Hopping

Blue Tit

Blue crown, bold mind, busy feet

Dunnock

Hedgerow accentor, not a sparrow

Kestrel

Windhover hunters of open country

Oak Toad

Big life in a tiny sandy toad

House Sparrow (English Sparrow)

The sparrow that followed humanity

Eastern Gray Squirrel

The acorn planter in a gray coat

Weaver Birds

Nature's master basket-weavers

Baya

Hanging-nest genius of the monsoon

Orange-Crowned Warbler

The warbler with the hidden crown

Lappet-faced Vulture

Big bill. Bare face. Nature's cleanup boss.

Eurasian Jay

Oak Forest Planter with a Blue Flash

Junglefowl

Wild roots of the chicken

Whinchat

Meadow hunter, Africa-bound migrant

Savannah Sparrow

Buzzy song of the open fields

Goshawk

White-browed shadow of the woods

Red-Billed Quelea Bird

The "feathered locust" weaverbird

Chipping Sparrow

Rufous cap, razor-crisp trill.

Black-Capped Chickadee

Big attitude in a tiny winter bird

Procoptodon

Pleistocene's powerhouse kangaroos

Hooded Oriole

Palm-frond weaver of the Southwest

Blue-Gray Gnatcatcher

Tail-flicking, gnat-grabbing dynamo

Canada Warbler

The necklace warbler of the boreal

Klipspringer

Tiptoe masters of Africa's cliffs

Hamburg Chicken

Spangles, speed, and steady eggs.