What is this North American bird, short and stocky, mostly black, with a yellow elongated 2-3″ thin beak?

They seemed about 6-7″ long, rather short wings? The head feathers seemed flat, and they could have had dark blue or dark green feathers underbelly?

How does a oyster catcher bird open a white sand muscle with its beak?

What kind of bird looks like a fat robin, with a red breast, yellow beak, white underbody + tail feathers?

Seen in upstate NY in late February 2009. A group of birds landed in a tree, and some of them went to the ground and started pecking around. They were larger than robins and their bellies were rounded.

What kind of bird is this (black with yellow beak)?

What kind of bird is this (black with yellow beak)?

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It was in the Willamette Valley in Oregon.

the hummingbird’s beak is adapted to getting its food. describe another adaptation of the humming birds that e?

its a question for my bio hmwk and i dont get it. (im not the sharpest tool in the shead.)

Is there a Mynah bird with white beak?

the ones I saw have either yellow or red..and this one has no yellow or white feathers on the side, just all black.

found a bird with a crooked beak. HELP!?

So i found this bird and the top and bottom beak dont fit together, the top is off to the side. The bird wouldnt fly away so i figured it was hurt or there was something wrong with itso i picked it up and took it home. We cant figure out if the bird ran into something and broke its jaw and maybe hit its head and thats why it wouldnt fly away or if something else is up with its beak (it grew that way or something) and now it cant pick food so it was weak from not eating. If anyone knows anything about this crooked beak, or the birds behavior, please help me.

found a bird with a crooked beak. HELP!?

So i found this bird and the top and bottom beak dont fit together, the top is off to the side. The bird wouldnt fly away so i figured it was hurt or there was something wrong with itso i picked it up and took it home. We cant figure out if the bird ran into something and broke its jaw and maybe hit its head and thats why it wouldnt fly away or if something else is up with its beak (it grew that way or something) and now it cant pick food so it was weak from not eating. If anyone knows anything about this crooked beak, or the birds behavior, please help me.

What to do when you find a bird with a hurt beak???

today, when I went thru the drive-thru, there was a bird sitting there in the drive way near the building, he was alive but, his beak was bleeding like he might have flew into the building & he was dazed, he didn’t want to move. I got out of my car & he let me touch him but, you could tell he was scared. I didn’t try to pick him up, he moved over more towards the building. I had to leave for work I was already late. I wanted to help him better or even put him in a box & take him to the vet. I called the place right when I got to work to let them know & asked them to like move him over more so he wouldn’t get hit by a car…not sure even if they cared, However, what can I do to help if he’s still there ???

I don’t mean to sound crazy, just that I’m a big animal lover!!

how to properly feed wood duck with broken beak?

I was doing my routine duck/turtle feeding at the park today and along swims this precious little female wood duck with almost absolutely NO beak. its got a clean break right on her face, and you can see her tiny little nubbin tongue. i tried feeding her the tiniest bits of moist bread but she couldnt even grasp that, her precious little tongue just darted out helplessly.
should i even try and attempt a liquid feeding for this girl? if so, what do i do? if i dont get any answers i’ll figure something out on my own, but leaving this up to nature just isnt going to work for me.
help is greatly appreciated… please, think of the ducks!

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