Eggs—Four to six, of a deep olive color.


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ROSEATE SPOONBILLAjaja ajaja.

Range—Southern United States and southward into southern South America.

Nest—Platform of sticks, built close to the trunk of a tree, from eight to eighteen feet from the ground.

Eggs—Three or four, white, or buffy-white, blotched, spotted, and stained with various shades of brown.


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DICKCISSELSpiza americana. Other names: "Black-throated Bunting," "Little Field Lark," and "Judas-bird."