Posted in Birds, WANT Wednesdays on Jul 16th, 2008
Waffles started a good thing with WANT Wednesdays. I’d like to join in and point out that it would be awful nice to have a goose:
Valentino is a domestic breed, so I don’t think they’re running… afoul… of any wildlife protection laws by keeping her. (The wild Swan Goose is the other species, besides the [...]
Posted in Birds, Saturday Birds, Uncategorized on Jul 12th, 2008
Last week we had a bird that can dance. This week, how about one that’s mastered interior decoration and landscaping?
Ornithology – David Attenborough – “The Bowerbird”
I really, really love bowerbirds. Their display behavior is a fascinating example of sexual selection, and their capacity to make individual aesthetic choices raises intriguing philosophical questions. [...]
Posted in Birds, Saturday Birds on Jul 5th, 2008
Here’s this week’s Bird Doing an Amazing Thing:
calopsita bate o pé
Now, there are some particular things about his performance that merit attention, although it’s vital to add the caveat that we have no information on what sort of training or conditioning led to this behavior. First is the impeccable sense of rhythm, and second is [...]
Posted in Saturday Birds on Jun 28th, 2008
So Waffles has LOLCat Fridays, but I’m claiming Birds-Doing-Amazing-Things Saturdays:
One Clever Crow
This is Betty, a New Caledonian crow who figured out how to use and improve tools.
Posted in Uncategorized, Wildlife on Jun 19th, 2008
Whitey is missing!
Whitey is one of four feral domestic Greylag geese that have taken up residence on the IPFW campus. They’ve been there at least since summer 06, when I first started paying attention to campus wildlife. Like most escapees and their progeny, they’ve joined up with whatever wild goose flock they can find; [...]
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