They often hunt in large groups, and are nimble enough to snare flying fish from the ... Once in the water, the birds use their webbed feet to aid swimming. Red-footed boobies appear in a variety ...

One of the most abundant birds in North America, the red-winged’s count was estimated at 190 million in the mid-1970s. Populations are stable.

Peak spring migration is in May in RI Have you heard the distinctive call of a red-winged blackbird yet ... you're talking 450 to 500 million birds flying under cover of darkness." ...