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For instance, it is Jackie's cozy layer of down, along with some 7,000 waterproof feathers, that allow her to weather a snowstorm on the nest. Shadow, for his part, is the most considerate mate.
The live webcam was set up in 2007 by the Raptor Resource Project (RRP), [13] Xcel Energy and Dairyland Power, [14] and was upgraded to live-streaming by Ustream in 2011. [2] The Decorah Eagles' Ustream channel features in real time the Decorah, Iowa bald eagle family as they build and repair their nests, mate and lay eggs, struggle with bad weather and predators, and protect and care for ...
Black capped parakeet grooming breast feathers. Black capped parakeets are highly social birds and communal roosters. [3] [6] In the wild, they flock with up to 30 birds at a time. During breeding season smaller groups of families can be found. [3] Black capped parakeets enjoy bathing. [7] In the wild black capped parakeets are canopy feeders. [3]
First described by French naturalist Anselme Gaëtan Desmarest in 1826, the superb parrot is one of three species in the genus Polytelis of long-tailed parrots. [4] Common names include superb parrot and, in avicultural circles, Barraband's parrot or parakeet, named after the artist Jacques Barraband who illustrated it for Francois Le Vaillant in 1801 [5] or green leek (although the last is ...
Two plush-crested jay chicks can now be seen at the aviary at the Milwaukee County Zoo.. Although the chicks hatched on July 11 and 12, "it was challenging for the animal care team to safely view ...
Juvenile starting to get a few red feathers on its head. The red-masked parakeet (Psittacara erythrogenys) [2] is a medium-sized parrot from Ecuador and Peru.It is popular as a pet and are better known in aviculture as the cherry-headed conure [3] or the red-headed conure. [4]
The peach-fronted parakeet in now one of five parakeets placed in the genus Eupsittula that was introduced in 1853 by the French naturalist Charles Lucien Bonaparte. [9] The genus name combines the Ancient Greek eu meaning "good" with the Modern Latin psittula meaning "little parrot". The specific epithet aurea is Latin meaning "golden". [10]
For precocial birds, those that develop and leave the nest quickly, a short nestling stage precedes a longer fledging stage. [3] A pair of welcome swallow chicks, Hirundo neoxena, taken the day after they fledged. All birds are considered to have fledged when the feathers and wing muscles are sufficiently developed for flight.