It is white with a prominent bump on its orange beak. The females of the species lay four to ten eggs every 36 days, and the cygnets hatch between May and July.

Finding birds in unusual and unsafe places is a sign they may need help and the public is asked to call the center’s Bird Help Line at 866-SOS-BIRD (866-767-2473).

American white pelicans, with 9-foot, black-tipped wings and long orange beaks, are typically migratory birds. The birds’ numbers in the region dropped in the 19th and 20th centuries. But in ...

Plus, these fish-eating birds had lots of teeth, all the way along their beaks, unlike how Longipteryx only has teeth at the very tip of its beak,” said O’Connor. “It just didn’t add up.” ...

Brown Booby birds are among the species listed in Indiana. According to the Illinois Ornithological Society, the species was listed on the Illinois state list of birds in 2022.

Eurasian curlews are large, mottled brown birds with long legs and distinctive downward-curving beaks, which they use like tweezers to forage through mud for insects, worms, crustaceans and mollusks.