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.
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."
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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...
Petrels at sea
Pelagic Birds are ODDly beautiful
Southern Ocean 2006 - On the Sea
This video was taken in November 2006 in the Southern Ocean, somewhere between Falklands, South Georgia and Antarctica. Albatrosses and petrels fly restlessly in the middle of the ocean. The music is Seagull by Hong Kong vocalist Ruth Tsang.
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- 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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- JonitasKalimpo JonitasKalimpo Jul 27, 2008 @ 10:03 am
- Great lens, kirie. The most odd bird i'ver seen was the Mandarin Duck
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- kirie kirie Jul 22, 2008 @ 7:35 pm
- THanks Irenemaria and congrats on your number 5 placement for your flowers!
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- Irenemaria Irenemaria Jul 22, 2008 @ 2:54 am
- The most odd bird I have seen is the Egyptian Vulture in Fuerteventura, Canary islands. There is an exhibition too about the specie.
Fuerteventura
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- kirie kirie Jul 21, 2008 @ 2:01 am
- Cool. I have never seen a Tawny Frogmouth. Is it related to nighthawks and whipoorwills?
Thanks for your visit. I will visit your lense next.
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- The_Homeopath The_Homeopath Jul 11, 2008 @ 12:48 am
- My favorite odd bird is the Tawny Frogmouth. They're so cool. Here at home, I also love watching the Bald Eagles soaring and the little Meadowlarks singing on the roof.
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