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Bald Eagle

Haliaeetus leucocephalus

A U.S. national symbol, the mature bald eagle is unmistakable with its dark brown body, yellow bill and white head and tail. They soar on flat wings and can have a 7-foot wingspan.

Baltimore Oriole

Icterus galbula

Often, you'll hear the male's loud, flutelike song before you locate the bright-orange singer as he moves among the boughs of trees.

Barn owls have lived alongside humans for ages! Their bones have been found at Olduvai Gorge in Tanzania, where human bones were discovered. Missouri’s barn owls continue the tradition today. Most nests are in grain elevators, old barns and similar places.

Barred Owl

Strix varia

This common “hoot” owl is easily identified both visually and by sound. Learn to recognize its call, and on moonlit nights in their habitat, you may find yourself hearing it quite often!

Bay-Breasted Warbler

Dendroica castanea

One of 56 species of warblers in North America, the bay-breasted migrates through the Midwest to nest in northern spruce-fir forests.

Black-Capped Chickadee and Carolina Chickadee

Black-capped chickadee image showing characters for identification.

Poecile atricapillus and P. carolinensis

Influential conservationist Aldo Leopold noticed that the chickadees in his forest “investigate every loud noise.” He surmised that, for them, nature’s “dinner bell” was the crash of falling old trees, which present these perky insectivores with thousands of insect eggs and pupae.