Inside Birding: Behavior

Recognizing behavioral clues is a key component of bird identification.
Improve your identification skills by watching Lab experts as they examine posture, foraging behavior and flight style.

Watch more Inside Birding episodes from the Cornell Lab on these keys to bird identification:

Behavior http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=owZ6bonrOjA
Habitat http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UmPXtsJeu5M
Color http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2rT7he15Js0
Size and Shape http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ridajl8uic0

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[wildstock123]

@playwithbugs Red winged blackbird

[snakeEyes4121]

@playwithbugs it looks like a tricolored blackbird.

[playwithbugs]

What is the black bird at the feeder w/the Blue Jay? Great video!

[sotto2]

Dude, please stop waving your hands and arms around. Nice vid tho, and very informative. Thanks.

[sk8boardinmonkey]

Your videos are so good and informative, I haven't even seen one dislike on any of your videos.

Keep posting :D

[janeolsen5]

This is wonderful. I do birding as an activity with middle school kids, and these videos are great resources. Thank you!

[bluemoonsailor]

OK folks, these are good videos - so how about a video applying these to something 'interesting' like Gulls or Sparrows. ;-)

[Plantazm005]

I just HAD to laugh when I heard "Woodcock" but tis video is very helpful and beautiful... :)

[thegeckoproduction]

thank you very interesting and helpful!