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Category Archives: birds
Protect and serve
Protect and serve — not the police, parents — and not people, birds. While chicks are in the nest, bird parents have a seemingly endless task of ferrying food in and waste out. And then there is the job of keeping predators at … Continue reading
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June goulash
This is an end-of-the-month collection of images, none of which has had a posting of its own. A cinnamon-coloured Black Bear eyes an intruder in its territory. For a female Osprey to be lifting her tail this late in … Continue reading
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Alulae or not
Alula: A structure on a bird’s wing occasionally deployed to limit stalling at high angles of attack. It is fun to discover something on one’s own — even if it is already in the literature. Such was the case this … Continue reading
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Eagle chick
Three weeks later, I revisited the nest of Bald Eagles. Earlier, no chicks were visible. Now, a couple of chicks occasionally peered out. This is a picture of one of them.
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Osprey loyalty
If this issue has been settled, I don’t know about it. The issue concerns an osprey’s fidelity. Certainly, an osprey seems to mate for life, but is it being loyal to its mate or do both partners merely return to … Continue reading
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Dipper chicks
For many weeks, I have been watching a dipper nest as I wait for the chicks first to arrive and then be old enough to peek from the nest as they are being fed. By displaying their yellow gapes, the … Continue reading
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Cedar Waxwings
Locally, we get two species of waxwings: Bohemian Waxwings in the winter; Cedar Waxwings in the summer. Bohemians course about in large flocks (see, waxing alliteratively, Bohemian Waxwings). Cedars are here to breed and so don’t move about in … Continue reading
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Predator mystery
Three days ago, I posted pictures of Chestnut-backed Chickadees parents bringing food to their chicks in a cavity nest. On this first non-rainy day since, I returned in the hope that the chicks would now be peeking out of the nest. … Continue reading
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Wild Turkey chicks
This is the season of chicks. Three weeks ago, a male Wild Turkey treated us to its display. Now a female shows off her chicks. Ron Welwood sent me this picture taken in his yard. Ron Welwood’s picture is … Continue reading
Bird collisions
Do birds collide in flight? Yes. Unfortunately, this question is often begged (question’s answer assumed rather than sought), so it is often phrased as: Why don’t birds collide when flying close together? A responder then must struggle with the daunting task of explaining the … Continue reading →