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Golden Eagle and her eaglet in a nest

Golden Eagle

The Golden Eagle is one of the largest raptors found in North America. Adults are dark brown with a golden sheen on their feathers. Juveniles have neatly defined white patches o...
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Greater Sandhill Crane

Greater Sandhill Crane

Sandhill Cranes are tall birds with long legs and long necks. They fly with their legs and necks outstretched often calling during flights. The bill is long and pointed. Their p...
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Northern Goshawk

Northern Goshawk

The Northern Goshawk is a medium-sized hawk with light gray feathers feathers throughout. It has a characteristic white eyebrow and amber orange eyes. This hawk is an accipiter,...
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Northern Pintail

Northern Pintail

Male Northern Pintails have a dark-brown head and white breast, with a white streak that extends from their neck up the side of their heads. They have black and white speckled f...
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Peregrine Falcon

Peregrine Falcon

Peregrine Falcons have blue-gray heads and backs with brownish white underparts covered by black bars. Their feet, cere, and eyering are yellow. Females are browner, while the j...
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Pinyon Jay

The Pinyon Jay is a medium sized songbird with a blue body, blue-grey belly, and white throat. They have shorter tails and longer, more pointed bills than other jays. They lack ...
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Prairie Falcon

Prairie Falcon

The Prairie Falcon is a larger falcon species with light tan and brown coloration all over. In flight looking from below, dark-brown coloration stretches from the armpit to the ...
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Single burrowing owl with blue sky in the background

Western Burrowing Owl

Western Burrowing Owls are small owls often found on the ground near their burrows. They have brownish-red feathers with white spots throughout their bodies. They have a very ch...
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Mallard

Mallard

Mallards, often called greenheads for the male’s dark iridescent green head, are the most widespread duck in North America. Males have a bright yellow bill and orange legs. Th...
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Redhead duck

Redhead

Redheads get their name from the male's cinnamon red head that stands out against its black breast and gray body. Females are plain and mostly brown in color. The bills of both ...
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Green-winged Teal

Green-winged Teal

Green-winged Teal are North America's smallest dabbling duck. Males have a chestnut-colored head with a wide green stripe running the length of their head and across their eyes....
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Ring-necked Duck

Ring-necked Duck

The Ring-necked Duck is a small diving duck. Males and females are sexually dimorphic and display different plumages. The Males have peak-shaped shiny black heads with a black n...
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