When a Giant Petrel attacks them, Emperor Penguin chicks stand together against it.
Penguin chicks rescued by unlikely hero | Spy in the Snow | BBC Video — SANTA MONICA BAY AUDUBON SOCIETY BLOG
Birds in a Blizzard — Manitoba Important Bird Areas Program

Prior to this winter storm, migration in Manitoba was preceding as normal with people reporting birds like Canada Geese, Dark-eyed Juncos, American Robins, Trumpeter Swans, Herring Gulls and more. While these birds are likely not enjoying the spring snowfall (similar to us humans!), they are adapted to withstand the occasional bout of cold and snowy […]
Birds in a Blizzard — Manitoba Important Bird Areas Program
Bald eagles around the U.S. are contracting the bird flu — News : NPR

At least three bald eagles who contracted bird flu are dead.(Image credit: Chris Szagola/AP)
Bald eagles around the U.S. are contracting the bird flu — News : NPR
Loggerhead Shrike — Balancing Act — Sonoran Images

You may enlarge any image in this blog by clicking on it. Click again for a detailed view. I encountered a Loggerhead Shrike a couple of weeks ago on an overcast and quite windy morning. The shrike perched, seemingly nonchalantly, atop a budding mesquite. The tree and the bird swayed with the wind but the […]
Loggerhead Shrike — Balancing Act — Sonoran Images
A worrisome new bird flu is spreading in American birds and may be here to stay — Science : NPR

Scientists are tracking a deadly bird flu outbreak that has infected wild birds in more than 30 states. Purging the nation’s poultry supply may not be enough to keep the virus from sticking around.(Image credit: Jeff Goulden/Getty Images)
A worrisome new bird flu is spreading in American birds and may be here to stay — Science : NPR
Red-tailed Hawk — Portraits of a Youngster — Sonoran Images

You may enlarge any image in this blog by clicking on it. Click again for a detailed view. I probably encounter as many Red-tailed Hawks during a year of driving around looking for subjects to photograph as all other species of raptor, combined. I rarely photograph these birds because the vast majority of them are […]
Red-tailed Hawk — Portraits of a Youngster — Sonoran Images
Newsround – 2nd to 8th April 2022 — Northants birds

A mixed bag of weather, backed by a largely westerly airstream, did little to hasten the arrival of the expected quota of spring migrants … but come they did, albeit in small numbers. Once again, this week’s standout birds kick off with Garganey, all sightings of which were confined to Summer Leys LNR and nearby […]
Newsround – 2nd to 8th April 2022 — Northants birds
THURSDAY AT THE HIDE — Wildonline.blog

Thursday at the hide , 7th April 2022 Well here’s a first , it’s been rather damp today here at the hide . Coupled with a very strong wind blowing directly into the open windows . So for the first time I have had to use a rain shield for the camera , inside the […]
THURSDAY AT THE HIDE — Wildonline.blog
Rivoli’s (Magnificent) Hummingbird — Sonoran Images

You may enlarge any image in this blog by clicking on it. Click again for a detailed view. Rivoli’s Hummingbird is widely distributed throughout Mexico and Central America as far south as Nicaragua, but it has a very limited range in the United States, consisting of the southeastern corner of Arizona and the southwestern corner […]
Rivoli’s (Magnificent) Hummingbird — Sonoran Images
Pink Floyd, a flamingo on the lam from a Kansas zoo since 2005, is seen again in Texas — Science : NPR

A video posted by the Coastal Fisheries Division of the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department shows the fugitive flamingo wading into Cox Bay about 120 miles southwest of Houston.(Image credit: Brian Mumaw/500px/Getty Images)
Pink Floyd, a flamingo on the lam from a Kansas zoo since 2005, is seen again in Texas — Science : NPR

