Birds

What Makes Owls So Wonderful

What Makes Owls So Wonderful As creatures of the night, owls can seem mysterious and kind of spooky. Some people think of them as bad omens or harbingers of death,...

Red phalarope (Phalaropus fulicaria)

Identification Red phalarope (Phalaropus fulicaria) is seen primarily along the Atlantic seaboard. This is a rather larger, chunkier, and...

Got a New Horse? Here’s What You Need to Do

Got a new horse? Here's What You Need to Do So you've just welcomed a new horse into your...

The Amazing Northern Flying Squirrel

Northern Flying Squirrel The Northern Flying Squirrel, “Glaucomys sabrinus yukonensis” is a gliding “volplaning” mammal that is unable to take...

Avocet: A Rare British Bird

Although the Avocet is still a rare British bird there is certainly never any problem of identification or...

Cyprus Wheatear (Oenanthe cypriaca)

Identification: The Cyprus wheatear is the smallest in the European region. It is smaller than Pied wheatear (wing 82–88 mm, as opposed to 90–99...

Black-faced Monarch (Monarcha melanopsis)

Family: The songbird Black-faced Monarch belongs to the family Monarchidae, and it can be found along the eastern coast of Australia as well as...

Gilbert’s Whistler (Pachycephala inornata)

Habitat: Despite being a Mallee bird, Gilbert's Whistler can be found in small pockets of mixed shrubbery—mostly Melaleuca—where they form dense stands. An established...

Yellow-tinted Honeyeater (Ptilotula flavescens)

Habitat: The Danish ornithologist “Finn Salomonsen,” in his revision of the world's honeyeaters, first realized that the 'Fuscous' and yellow-tinted honeyeaters (Ptilotula flavescens) were...

White-browed Babbler (Pomatostomus superciliosus)

Family: The white-browed babbler is a small, gregarious bird in the Pomatostomidae family. Habitat: Even though it is smaller and more active than the Grey-crowned...

The Stunning Rose-crowned Fruit dove (Ptilinopus regina)

Habitat: There is a little dove called the rose-crowned fruit dove that is often overlooked. Despite its bright colors, it blends well with the...

Painted Bunting Songs

Birds' songs are very melodious in their habitats. Painted bunting songs are one of the most captivating sounds in nature. Painted bunting (Passerina ciris)...

Grey-fronted Honeyeater (Ptilotula plumula)

Habitat: The grey-fronted honeyeater (Ptilotula plumula) replaces yellow-plumed honeyeaters (Ptilotula ornata) in stunted desert mallee and eucalypt woodland in a ring around arid Australia, both...

Yellow-plumed Honeyeater (Ptilotula ornata)

Habitat: Similar in its feeding habits and behavior to white-plumed and gray-fronted honeyeaters. The yellow-plumed honeyeater (Ptilotula ornata) replaces those species in southern Australia's wetter...

Purple-gaped Honeyeater (Lichenostomus cratitius)

Habitat: The purple-gaped honeyeater (Lichenostomus cratitius) is confined to stands of dense, short, elongated mallee and its fringing heaths around the southern Australian coast...