A reminder – “The first Saturday in September each year is International Vulture Awareness Day.” Details of IVAD 2015 can be found here.
Tag: bird
Insatiable Birdies of the Second Kind
A new variant of the famous ‘Drinking Bird’ has been developed at Kent State University, Ohio, US. But first, some background on the the ‘Drinking Bird’ a.k.a. the ‘Insatiable Birdie’ … A version [* see note below] of the ‘novelty device’ first received a US patent in 1946, inspiring many to endeavour to explain how […]
Wall on Coots’ Consumption of Gull Droppings
Wall was a master an analyzing British bird droppings, as is evident in this study: “Coots and other birds eating goose- and gull-droppings,” T. Wall, British Birds. Vol. 76, no. 9, 1983, pp. 410-411.
You Know Why the Caged Bird Sings?
A single question can arise in different contexts, and have different answers. Here’s an example — a study and a book both written in the late 1960’s: “The influence of vocal behavior on the performer’s testicular activity in budgerigars (Melopsittacus undulatus),” Barbara F. Brockway, The Wilson Bulletin (1967): 328-334. and I Know Why the Caged […]