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Blue Jay
1 minuteNo comments on Blue JayBlue Jay In the fall, blue jays hide acorns to eat during the winter. A blue jay can carry five acorns at a time. It can hold three inside its throat in a special pouch. At the same time, it carries a fourth acorn in its mouth and a fifth one with the tip of…
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Bird Fact
1 minuteMound nests also help protect chicks and eggs from predation. The Males usually build the nests and the females will wait until the nest has begun to warm before laying. The Source: Page #7 Ornithology #18 Life Cycle: Nests
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Flight
1 minuteFlight Of course, feathers are also used for flying! Different feathers do different jobs when it comes to flight. Some provide lift or direction, while others smooth the airflow over the bird. The Source: Page #10 Ornithology #19 Feathers: Feathered Friends
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Bird Fact
1 minuteFeathered Friends Every feathered animal alive today is a bird. ALL birds have feathers, although the dinosaurs did too. The Sorrce: Page #2 Ornithology #19 Feathers: Feathered Friends
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Bird Fact
1 minutePatterns may also help birds recognise their own eggs. Where birds nest in large colonies, a distinctive pattern may help them find their own eggs. Some eggs even change color during incubation, such as those of the great crested grebe, whose eggs start off blue and then become brown with exposure to the nest. The…
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Bird Fact ALL About The Cup Nest’s
Cup nests are as they sound—little cups built to hold the eggs. These nests are built by the birds themselves, usually from a mixture of grass, mud, twigs, spider web and the bird’s own saliva. Barn swallows in a cup nest attached to the side of a house. The Source: Page #4 and #5Ornithology #18…
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Sweden
1 minuteThe Eurasian black bird is the national bird of Sweden. The Black bird became the Swedish national bird as a result of a newspaper poll in 1962. Of course in Sweden, they don’t call it a black bird, but it is known as a Koltrast. The Source Page #2 Birds in Sweden
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Bird Fact
1 minutePassive Soaring The primary feathers on passive soaring birds have long primaries and shorter wings. These feathers spread out wide, creating a “slot” between the feathers. This allows the bird to catch thermals and soar on the rising hot air. This reduces the need to flap and use energy. Hawks, vultures, pelicans, storks and eagles…
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Flightless Bird’s
1 minuteFlightless Birds There are over 60 species of the flightless bird’s alive at the start of the 21st century. These bird’s have a small or missing keel, replaced by a flat breastbone more like a person’s. Ratites are a type of bird that has a completely flat sternum and no keel shaping at ALL. This…
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Bird Fact
1 minuteA Vane a vane), made of three bones. These are the humerus, the ulna and the radius. The humerus meets the rest of the body at the shoulder. The Source Page 5 Ornithology #11 Flight Fact about me â–ª Radius is one of the bones in your lower armâ–ª The elbow is at the top…
