New Mystery Bird!

Summer is here at last in Oregon! A wide variety of birds have been visiting our feeder. Here, I have a mystery bird that I have been fortunate to see this year at our feeder! They are usually spotted in open woodlands and pastures. Also, this bird lives specifically in the western region of the United States.

Please Post your guesses as a comment! I will be sure to drop hints in the comments area as well.

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Chickadee

Happy April Fools Day! You may have seen this bird before—the chickadee. Their call relates to their name with a shrill "chicka-dee-dee-dee"! They are a small, backyard bird that comes to feeders to eat thistle, and other small seeds. They are similar to the dark-eye junco yet even smaller.

Chickadees can be easily identified by their black cap with the white stripe.

Mystery Bird

This bird is abundant in the shrubby areas of the western region. There are two distinct types of this bird—one that lives in the east and one west.

Please post your guesses as to what type of bird this is! Later, I will post hints in the comments area.

p.s.—click in the picture to get a closer look

Burrowing Owl

Burrowing owls are one of the few varieties of owl to live on the ground. Though they are becoming endangered, they live in most parts of North and South America. Because of their size of 10 inches, burrowing owls eat mainly small mammals and amphibians such as frogs. Although it is quite capable of digging its own burrow, they usually take one that is pre-made for them by other animals such as prairie dogs, skunks, armadillos, and tortoises.

Penguin

Penguins are a flightless bird that can live in the coldest place on Earth—Antarctica. Their diet consists mainly of fish and krill since they hunt in the ocean. They use wings to help them swim fluently—up to 15 miles per hour. There may be as many as 100 species of penguins in the world including emperor, chinstrap, gentoo, adelie, macaroni, and rockhoppers.

These birds are quite adapted to the cold, antarctic. Unlike most birds, penguins can eat snow just as much as water; their stomachs can digest it. Though it doesn't look it, all species of penguins have many, fluffy feather to keep themselves warm. The feathers are very, tightly packed together.

The picture above is of a penguin chick.

Red Eyed Tree Frog

This type of frog blends in well with its surrounding vegetation—rainforest leaves. Like most frogs, it is nocturnal or active at night. The red eyed tree frog's scientific name is "Callidryas" which comes from the Greek words beautiful tree nymph. Their diet consists mainly of insects including water beetles and flies. Its predators would include snakes, bats, spiders, and birds.

Brown Bear

This animal is called the brown bear. They are omnivorous because their main diet composes of roots, fish, insects, berries, and small mammals. Brown bears dig dens to hibernate in the wintertime. Despite their size (700 pounds, 5-8 feet), brown bears can run up to high speeds of 30 miles per hour.