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For many years, scientists have known of how the red or yellow colour of feathers is achieved. These colours come from pigments in food the birds eat, meaning that they are diet based. One of the challenges in avian colour has been to figure out how the #blue colour is achieved. Interestingly, it came to…
via Top 25 Wild Bird Photographs of the Week: Blue — National Geographic Society Newsroom
Boat-tailed Grackles “Looking for a cat on a tin roof” © HJ Ruiz – Avian101
via Photo Capture # 93 – Boat-tailed Grackles — H.J. Ruiz – Avian101
Hummingbirds are clearly fascinating and engaging creatures. They are biological wonders of ‘invention’, little gems that sparkle in their airborne dances through sunlight, with the seductive power to capture the attention of even the most incognizant of us lumbering earthbound humans, including many of those pretty much blind to the natural world. I did not […]
via Hummingbirds in the Real World: evolution, physiology and relationship — GardenRiots
Yesterday, May 29th, Randy Mooi and Lynnea Parker headed to Whitewater Lake to carry out International Shorebird Survey (ISS) transects. The day was pretty cloudy, smoke from Alberta creating dull, Mordor-like skies. randy commented as follows: ‘Not the most fantastic day to be at Whitewater, but decent shorebird numbers of a variety of species. Shocking […]
via Whitewater Lake ISS Trip with Lynnea Parker and Randy Mooi — Manitoba Important Bird Areas Program
Find out what Morty, Cheeks and Sherri’s flock have been up to of late, and catch up on current wildlife and environmental issues in this month’s News On The Wing. Also, learn about blogger WildlifeKate on our new Wildlife Blog Watch page.
Happy reading everybirdie!
Lavender’s latest It’s A Birb Thing comic finds Cheeks being the sassy little Cockatiel we all know and love!
Click here to see what Cheeks is up to!
Morty has ratcheted up his mischievousness of late, turning his whimsy from the demonic Alexa to his mom. Poor mom Diana, her moments of relaxation and contemplation on the couch have now become minutes of constant taunts from Morty.
Check out Morty’s May Beneath the Cage Grate article to find out just how far he goes to have his mom at his beckon call!
Sherri’s Feathered Frenzy article for May touches on the keys for raising and nurturing healthy, happy companion birdies: finding a good avian veterinarian! These individuals hold incredible fountains of knowledge and advice. 
From diet considerations and vitamin deficiencies to clean air and toy rotation, Sherri’s article is an important read for all parronts! Click here to read the May edition of Feathered Frenzy.
Zack would also like to wish everybirdie happy Cinco de Mayo day!
The following seven-part article, written in August, 2012, first appeared on Malibu Patch, a local blogsite. It focused on the Snowy Plover winter roosting colony on Surfrider Beach, adjacent to Malibu Lagoon. We reprint it now to reacquaint our readers with the local history of these birds, because for the first time in over seventy […]
via Snowy Plovers of Malibu Lagoon – The Beginning — SANTA MONICA BAY AUDUBON SOCIETY BLOG
Chris Skipper has been photographing urban peregrines nesting at Norwich Cathedral for nearly a decade.
via Norwich Cathedral peregrine falcons: A photographer’s passion — BBC News – Science & Environment
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