Bird Card

The woodpecker that ditched the tree and went looking for ants on the ground.

Ep 35/59: The Killdeer — bold double breast-bands, an electric orange rump, and a piercing "kill-dee!" cry that rings across open fields and parking lots.

Ep 34/59: The Peregrine Falcon — fastest animal on Earth, clocking 240+ mph in a dive, with a bold black helmet and a comeback story that changed conservation history.

Ep 33/59: The Bald Eagle — flat-winged plank soarer with white head, white tail, and a call that sounds nothing like its Hollywood reputation.

The only North American raptor that plunges feet-first into water to catch live fish.

Ep 31/59: The banded forest raptor with a piercing kee-AH cry

North America's smallest accipiter — a square-tailed forest sprinter built for ambush.

Ep 29/59: Cooper's Hawk — the backyard ambush predator with a rounded tail, red-eyed glare, and reverse sexual dimorphism.

Ep 28/59: Black Vulture — jet-black cleanup crew with silvery wingtips, master of the social soar

Ep 27/59: Turkey Vulture — nature's cleanup crew, master of the thermal thermostat

Ep 26/59: Great Blue Heron — North America's largest heron, the slow-flapping pterodactyl of marshes, rivers, and shorelines, able to stand motionless for minutes before striking with its dagger bill.

Ep 25/59: Pileated Woodpecker — the crow-sized forest drummer with a flaming scarlet crest