Field Guide [1]

[verse]The female’s plumage weakly patterned, her gray shade fairly light. The male Labrador Duck, piebald, but for wings entirely white. [verse] Favoring the sandy coasts of seaboard states – in winter returning to New England from inlets of Saint Lawrence Bay. [verse] Merritt Island’s salt marshes host the Dusky Seaside Sparrow – its dark coloration, punctuated by a stripe of yellow. [verse]Nesting only inches above high tide, an open cup of grasses protects pale blue eggs inside. [chorus] On this question, opinion is torn – Were they extinct before they were born? These birds of North America. [verse] Great clouds of them twist in migration. Swift, strong, graceful, countless and tender – traits of the Passenger Pigeon. [Chorus]on this question, opinion is torn – Were they extinct before they were born? These birds of North America. Birds of North America.