Friday Feathered Feature

Bird Beaks

Bird Beaks

Bird beaks come in all shapes and sizes, and through observing those differences we can learn a lot about them. It gets really interesting when we take a closer look at beaks that are different in a more subtle way.

Photo by Carolyn Byers/SoWBA

Mourning Dove

Mourning Dove

Mourning Doves are one of our most common birds, with a US population estimated at 350 million. Indeed, if you were asked to design a bird that would thrive in the present day, you would come up with the features of a Mourning Dove.

Photo by Gary Shackelford