The appropriately named Harlequin Duck:

It's one of most striking and distinctly patterned birds out there:


Even their backs are beautiful!

This crazy-hair dude is a Red-Breasted Merganser:


You see the energy that goes into a duck dive:

Mute swans: common, even invasive, but so graceful:


Great Blue Heron keeping a lookout

Savannah Sparrow:

One of the weirdest beaks out there: White-Winged Crossbill:

Their beaks are special-made for extracting seeds from pine cones:

A cute Barn Owl peeking out of her home:

A young Red-Tailed Hawk (when they are young, their tails are gray):

A confiding Bufflehead:




