Bald Eagle – Alaska Originally uploaded by Creativity+ Timothy K Hamilton A bird of prey. The National Bird of the United States of America. I chose the bald eagle for today’s bird of the day because it is the 2008 election day. We MUST move forward from the past eight years and today will be [...]

The first known bird was the Archaeopteryx which lived about 150-155 million years ago in the late Jurassic Period. It was found in 1861, helping fuel the evolution discussion. It lived in what is now Germany and was similar in the size and shape of a medium-sized bird but it could get up to 1.6 [...]

Ok, so today’s bird was picked for me. It is the “Secretary Bird” also known as Sagittarius serpentarius. It is from Africa. Someone found this very interesting bird on flickr and we didn’t know what kind of bird it was, so we started an internet hunt. He thought it was a member of the raptor [...]

A bird of prey, similar to the families of hawks, eagles and vultures this bird falls into the “raptors” category. But according to Wikipedia this classification is being investigated. These birds like the warm tropical climates (notice a pattern?). They like to snack on apple snails. Anyone know what an apple snail is? Just kidding, [...]