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The Great Blue Heron is the largest North American Heron and is wide spread and common throughout the United States and Canada in both fresh and salt water areas. Adults over-winter along the shoreline and can be seen hunting in almost any kind of weather. After fledging the young disperse around the area leading to crowding in prime hunting grounds. The young eat mainly small fish delivered by the harried parents. One colony can be observed in the Spring along McAllister Creek in the Nisqually Wildlife Refuge. Several large colonies are located in south Puget Sound. Great Blue Herons nest in large groups in tall trees near the water. The Great Blue Heron feeds mainly during the day, but occasionally will hunt at night.

They even eat mice and other small mammals while patrolling open fields. When fishing in freshwater, herons eat frogs, fish and crayfish. To avoid getting spines or fins stuck in its throat, the heron shifts the unlucky dinner to a head-first position and then swallows. When prey is spotted, the neck unfurls hurling the head forward with lightening speed grabbing the unlucky meal. Hatching occurs after 23-25 days with the young immediately leaving the nest. They often nest far from water, where they build a concealed nest of dry grass and plant stems. Like other dabbling ducks they tend to nest earlier in the season, risking impacts from late winter storms. They leave in early spring for their inland, freshwater breeding sites. including as far north as northern Alaska and both the western and eastern parts of Canada. and Mexico including the Caribbean Islands. The American Wigeon ranges throughout North America with winter sojourns to the southern U.S. In addition they also come up on lawns to eat the grass. The other interesting aspect of their behavior is that they feed heavily on marine vegetation, mainly Sea Lettuce, during their winter layover. The call is very unusual and fun to listen to. While feeding along the shoreline they communicate with other flock members using a high whistling call. Hybridization between the species regularly occurs. The Eurasian Wigeon male has a dark rufus head with a muted white crown. However both males and females will occasionally stray south to Puget Sound. In some countries, songbirds may also be a source of financial gain as owners enter them into singing contests.īased on the IUCN’s Red List of Threatened Species, the conservation status of various songbird species can range from least concern to critically endangered.A close cousin, the Eurasian Wigeon, normally winters in the Aleutian Islands and Bering Sea. Songbirds are often kept as pets for their melodious singing and as symbols of status. There are around 8,000 extant species of birds around the world and songbirds make up nearly half of that number, with about 4,000 species spread across 35 to 55 families.

These birds learn to sing as a form of vocal communication to allow other members of the same species to recognise themselves. Songbirds (or perching birds / passerines) refer to birds belonging to the suborder Passeri of the order Passeriformes.

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