The Victoria Crowned - The Largest Pigeon in the World
Possibly the most beautiful pigeon too, the Victoria Crowned is not at all what you might expect when used to the hordes that haunt our towns and cities. Thanks to the Dodo becoming defunct, these turkey sized blue niceys are the largest pigeon on the planet. They have a rather odd secret too. Birds don’t produce milk to feed their young, right? Well, these do! Unfortunately, these birds seem to be dying out in the wild for several reasons. The facts that they 1. aren’t afraid of people and 2. taste good do not bode well for their survival.
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Flying Devils
In this clip from National Geographic’s Wild Chronicles, two filmmakers study Johnny Rooks, predatory birds sometimes called Flying Devils, in the Falkland Islands. Meanwhile, the birds are having fun with the filmmakers!
“It’s all very amusing, of course. Unless it’s your campsite.”
It is not my campsite, and you will most likely find it as amusing as I did. Link -via Digg
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Birds on the Wires
This picture of birds on wires by photographer Paulo Pinto looks like music notation. So Jarbas Agnelli naturally wanted to find out what that music sounded like.
Reading a newspaper, I saw a picture of birds on the electric wires. I cut out the photo and decided to make a song, using the exact location of the birds as notes (no Photoshop edit). I knew it wasn’t the most original idea in the universe. I was just curious to hear what melody the birds were creating.
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We Hatch, We Fly - the Bizarre Maleo
The Maleo bird of Sulawesi has a unique way of looking after its young – if looking after is how it could be described. It buries its eggs and abandons them, having nothing more to do with their rearing. The chicks, however, have a trick up their sleeve. As soon as they hatch and emerge in to the sunlight they are, amazingly, able to fly.
Beneath the red hot sand of an Indonesian island’s beach something stirs. A large egg is hatching and soon the newborn creature will dig its way out to the surface and take its first gulps of fresh air. This sounds as if it should be a young turtle, thrusting its flippers sideways as it makes its desperate lurch towards the ocean. It is not, however. This is a bird. More remarkable still is that when it emerges the chick will already be able to fly.
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Fact or Fiction? 8 Food-Related Myths
So, we all knew about Mentos and Coke (thanks, Jamie and Adam), but I didn’t know that Alka-Seltzer could, in fact, kill a bird or that apple seeds have cyanide! See for yourself!
As we get older, it’s easier to logically dismiss some of the outlandish claims we heard as kids—never really needing to investigate if there’s any truth behind them. But some of these assertions—like whether eating too many carrots will turn you orange or if rice really does harm birds when ingested—tend to keep us guessing far into adulthood. To satisfy our curiosity (and yours) we’ve done research that debunks or confirms common food-related fables.
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Only 2,000 Left - The Rainbow That Can Fly
The remarkable Rainbow Finch is found in Australia yet there are only around two thousand of them left in the wild. Although conservation attempts are ongoing the question now seems to be whether or not this beautiful species will persevere for very much longer in its own original habitat.
There is something about the Rainbow Finch that makes it look like an animal made up, using Photoshop, for an April Fool joke. The colors seem too bright to be real and each garish hue ends abruptly to be replaced by one equally as preposterous for a wild animal. The main part of its body looks like some psychedelic Neapolitan ice cream.
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Traffic Light Birdhouse
Now you can control the bird traffic in your backyard with a neat wooden birdhouse that looks like a traffic light.
This traffic-sign yellow birdhouse includes an entrance in each “light,” three shelves for nesting and openings at the back for easy cleaning. Bird-safe paint. Hanging wire included.
The product is available from Uncommon Goods for $40.
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