Rufous-headed Ground-Roller

Bright green finch with brilliant red face and bill and numerous small pale spots on face, chest, flanks, and base of tail. Compare longer-tailed female Crimson Finch, which is much browner and less heavily spotted. Often found in very large flocks in grasslands and reedbeds of northeastern Western Australia and northwestern Northern Territory; rarer in Darwin/Kakadu region.

A very rare Hawaiian honeycreeper of high elevation wet forests on eastern Maui. The thick, parrotlike bill used to tear and crush stems in search of insects and larvae is diagnostic. Most often seen in the understory moving slowly and deliberately among branches. Song is series of paired notes: “chewy-chewy-chewy.” Two-note “chu-wee” call is louder and lower pitched than that of ‘amakihi.

Medium-sized gull, a bit larger than Ring-billed Gull and smaller than Herring Gull. Adults have medium-gray upperparts (slightly darker than Herring Gull), and red and black markings on the bill. Takes four years for immatures to progress from mostly brown to fully white and gray adult plumage; intermediate plumages are often mottled and messy. Many immatures show a pink bill with a contrasting black tip, and dull pinkish or greenish-gray legs. Always note dark eye. Common and fairly widespread in western North America, inland and along the coast. Can be found at parking lots, beaches, or lakes, often in flocks with Herring and Ring-billed Gulls.