Check out this Paternoster image: Image from page 10 of “A history of British birds” (1871) Image by Internet Archive Book Images Identifier: historyofbritish02yarre Title: A history of British birds Year: 1871 (1870s) Authors: Yarrell, William, 1784-1856 Newton, Alfred, 1829-1907 Saunders, Howard, 1835-1907 Subjects: Birds Publisher: London, J. Van Voorst Contributing Library: Smithsonian Libraries Digitizing …
Check out this Paternoster image: Image from page 7 of “The birds of Norfolk : with remarks on their habits, migration, and local distribution” (1866) Image by Internet Archive Book Images Identifier: birdsofnorfolkwi03stev Title: The birds of Norfolk : with remarks on their habits, migration, and local distribution Year: 1866 (1860s) Authors: Stevenson, Henry, 1833-1888 …
Mimicry and manipulation: how baby birds deceive their finch foster parents: Three nestlings beg for food, but the right-hand one is an imposter, an indigobird masquerading as a firefinch. Claire N. Spottiswoode It’s a warm wet day in Zambia and the rains are finally falling. A small, scarlet finch flits through the undergrowth, stopping occasionally …
Birds use massive magnetic maps to migrate – and some could cover the whole world: muratart/Shutterstock Every year, billions of songbirds migrate thousands of miles between Europe and Africa – and then repeat that same journey again, year after year, to nest in exactly the same place that they chose on their first great journey. …
GRICE – One Thousand Birds – a Beauty interest event taking place on 2021-06-10 20:00:00 in United Kingdom Critically acclaimed art rock musician, singer-songwriter and guitarist GRICE performs songs from his latest album ‘One Thousand Birds’ – recently featured on BBC Radio 6 Music and described by Tom Robinson as ‘gorgeously epic music of exquisite …
Vampire finches: how little birds in the Galápagos got a taste for big bird blood: Jaime Chaves, Author provided For most people, the word “vampire” brings to mind Dracula or perhaps slayers such as Blade or Buffy; or maybe even the vampire bats of South America. Few will think of a small and rather lovely …
A nice South African City image: Another Sunset, with birds Image by mallix This walk was hot and humid, no wind and loads of seagulls catching fish or whatever it was at the river mouth. Couldn’t decide which pic to upload so I chose all of them. The temptation to keep taking pics from this …
Migrating Birds: A Naturalist Talk with the East Bay Regional Park District – a Beauty interest event taking place on 2021-02-09 18:30:00 in United States Come learn about the migrating birds you may see this month in our East Bay skies. Part of our Naturalist Talks series. To register, email engagement@oaklandlibrary.org. Or watch live on Facebook by …
A cool Paternoster image: Sea Birds Through Dirty Windscreen Image by Steve Crane Image automatically curated and published by www.free-mail.co.za – CLICK HERE to learn more about WP Robot for WordPress. Have you tried: Visiting Port Elizabeth?
A nice Kings Beach image: Birds Eye View of Hove & Brighton. Image by Brighton Museums A postcard bearing a hand tinted photographic image of the view of Hove and Brighton. On the left hand side of the image are the seafront properties that line Kingsway, the Kings Road and beyond. On the right of …
Flightless birds were more common before human-driven extinctions – new study: Survivor: the flightless takah? was once thought extinct, before being 'rediscovered' in a remote valley in New Zealand. Sheryl Watson / shutterstock When the first humans started to colonise all the regions of the world, many species went extinct. Some were directly hunted to extinction, …
South Africa in the news: Birds Eye’s Owner Amends ‘Made In Australia’ Labelling For Frozen Fish: The parent company of Birds Eye has amended the country of origin labelling on 31 frozen fish products, from ‘Made in Australia’ to ‘Packed in Australia’, following concerns raised by the Australian …: “South Africa” – BingNews Rugby Australia …
A cool Paternoster image: British Library digitised image from page 5 of “Birds of Prey. A novel. By the author of ‘Lady Audley’s Secret’ [i.e. Mary Elizabeth Braddon, afterwards Maxwell]” Image by The British Library Image taken from: Title: "Birds of Prey. A novel. By the author of ‘Lady Audley’s Secret’ [i.e. Mary Elizabeth Braddon, …
Fossil tracks reveal which birds once roamed South Africa’s Cape south coast: These fossil trackways resemble the tracks left by flamingos today, but are bigger. Just above the scale bar one can see (more faintly) the 'tramline traces' made by the ancient birds' stomping action. Charles Helm If you visit a particular stretch of South …
Painting wind turbines black could help protect birds – as long as it doesn’t disrupt their migration: Ian Dyball/Shutterstock With climate change threatening many of the world’s species with extinction, a transition from fossil fuels is urgently needed. But some argue that the rush to replace coal power with wind could endanger birds that have …
Check out this Paternoster image: Image from page 9 of “A history of the birds of Europe, not observed in the British Isles” (1862) Image by Internet Archive Book Images Identifier: historyofbirdsof03bree Title: A history of the birds of Europe, not observed in the British Isles Year: 1862 (1860s) Authors: Bree, Charles Robert, 1811-1886 Subjects: …
A nice Paternoster image: Image from page 210 of “Ootheca wolleyana : an illustrated catalogue of the collection of birds’ eggs formed by by the late John Wolley, Jun.” (1864) Image by Internet Archive Book Images Identifier: oothecawolleyana01woll Title: Ootheca wolleyana : an illustrated catalogue of the collection of birds’ eggs formed by by the …
We tagged Andean condors to find out how huge birds fly without flapping: Oleksandr Umanskyi / shutterstock Andean condors, at 10kg or more, are among the world’s heaviest flying birds. Once birds get this big, the energetic costs of flapping are so high they instead rely on currents of rising air to travel long distances. …