Swallow
Masters of the open air
Conservation Threats
Disease
Pathogens, parasites, and disease outbreaks threatening wildlife populations
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Common Grackle
Pale eyes. Loud calls. City-smart flocks.
Egret
Wetland hunters in white
Eastern Turkey (Wild Turkey)
Big woods. Big gobble.
Evening Grosbeak
Vise-billed finch of winter flocks
Bee-Eater
Color in flight, precision in the air
Cedar Waxwing
The berry-loving bird in a velvet mask
Herring Gull
Coastline's clever scavenger
Seymouria
A near-amniote on Permian shores
Bat-Eared Fox
Big ears. Termites beware.
Warbler
Small birds, big songs, epic journeys
Sandpiper
Built for mudflats and megamigrations
Eurasian Bullfinch
Rosy cap, quiet call, bud-time feeder
Mockingbird
The bird with 400 voices
Ovenbird
The "teacher" of the forest floor
Finch
Built to crack seeds, born to sing
Nuthatch
Head-first bark detectives
Eurasian Collared Dove
The collar-marked urban colonizer
Rhea
South America's sprinting ratites
Eastern Box Turtle
Nature's little hinged "lockbox"
Loris
Quiet climbers of the night canopy
Kodiak Bear
Island giants of salmon season
Eastern Tiger Snake
Wetland hunter with a tiger's bite
Rhesus Macaque
Street-smart primate, social to the core