10,000 Birds
APRIL 25, 2022
However, the lockdown forces me to go deeper and deeper into my photo collection, if I want to write anything at all. The parrot is multicolored, providing a simple explanation for the Latin species name of varius. Like many humans, the species is “socially monogamous but sexually promiscuous” ( source ).
10,000 Birds
JULY 4, 2023
It’s also about human-owl interaction on an individual level and a wider sociocultural level, and ultimately how we can use all this for habitat and bird conservation. As the names and habitats imply, not all owl species are alike, in behavior, adaptation, relationship to humans, and in how humans perceive them.
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10,000 Birds
SEPTEMBER 12, 2014
Islands, with their high levels of endemism and specialization, are particularly fragile and vulnerable to human activity. Formerly described in 1811 by Johann Matthäus Bechstein, the Cuban Macaw was a primarily red, long-tailed parrot with beautiful orange feathering around the nape and blue feathering on the wings and tail.
10,000 Birds
AUGUST 8, 2022
The Red-rumped Parrot is a ground-feeding parrot – one of its other names is grass parrot. The bird mostly feeds on nectar … … and only collect sufficient insects to satisfy its protein requirements ( source ). That sounds pretty cool. Maybe it is a younger bird.
10,000 Birds
JULY 1, 2014
I enjoy collecting children’s books about birds and nature that I come across in the expected (book stores) and unexpected (academic library conference reports) places. Parrots Over Puerto Rico is a wonderland of colors and shapes. The parrots called as they looked for deep nesting holes in the tall trees.
10,000 Birds
MARCH 18, 2011
Found throughout South America in ever-dwindling numbers these extremely beautiful birds – threatened by habitat destruction and collection for the wild bird trade – are often difficult to see and hard to find. Scarlet Macaw Ara macao. Scarlet and Blue-and-Yellow Macaws Ara macao and A.
10,000 Birds
DECEMBER 30, 2021
Because of that, the bird has a manure-like odour and is only hunted by humans for food in times of dire need” [ Source ]. The afternoon birds also included Capped Heron , Mealy Parrot , Drab Water Tyrant , Amazonian Tyrannulet , Green-tailed Jacamar and more than 40 Sand-colored Nighthawks.
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