The tail is horizontally (dorso-ventrally) flattened, the long hairs forming nearly parallel sides ... The seeds of conifers are another source of winter nutrition. Where southern flying squirrels ...

Some of those songs may be from year-round residents of your nearby park or backyard. Others are just stopping in for a day or two. At night, "Our skies are filled with this river of migrating birds, ...

Known for their "kite-like" glide, this beautiful bird is hard to miss. "They have really long tail feathers that make this beautiful V shape," Carpenter said. "When they are flying, they also ...

The smallest is the two-inch-long bee hummingbird. Everything about the anatomy of a bird reflects its ability to fly. The wings ... or breastbone. The tail feathers are used for steering.

This gives birds their distinct—and misleading—"backward-facing knee" look. Like its non-flying close relatives, Microraptor had elongated bones lining the top and underside of its tail ...

DESCRIPTION: The passenger pigeon was much larger than the somewhat similarly plumed mourning dove. Adapted for speed and maneuverability in flight, it had a small head and neck; long tail; long, ...

Swallow-tailed kites are among the most graceful of fliers, and they've long soared through ... Kites will fly to Florida through late summer In a few months the birds will prepare to make another ...

They can act as a rudder to help them change direction while flying. In some birds, however, tail feathers are used only for display ... But experts think feathers first appeared long before dinosaurs ...

The “chicken hawk” of colonial America, this medium-sized accipiter is a common sight at home bird feeders across ... 20"; wingspan 29–37". The long tail is rounded at the tip, also the ...