Holding its prey down with powerful talons, a Steller's sea eagle displays its wings, which can have a span of over 6 feet

Whooping cranes nearly vanished in the mid-20th century. Cranes feed by foraging with their bills and gobbling up plants, shellfish and corn.

Emperors are the largest of all penguins—an average bird stands some 45 inches tall. These flightless animals live on the Antarctic ice and in the frigid surrounding waters and have Happy Feet!

Pileated woodpeckers are the largest of the common woodpeckers found in most of North America. Noise making, horny peckers all day.

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Great blue herons are waders, typically seen along coastlines, in marshes, or near the shores of ponds or streams. Nice Kneecaps.

Divas of the avian world, elaborately feathered birds of paradise, like this ribbon-tailed species, practice elaborate courtship rituals.

Great egrets are found near water, salt or fresh, and feed in wetlands, streams, ponds, tidal flats, and other areas. Common crossword answer.

The eastern bluebird is the state bird of both New York and Missouri.

The Baltimore oriole is Maryland's official state bird.

Blue-footed boobies are aptly named, and males take great pride in their fabulous feet. The bluer the feet, the more attractive the mate.

The California condor is the largest flying bird in North America

The northern cardinal is so well loved that it has been named the official bird of no fewer than seven U.S. states

 Snow geese are known for their white plumage, but many of them are actually darker, gray-brown birds known as blue geese

Trout fishing made easy by an Eagle-eyed predator.

The Carolina wren is an adaptable dweller of forestlands, swamps, farms, and tree-filled human communities. Nasty attitudes.

These famous pink birds can be found in warm, watery regions flamingos are surprisingly fluid swimmers, but really thrive on the extensive mud flats where they breed and feed.

One of the biggest Bird Brains on this page. Feeds on humans and scavenges political parties. Almost extinct, must have 9 lives?

Photographs provided by the compliments of
 National Geographic!