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3 days ago · Its birds include a host of rare and little-known endemics, from the bizarre Bornean Bristlehead (a monotypic family) and the monotypic Fruit-hunter to shy pittas and wren-babblers and the dazzling Whitehead's Trogon.
5 days ago · Finch, any of several hundred species of small conical-billed seed-eating songbirds (order Passeriformes). Well-known or interesting birds called finches include the bunting, canary, cardinal, chaffinch, crossbill, Galapagos finch, goldfinch, grass finch, grosbeak, sparrow, euphonia, and weaver.
4 days ago · The bird was stood in the middle of the racecourse on the freshly mowed grass. It is only the 4th record for the Old Staffordshire county and the first twitchable bird. The bird was found by one of the groundsman this afternoon, who knew it was something unusual but didn't know what it was.
4 days ago · For this poll we've created a list of the greatest birds of all time, featuring birds you know from movies, television, video games and more. Of course your favorite cartoon birds are included, but this list doesn't only feature animated characters that can talk.
4 days ago · Buzzard, any of several birds of prey of the genus Buteo and, in North America, various New World vultures (family Cathartidae), especially the turkey vulture (Cathartes aura). Similarly, in Australia a large hawk of the genus Hamirostra is called a black-breasted buzzard.
5 days ago · An afternoon visit to the sand pit in constant drizzle found a minimum of 6 Green Sandpipers, a Common Sandpiper, 2 Dunlin, a Redshank, 3 Black-tailed Godwits and 14 Avocet including a chick. The Sand Martins appear to have fledged and left the site, a couple of Yellow Wagtails were still present. Posted by Ploddingbirder at 19:54 No comments:
3 days ago · PREVENT BIRDS FROM HITTING YOUR WINDOWS AT HOME: Reflective glass must be treated on the outside to alter the entire look of the windows. The treatment must make the birds see a wall or a mesh too small to fly through. Here are tips from Fatal Light Awareness Program in Toronto and the American Bird Conservancy
