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Project Noah Nature School
Mid sized bird, get usually between 8 to 9 inches. Male is red with a black face and black wings. Female is fawn with black face and black wings. Males posses ability to change pigment from its original pigment.
Natural habitat is woodlands, swamps, and gardens. Found acroos eastern part of the US. Extends all the way west to the US Mexico border and through Mexico.
Mainly eats seeds, fruit, and insects. They eat spiders, crickets, blackberries, grasses, and wild grapes.
Welcome to Project Noah! If you know the common name for the species you see, you can often find the scientific name by doing an Internet search. Then you can add the scientific name in the box provided (as you can do with the scientific name given now). The reason that scientific names are important for Project Noah are explained in this blog: http://blog.projectnoah.org/post/2870249... We look forward to your future spottings!
Spotted on Dec 5, 2013
Submitted on Dec 6, 2013
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