The aggressive Kingbird perches on tree tops or utility wires and watches for insects that happen to fly by, their next meal.

The beautiful raspberry-red Purple Finches and pretty brown females are common visitors at backyard bird feedrs where they sing familiar warbling songs.

The beautiful Phoebe often lives near or on homes and farm buildings often in the same place year after year almost always under something.

A beautiful wildlife image on any color t-shirt. Cardinals are a most popular bird thanks to their breathtaking red plumage, but also their call, and always alert posture.

Here are some cute birds for a T-shirt. Did you know Chickadees might eat from your hand? Or, if you imitate their melody, they may sing with you? Maybe that's why they're a favorite

The bird of peace on apparel. A beautiful favorite bird, Mourning Doves sing that slow melancholy series of five whoos that you hear in early morning and at dusk.

The Western Meadowlark has the unmistakable high pitched flute like melody familiar to those who live on the western prairies.

The Eastern Towhee is a colorful New World Sparrow that may occaisionally be seen at backyard feeders.

Female and male Cedar Waxwings affetctionately rub their beaks and pass food and other small objects back and forth.

Black-billed Cuckoos live in North America east of the Rockies. Their rapid repetitive Coocoocoo call is more often heard than they are seen.

The Ivory-billed Woodpecker was one of the largest woodpeckers in the world. A reported sighting in 1999 prompted numerous searches, but none resulted in confirmation.

Yellow-billed Cuckoos live in deciduous woods from southern Canada to Mexico and migrate to Central America and as far south as northern Argentina.

The horrifying scream of the Screech Owl can be best appreciated when deep in a forest, in the dark, and alone.

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Downy Woodpeckers are the smallest and tamest of the woodpeckers often seen in the company of other species including chickadees, nuthatches, titmice and wrens.

Their display of affection is why we love bluebirds. The male perpetually seeks the company of the female, courting her with his pretty love songs.

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Bluejays are intelligent, inquisitive and mischievous exhibiting forethought and reasoning. They amuse, trick, wreck, rob and hide!

The Great Spotted Woodpecker has a distinctive bouncing flight and spends most of its time scouring tree bark crevices for insects and grubs, always hiding on the side away from you.

The Red-headed Woodpecker searches trees for insects and will perch and wait for passing insects, which it will catch in flight like flycatchers

Lewis's Woodpecker was named for Meriwether Lewis, a leader of the Lewis and Clark expedition, which surveyed the areas of the United States in the Louisiana Purchase.

Red-breasted Sapsuckers (like Yellow-bellied Sapsuckers) drill rows of holes in trees and eat the sap and insects attracted to the tree’s sap.

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Red-bellied Woodpeckers are common visitors to residential backyards in the South so get a feeder and give them seeds, suet, nuts, and berries.

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Yellow-bellied Sapsuckers drill rows of holes in trees and eat the sap and insects attracted to the tree’s sap.

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Great-crested Flycatchers chase after any other birds in their territory. They even drive other birds out of their nest to make their own!

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In April 2005 researchers announced the Ivory-billed Woodpecker was positively identified in the Bayou de View area of Cache River National Wildlife Refuge.

White-crowned Sparrows are prolific singers that learn from sounds in their environment so their songs vary geographically

The Toco Toucan of central and eastern South America is the largest of all the toucans and one of the most popular attractions at zoos.

Blue and Gold Macaws live in Central and South America. Their beauty and ability to learn to imitate speech make them popular and expensive pets.

The male Malabar Pied Hornbill locks the female and eggs in a tree cavity by narrowing the hole with mud. Later the mother escapes and both parents feed the chicks

The Atlantic Puffin (Fratercula arctica) is a seabird that lives in the North Atlantic and dives for fish. It is related to the extinct Great Auk

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The Ruby-throated Hummingbird beats its wings 53 times a second! Attract hummingbirds with nectar feeders and watch them from your kitchen window.

The White-throated Toucan lives throughout the Amazon rain forests and adjacent areas in Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, Venezuela, and Brazil

The Common Paradise Kingfisher (Tanysiptera galatea) lives in tropical and lowland forests and sometimes open areas of Australia, New Guinea, and Indonesia

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Nocturnal hunters of mice, insects, frogs, snakes, lizards, crayfish and fish, Screech Owls usually keep out of site during the day

The Belted Kingfisher ranges throughout North America adjacent to lakes, ponds and rivers. It plunges headfirst into the water to catch fish

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The fine-looking bird of prey grows to a length of 2 feet, weighs up to 3 lbs and has a 4 footwingspan.

The Snowy Owl with its crystal white plumage looks just beautiful on a warm white sweat shirt.

Northern Pintails range in northern America, Europe, and Asia and winter as far south as Africa, Southern Asia, and Latin America

Fish Eagles are huge birds with wingspans as wide as 8 feet. They survey lakes and ponds for fish from high in trees then swoop down snatching fish from water with sharp clawed talons

Spoonbills wade the shallows sweeping their long bills sensing crustaceans, insect larva, and small fish to feed on.

The beautiful Whistling Heron (Syrigma sibilatrix) of South America forages the plains and marshlands for small mammals, reptiles and insects

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The Emperor Penguin of Antarctica is the largest of the penguins standing as tall as 4 feet and weighing as much as 100 lbs!

The Great Horned Owl emits the low, classic, “Hoo, hoo, hoo, hoooo, hooooo”. Spookiest of the spooky on a moon lit night is to see one turn its head 270 degrees to look at you!

Bald Eagle, the national symbol of the United States (Ben Franklin suggested the Turkey) ranges throughout most of North America

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If Barn Owls are disturbed in their nest they click their bills and hiss or a startling scream and quivering cry.

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A Cornish story tells of a raven who saved the life of a quarry man from a falling rock by dropping pebbles on his head.

Great gifts for people who maintain purple martin colonies. Coffee Cupst too. 3 Purple Martin Images and another in Bird Art Scenes

Goshawks range circumpolar in the temperate regions of the Northern Hemisphere and prey on small woodland mammals and birds. It is on the flag of the Azoresf

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The Glossy Ibis wades through marshes preying on frogs and fish from the North American Atlantic Coast to Europe, Asia, Africa, and Australia

Black Oystercatchers are large, noisy wading birds that pry open and smash mollusc shells on most coasts worldwide.

At one time the now extinct Passenger Pigeon was the most populous North American species estimated to number more than three billion.

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Wood Duck parents coax the young ducklings to jump from nests as high as 60 feet and while the male parent stands guard, the female parent leads the ducklings to water.

The Black-headed Siskin is found in the tropical mountains and forests of Belize, Honduras, Mexico,
El Salvador, Guatemala and Nicaragua

Watch out! The Ostrich can grow 9 feet tall, weigh 300 lbs and run 40 miles per hour. They have long, strong legs with sharp claws. They aggressively protect their eggs.