Blue Bird

The Greater Roadrunner Physical description The greater roadrunner is a small bird that does not have the ability of flight, however, due to their long legs, they can pick up shocking speeds of 20 miles per hour. They are a tall bird and have brown feathers with streaks of white. They have blue bags under their eyes that they use to get rid of salt. They have a bilateral symmetry and weigh 7 to 10 ounces, with a height of 20 to 23 inches. Habitat The greater roadrunner will build a nest to…

Hyacinth | Blue Macaw Facts Hyacinth Macaws are commonly known as the Blue Macaws. 1. Blue Macaws are the longest parrots on the planet, coming to a huge 100 centimeters long, and can weigh upto 3-3.7 pounds (1.4-1.7Kgs). 2. Blue Macaws are scientifically known as Anodorhynchus hyacinthinus. 3. Their beak is the strongest of all birds and can even crack Walnuts, so you got to watch your fingers. 4. Blue Macaws lives essentially in gently forested ranges in the occasionally…

Some birds appeared in the faint blue sky flapping and soaring. All were blackish-brownish with a touch of white. They were flying a yard or maybe two and they’re coming really fast. They went “ Honk,honk.” “Where’re they going? I said. Why would so many birds go in one direction?” “It’s a sign,” Jim said gazing with an amazed look. “ When chickens fly in the same road. It’s the same way birds would go. “ I raced over to the canoe, I grasped the gun, I got back to…

falcon is a bird of prey because it has a deadly black and curved bill. The peregrine has sharp talons and bill to tear flesh of its prey. Peregrines will choose either to capture it and feed on it on ground or in air. When this birds hunts it uses is speed against it's prey. Peregrines hunt at a vertical speed dive and it has great precision in flying. This bird has remarkably sharp keen eyes and are a yellow ringed. Baby peregrines are 2 different colors they are either blue or brown…

Cornell Ph.D. an assistant professor at Arizona State University in Tempe. Conducted studies of barns wallows finding that "Factors like ultra violet radiation from the sun, soiling and even feather degrading bacteria are known to affect the color of bird feathers once they are grown, and perhaps the best males are those who spend more time preening and protecting their plumage." These males with darker…

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bundle of cream, beige, and black birds flying away in a frantic. Then a multi-colored bird sits on the far end branch, almost peacefully, unbothered by the chaos surrounding it. A little below the colorful bird is an ash hawk, with its wings sprung out, kind of looks as if he is controlling the situation. Below him is two small golden deer, one of them is looking at the fire, probably thinking why are we still standing here. The other deer is looking up at the birds as if he is envious that…

The Beauty and Justice of Geese Photography “The geese are coming! The geese are coming!” I shout as they fly across the blue sky of Regent’s park. The beautiful and majestic creatures swarm the lake where the park visitors feed them. In my periphery vision, I observe other swarms of ducks, pigeons, and other various birds that are also fed on the man-made concrete bank of the lake. Still, the geese remain my focus. Watching them captivates me and brings me out of myself. I am giddy with…

When we think of birds we usually tend to imagine them above our heads flying high in the sky. We tend to forget that some of them live in extremely cold environments and can actually swim deep underwater for sufficient amount of time. These strange birds are referred to as penguins. These birds tend to baffle us because of their similarities and different traits compared to their flying relatives. Exactly why and how did they began to develop differently from other birds? So what is the…

vocalization of bird song. In the above figure shown, in blue is the vocal motor output pathway, where the signal begins in the HVc (High vocal center) which is a nucleus in the brain of songbirds necessary for both the learning and the production of the bird songs. The HVC send a signal in two directions, one to the area X in the brain which is similar to the Basal Ganglia in human, the other signal goes…