Birds

The Mountain – A Breathtaking Work Of TSO Photography

This was filmed between 4th and 11th April 2011. I had the pleasure of visiting El Teide Mountain. Spain´s highest mountain at 3718m is one of the best places...

Hydrangea macrophylla

The wild Hydrangea macrophylla (syns. H. hortensis, H. opulordes) is a species of flowering plant, in the family...

The Bagworm Moth Caterpillar builds Log House like Cocoon

This article talks about the bagworm moth caterpillar, which builds a cocoon around itself that looks like a...

Spinifexbird (Poodytes carteri)

As its name suggests the Spinifexbird lives in spinifex, Triodia, particularly stands of tall old hummocks among acacia...

Common Grackle Call

VOCALIZATIONS: Common Grackle Call is a loud, hoarse ‘chuk’ or ‘chak’, particularly in a flock calling. The common grackle...

Swift Parrot “Lathamus discolor”

Swift Parrot is a tree-living bird and is usually seen in small parties feeding on blossoms among the topmost branches of eucalypts or flying...

Crested Shrike-tit (Falcunculus frontatus)

Behavior & Habitats: During foraging for spiders, larvae, beetles, and other insects, the Crested Shrike-tit uses its powerful bill in a variety of ways....

Yellow-legged Flycatcher (Kempiella griseoceps)

Family: The yellow-legged flycatcher (Kempiella griseoceps) belongs to the Petroicidae family of passerine birds. Behavior and Habitats: Yellow-legged Flycatcher is distinguished from Lemon Bellied Flycatcher...

Eastern Reef Egret (Ardea sacra)

Family: The Eastern Reef Egret (Ardea sacra) belongs to the heron family Ardeidae in the genus Egretta. Habitat: The eastern reef egret is an exclusively...

Grey Currawong (Strepera versicolor)

Diet: The Grey Currawong explores the forest from upper branches to the ground in search of food, picking up insects, small vertebrates, eggs, and young...

Trumpet Manucode (Manucodia keraudrenii)

Trumpet Manucode are aberrant birds of paradise that breed in monogamous pairs, lack patches of metallic color, and have, in males, a long coiled...

Wandering Albatross – The Largest Flying Bird

Wandering Albatross (Diornedea exulans) is the largest flying bird with a wingspan of nearly three-and-a-half meters. True to its name it wanders around the...

Striated Heron (Butorides striata)

Family: The striated heron (Butorides striata) is a member of the heron family Ardeidae in the genus Butorides. Habitat: The striated heron lives in mangrove...

Minute Bittern (Ixobrychus minutus)

Family: The minute bittern (Ixobrychus minutus) is a member of the heron family Ardeidae in the genus Ixobrychus. Identification: The male minute bittern has black...

Australian Raven – A Resourceful and Intelligent Bird of the Outback

Family: The Australian Raven (Corvus coronoides) is the largest in the Corvidae family. First Described: Due to the abundance of carrion and frequent watering places...