Identification: The pied avocet is a tall, slender, and small-bodied wading bird. They have white plumage with black caps and black wing patches. Habitat and Location: They inhabit shallow lakes ...

The most widespread, numerous, and geographically variable chickadee, this bird brightens winter ... late spring and summer when the black-capped’s white wing edgings are worn.

They are large fluffy birds, about 9 inches long or the size ... While they have a grayish color overall, with black and white wing bars, males are distinguished by bold reddish color on heads ...

Prominent black crescent framing lower edge of auricular. On perched bird, wing patch shows only as a thin white line along the leading edge of the folded wing. Adult male: grayish or grayish ...