Mallefowl’s Incubators… by A. J. Mithra

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Mallefowl’s Incubators… The Malleefowl is one of the three species of mound builders, or Megapodiidae, found in Australia. The birds are terrestrial and are distinguished by their habit of leaving eggs to be incubated in sand or soil heated by the sun or volcanic action or in mounds of rotting leaves built for that purpose, … Continue reading →

Master Builder’s Master Builders… by AJ Mitra

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Master Builder’s Master Builders… Birds are capable of grand engineering feats. But are they engineers? Not in the way you might think. Just as birds know how to fly, they know how to build a nest without instructions or apprenticeship. It’s a matter of instinct. Birds craft their nests without consciously thinking about it. How … Continue reading →

Ovenbirds – Ground Singers by A J Mithra

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Ovenbirds – Ground Singers Using bird songs to find the population of birds, according to the team conducting the study of a more accurate estimate of bird population numbers is reached when using this technique. The bird song used in the study that employed this latest technique is the Ovenbird, a small warbler found in … Continue reading →

Worthen’s Sparrow – Lost, but found.. by A.J. Mithra

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Worthen’s Sparrow (Spizella wortheni) was originally discovered in the United States, where just a single bird was caught on 16 June 1884, near Silver City, New Mexico. Video of Worthen’s Sparrow Singing No Worthen’s Sparrows have since been captured in the country, where it is now thought to be extinct. Formerly, the bird also ranged … Continue reading →

Interesting Things – Anna’s Hummingbird

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New Avian Speed Champion Discovered Which doeth great things past finding out; yea, and wonders without number. (Job 9:10) “A peregrine falcon diving toward its prey reaches a relative speed of 200 body- lengths per second. This is close to the 207 body-lengths that the space shuttle travels as it enters our atmosphere. Thus, the … Continue reading →

Azores Bullfinch and the Holly Tree… – by A. J. Mithra

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Azores Bullfinch and the Holly Tree… The diet of the Azores Bullfinch comprises of at least 37 different plants.. Their diet presents marked seasonal variations, from invertebrates and herbaceous and fleshy-fruit seeds in summer and autumn to fern sporangia, tree seeds, fern fronds and flower buds in winter and spring. The bird needs a mosaic … Continue reading →

Interesting Things – Birds’ Unique Leg Structure Says No Evolution

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“Birds’ Unique Leg Structure Says No Evolution And God created great whales, and every living creature that moveth, which the waters brought forth abundantly, after their kind, and every winged fowl after his kind: and God saw that it was good. (Genesis 1:21 KJV) Countless television programs, museums, textbooks, and popular articles tell us that … Continue reading →

Ian’s Bird of the Week – Banded Honeyeater

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Newsletter – 03-21-10 I’ve continued updating some of the Honeyeater galleries on the website. Last week, we had one of the largest, the Helmeted Friarbird, but here is one of the smaller ones, the Banded Honeyeater with a length of about 12cm/5in. Fledgling Banded Honeyeaters have fudge-coloured upper parts, wings, tail and breast-band which change … Continue reading →