North Carolina's state motto is ... are more of an olive-brown color with tinges of red. Northern cardinals have one thing over many other birds and that is they don't lose their vibrant ...

North Carolina ... long purplish-red gorget (throat) feathers, which appear as stripes accented with white, and look whisker-like when fluffed out. Females and young birds closely resemble ...

This is the common and familiar “sea­gull” across much of North America ... black wing tip with white mirrors on outer 1–2 primaries. Staring pale-yellow eyes set off by red orbital ...

a white epaulet border, colder gray-buff upperpart markings in winter, and a different voice. One of the most abundant birds in North America, the red-winged’s count was estimated at 190 million ...

The state bird of North Carolina ... you go birdwatching in North Carolina. It's the one that almost every birdwatcher hopes to see at least once. The males have red feathers with a black crest ...