blue color on the head, back, wings, and tail. The flight is labored and slow with dangling legs. The male then swims ahead of her and turns the back of his head towards the female. Swift, graceful flight, alternates slow, deep wing beats with short or long glides. Tail is deeply forked with long outer streamers. Head and nape are blue. Gleans from bushes, weeds and trees. The female has unstreaked blue-gray upperparts and a yellow wash on face and breast with pale streaks on flanks, and yellow eyebrows. Redhead weight ranges from 2.0-2.5 lbs (907-1134 g)[3], with males weighing an average of 2.4 lbs (1089 g) and females weighing an average of 2.1 lbs (953 g)[4]. Males and females are nearly identical in appearance. Female and juvenile like male but duller, more white on front and throat. Wings are dark with green shoulder patches. Males are easily distinguished from hens by their larger face mask. Purple Swamphen: Large, blue-purple rail with blue-black head, orange-red frontal shield, green-black back, and white vent. They have a red patch on each cheek. Plumage / Description: Male have a deep magenta-red iridescent color that encompasses the whole head, both above and below the beak. Central North American redheads will begin migrating earlier, around August/September and go through the Great Plains to the Texas coast. The male (shown in background) has a bronze-green back, bright red eyering, rump and underparts. Plumage/Description: Males and females are similar in plumage. The sexes are similar. Song: The song is a thin and squeaky series of ‘see-see-see-swee’ notes. Black mask. Eats mostly berries and seeds in winter. [13] The male will continue by initiating a neck-stretching display while producing a cough like call, a display and vocalization in which the females reciprocates. There is also a darker form of the sea green that some call ‘par blue’ where the body color is a deeper blue. Florida Scrub-Jay: Medium, crestless jay with gray upperparts and underparts, blue head, and pale eyebrows. That project has concluded, and works are now being identified by MoMA staff. The beak is bright red and there is a bright red ring around the eye. Undulating flight, alternates periods of flapping and gliding. Males will emit calls when courting the female. Has been described as a series of rattling notes followed by a croaky whistle, and also described as a melodious fluting strophe. In flight, wingstripe is grayish rather than white. Hovers more than other bluebirds and drops on prey from above, also catches insects in flight. Bill, legs and feet are black. If you saw several small streaky gray-brown birds, some with bright reddish-orange forehead, breast, and rump at your seed feeder, this is probably your bird. The breast is brown, the belly is white and the rest of the body is a grey to brown. Medium wings and narrow, rectangular tail. They have a black rump, a black tail with white edges, an off white undertail, and a pink patch on the bird’s underside near the vent which may … Short flights, alternates rapid wing beats with wings pulled to sides. Tail dark gray. Most redheads winter along the Gulf of Mexico (offshore Louisiana, Florida and Mexico) however eastern populations will winter in South Carolina. Eats grains, fruits, insects, frogs, lizards, and eggs and young of other birds. Blue Mockingbird: This large thrush is slate blue with pale blue streaks on the crown and a black mask and red eye. Song: an accelerating, stuttered, loose musical series of metallic chips: ‘tsip tip ti tchip ti chip tew tew’. More information is also available about the film collection and the Circulating Film and Video Library. [6] In contrast, because of the parasitic relationship between the redhead and other pochards, redhead hybrids with the ring-necked duck, canvasback and the greater and lesser scaups have been found. 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