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Flightless Birds are ODD

Sharing insights and info on ODD BIRDS. Birds that do not fly. Birds that dive or swim. Peculiar beaks. Odd life habits are all fair game here.
Some of the risks faced by FLIGHTLESS BIRDS. . .
Grass Strangles Penguins- view video

And the most recent tragic event on a global scale is the Hundreds of Penguins that have washed up on the shores of Rio. DEAD.

Petrels are ODD too

So What is a petrel? And Why is it ODD?

Petrels are ODD BIRDS. Pelagic... almost. Nest in rock cliffs. Funny bills ... tube shaped. But they are useful. Those odd holes are not nostrils but they process sea water and make it usable for the chunky little bird. Cool. Straight from Wildlife of Antarctica about some petrels(there's more than one kind!)
"Diving petrels are small seabirds with stubby wings that seem to whir like wind-up toys as they buzz about the sky in perpetual motion."

Odd Bird Collection

See what I mean?

Squab by LadyDragonflyCC - TY for 300,000 Views!!!!
Wardens Watching by LadyDragonflyCC - TY for 300,000 Views!!!!
cold november by JuliaPPhotography
Penguin by Javier Corbo
Emu by col&tasha
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Whether you are Here or There

Count on WEATHER being There

BALD birds are ODD

LIke Vultures and Condors

BALD ODD BIRDSCondors become sexually mature at about five or six years of age and mate for life. Imagine if PEOPLE did THAT!!
Most nest sites have been found in caves and rock crevices. Condors do not build nests.
Neither do most people!
Instead, an egg about 5 inches long, weighing about 10 ounces sits on bare ground.

Condors lay a single egg normally every other year. The egg hatches after 56 days of incubation and
both parents share responsibilities for feeding the
nestling. THAT ought to be a people parent prerequisite!

There are currently around 60 free flying condors in Arizona with one being the first chick to hatch in the wild in the state in over 100 years.

More on California Condors whether they are in Arizona or Mexico...

More on condors at this source too.

Petrels at sea

Pelagic Birds are ODDly beautiful

Southern Ocean 2006 - On the Sea
by akc1970 | video info

1 rating | 301 views
curated content from YouTube

Did you know? Random Facts

ODD Facts at Random are Cuckoo and Cuckoos are ODD BIRDS!

Links

ODD or Good ? You Decide

Birds N Binoculars N More
Natural History and Birding
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Other Lens on Birds!
Flightless bird - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Flightless birds are birds which have lost the ability to fly, relying instead on their ability to run or swim, and are thought to have evolved from their ...
Amazon.com: Flightless Birds (Greenwood Guides to the Animal World ...
Most available books on flightless birds, nocturnal animals, and hibernation ... Flightless Birds covers the loss of flight in birds, both permanently after ...
The Bird Site: Flightless Birds
Information about flightless birds. ... There are about 40 flightless species of birds living today. All of these evolved from ancestors that flew and most ...

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