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  • 28 Common ANTS in North America! (2025)
    by Lindsey Dahle on June 13, 2024 at 2:22 pm

    There are hundreds of ant species that live in North America! Trying to list them all would be impossible. 🙂 Below are the most common and abundant types of ants, which are part of the insect family Formicidae.  28 ANT SPECIES in North America: #1. Eastern Black Carpenter Ant Camponotus pennsylvanicus Adults are dull black… The post 28 Common ANTS in North America! (2025) appeared first on Bird Watching HQ.

  • 27 Grasshopper Species in North America! (2025)
    by Lindsey Dahle on May 10, 2024 at 3:51 pm

    An incredible amount of grasshopper species live in North America! Trying to list them all would be impossible. 🙂 So below, you will find the most common and abundant insects found in the order Orthoptera. This includes not only grasshoppers but also crickets and katydids. 27 Grasshoppers in North America: #1. Two-striped Grasshopper Melanoplus bivittatus… The post 27 Grasshopper Species in North America! (2025) appeared first on Bird Watching HQ.

  • 40 Types of Rabbit-Resistant Plants You Can Grow (2025)
    by Scott on April 24, 2024 at 7:32 pm

    “Where did all my flowers go?!” I’ve asked myself this question more than once, and usually, the answer can be summed up with one word -> rabbits! These creatures are adorable but voracious, and some of their favorite foods are the flowers we work so hard on in our gardens. If you want to plant… The post 40 Types of Rabbit-Resistant Plants You Can Grow (2025) appeared first on Bird Watching HQ.

  • 30 MOST Common Birds Found in Hawaii! (2025)
    by Scott on April 24, 2024 at 5:48 pm

    Do you want to learn about the birds in Hawaii? This can be an immense challenge because of the sheer number of species. Did you know over 200 species have been recorded here? As you can imagine, there was no way to include this many birds in the article below. Instead, I focused on the… The post 30 MOST Common Birds Found in Hawaii! (2025) appeared first on Bird Watching HQ.

  • 21 Types of Water Birds that live in Hawaii (2025)
    by Scott on April 24, 2024 at 1:46 pm

    What kinds of water birds can you find in Hawaii? Due to its proximity to the ocean, you are almost certain to see some type of bird near the water. From ducks to herons to gulls, you will learn the most common water birds you might see in Hawaii below. In addition to the common… The post 21 Types of Water Birds that live in Hawaii (2025) appeared first on Bird Watching HQ.

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  • Birds of Christmas
    by Dr. Roger Lederer on December 12, 2024 at 5:12 pm

    Now that it is almost Christmas, you will hear the song “The Twelve Days of Christmas,” created in about 16th century England. This song has more birds in it than any other holiday song. You know, “On the first day of Christmas, my true love sent to me a partridge in a pear tree.” The The post Birds of Christmas appeared first on Ornithology.

  • Why do Woodpeckers Peck?
    by Dr. Roger Lederer on October 16, 2024 at 4:41 pm

    Woodpeckers are successful creatures and well-known to everyone. Perhaps the most famous woodpecker is Woody, the cartoon woodpecker, but the Ivory-billed Woodpecker, very likely extinct since 1948, is the most well-known real one.  There are many kinds of woodpeckers in the world, around 250 species. Propped against the side of a tree trunk, they rapidly The post Why do Woodpeckers Peck? appeared first on Ornithology.

  • Flocks Heading South for the Winter
    by Dr. Roger Lederer on October 14, 2024 at 5:07 pm

    This is the time of year you see flocks of birds heading south. If they are geese, they typically fly in a skein or V formation. Ducks fly in looser skeins, and smaller birds like shorebirds and songbirds fly basically in a bunch. Pelicans and cormorants fly in a line. And many blackbirds and starlings The post Flocks Heading South for the Winter appeared first on Ornithology.

  • Do Ducks’ Quacks Echo? And Other Bird Myths [Updated]
    by Dr. Roger Lederer on August 11, 2024 at 11:36 am

    I receive all kinds of questions from around the world, and I have been contacted by newspapers, magazines, radio and TV shows, Hollywood producers, authors, artists, scientists, architects, and even a fighter pilot in Iraq, asking about some aspect of birds. Mostly they are straightforward questions about identification, bird houses, feeding, behavior, diseases, etc., but The post Do Ducks’ Quacks Echo? And Other Bird Myths [Updated] appeared first on Ornithology.

  • Birds in Modern Life
    by Dr. Roger Lederer on July 19, 2024 at 4:51 pm

    Birds have been around for over 200 million years. Of perhaps 125,000 avian species that existed during that time, over 11,000 still populate every habitat on Earth except the center of Antarctica and the depths of the oceans. Hominids have been around for maybe six million years, and modern humans only around 200,000 years. But The post Birds in Modern Life appeared first on Ornithology.

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