It's all about the birds
Hi Wim, I live in BC, Canada. I have seen yellowlegs swimming. Off-hand I don’t recall whether they were Greater or Lesser, but I have seen the behaviour a number of times. I do recall that on at least one occasion it seemed to be just a way of getting from A to B across … Read more
Border incidents: swimming shorebirds; the case of the Spotted Redshank Shorebirds do what their name implies; they generally keep to the shore. There are a few exceptions our Pied Avocets swim well and often, and of course the phalaropes have taken this trend all the way: they obtain most of their food swimming in the … Read more
Amazing what you find when going through old photos… a banded Pacific Gull most likely photographed on the foreshore at Welshpool back in 2011. https://www.ararelitus.com/birds-1 And Pacific Gulls are one of my favourites and we have them as regulars along the southern beaches of Adelaide. Not in great numbers but causing along most days. Chris … Read more
All or most birds have forked tongues. The fork is at the rear of the elevated section of the tongue. Bird tongues have an arrowhead shape section sitting on a cylindrical base section. Having handled thousands of birds for banding the tongue looks like any other bird’s tongue to me or am I missing something? … Read more
Here in wilmington SA, the red wattlebirds seem to have it in for the weebills. In thinking about this I have some ideas: – food competition in terms of insects, although the hugely different size of the two birds makes me wonder if they are eating different insects. There is a report in HANZAAB of weebill … Read more