Black skimmers will sometimes rest on the beach by laying their head and belly on the sand, Koczur said. A casual observer ...

To know what a tropical bird is, you first have to know where the tropics are. The tropics form a band around the equator ...

Twenty years ago, I wrote an article about my cousin Brenda’s country garden in Bognar Regis in Sussex, England. Like many ...

Black skimmer on land and flight. Image via Pixabay. The black skimmer is a shorebird with a truly unique bill among North American birds. Its large yet thin beak features a lower mandible that ...

The UK-based puffins like to nest in grassy burrows or crevices, in seaside cliffs, and are excellent swimmers which helps them capture small fish and, particularly, sand eels. You can find puffins at ...

A beak like a tropical rainbow – bold greens, oranges, red and yellows in a smooth gradient. Total jungle art. Tri colored with orange, yellow, and gray in perfect contrast. Looks like a beak straight ...

While mostly white with black wingtips, the American White Pelican grows a flat horn-like structure that appears on the top of the bright orange beak during the breeding season.This is called a ...

Lapwing are around 28-31 cm long with a wingspan of 70-76cm. They are typically seen here on estuaries, farmland and wetlands in autumn, winter, and spring but are a scarce breeding species. A ...

We found all of the new Orange Bird merchandise at Creations Shop in EPCOT, but it is also sold in festival merchandise kiosks around the park. Since this year is also celebrating the 30th anniversary ...

Crested Couas adults have plain black beaks. However, their chicks display vibrant markings inside their mouths, each with a unique pattern. The markings gradually fade as the chicks mature.

Both parents are identical, both with a tangerine beak and eyeliner, as well as black wings. Those wings are the puffins’ magical multi-purpose tool.