What kind of bird could this be?
I am trying to figure out what kind of bird this could be. It was in my front yard and I kind find it in the pictures of birds native to my area, maybe I am not looking in the right place. It is small, small pointy beak, white spots on its back, a couple
Sounds like either the Downy Woodpecker http://www.enature.com/fieldguides/detai l.asp?source=&parkid=&searchText =&allSpecies=&shapeID=963&ls hapeID=0&curAbbr=&lastView=defau lt&lastGroup=1&lastRegion=2204&a mp;lastFilter=4&lastShapeName=&t
This satellite image was taken on April 21, 2011, before flooding began, near Natchez, MI [NASA] The US Army Corps of Engineers detonated explosives to breach the Birds Point levee near Wyatt, MO, from May 2-5, flooding a 130000 acre area.
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They also encourage butterflies and birds to swoop in. The flat roof is covered in a protective barrier of four inches of humus and shale in which the shallow root systems of the sedums cannot damage the roof, but insulate it. The green cover provides