If you’re out enjoying Alabama’s beaches this weekend for the Fourth of July, you may spot a black and white bird flying very ...

While mostly white with black wingtips, the American White Pelican grows a flat horn-like structure that appears on the top of the bright orange beak during the breeding season.This is called a ...

Birds' beaks, evolved for survival ... Crested couas, from Madagascar, have black adult beaks; chicks have colorful markings inside their beaks that fade with maturity. ... American White Pelican .

These are the flashiest, most specialized beaks around. The black skimmer has a truly unique bill among shorebirds, and really, among all North American birds. The beak is large yet very thin, and ...

Great Black-backed Gull . The plumage of juvenile and immature great black-backed gulls initially has a complex pattern of ...