These are the flashiest, most specialized beaks around. The black skimmer has a truly unique bill among shorebirds, and really, among all North American birds. The beak is large yet very thin, and ...

Look at a bird’s beak to see what family the bird belongs to and ... He served as president of the Houston Audubon Society 1989-1991 and purchased the North American Rare Bird Alert for Houston ...

American white pelicans, with 9-foot, black-tipped wings and long orange beaks, are typically migratory birds. The birds’ numbers in the region dropped in the 19th and 20th centuries. But in ...