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Pine Bunting

The Pine Bunting is a large brown bunting with a thick seed-eater's bill, often found in flocks in open forested areas. It breeds across much of temperate Asia, migrating south to central Asia, north India and southern China in winter.

Hispaniolan Trogon

The Hispaniolan Trogon is a brightly colored bird, endemic to Hispaniola (Haiti and the Dominican Republic) in the Caribbean.

Cuban Trogon

The Cuban Trogon is very colorful bird with a green back, blue crown, red belly and beak, and white throat and chest. It is similar to the colors of the Cuban flag which is why it was chosen to be the national bird of Cuba.

Lavender Waxbill

The Lavender Waxbill is a tiny gray finch with a red tail and rump and a purplish bill. It is a common species of estrildid finch native to Central Africa and successfully introduced on Hawaii.

Spotted Puffbird

The Spotted Puffbird is a compact, medium-sized bird with a large head and bill. It is found in Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Peru, Suriname, and Venezuela.

Red-banded Fruiteater

The Red-banded Fruiteater is a plump, medium-sized bird with red-orange bill, legs and eyes. Its known range is restricted to the humid highland forests of the tepuis in the southeast of Venezuela and western Guyana.

Western Meadowlark

The Western Meadowlark is a medium-sized icterid bird, found across western and central North America.

The Signs of Spring - 8 Great Spring Birding Moments

Read and learn more about the 8 great spring birding moments.

Rosy thrush-Tanager

The Rosy Thrush-tanager also known as the Rose-breasted Thrush-tanager is a shy, rather furtive and rarely seen ​bird of tropical lowlands and lower foothills. It is found in Colombia, Costa Rica, Mexico, Panama, and Venezuela.

Green-and-black Fruiteater

The Green-and-black Fruiteater is a plump, stocky bird found in Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela.

Chestnut-capped Puffbird

The Chestnut-capped Puffbird is a small, roundish dark brown bird with a short narrow tail and a dull whitish breast. It is found in northwestern South America in the western Amazon Basin of Brazil, in Amazonian Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, northern Bolivia, and in the eastern Orinoco River Basin of Venezuela.

Great Kiskadee

The Great Kiskadee is a loud and colorful tropical flycatcher. It is relatively common in the eastern region of North America, Texas and Louisiana. It can also be found in South America and Central Argentina.