Tag: Bird of Prey
Bald Eagle (bird a day)
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 start of [...]
Posted: November 4th, 2008 under A Bird A Day, Bald Eagle, Bird of Prey, Birds, Birds of Prey, Eagle, Raptor, United States, birdie, birdy, omnivorous, opportunistic.
Tags: A Bird A Day, Alaska, Bald Eagle, Bird o' day, Bird of Prey, bird of the day, daily bird, day bird, election 2008, fish, National Bird, opportunistic bird, predatory bird, U.S. National Bird, United States, United States National Bird, vote, voting
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Black Vulture (bird a day)
Eurasian Black Vulture – Aegypius monachus
Originally uploaded by HGHjim
The black vulture is near threatened. Sheesh. Doesn’t it seem like too many birds are near threatened or threatened? It is sad. =( It is also known as the Aegypius monachus, the Eurasian Black Vulture, the Monk Vulture and the Cinereous Vulture.
They are known as Old World [...]
Posted: November 3rd, 2008 under A Bird A Day, Aegypius, Aegypius monachus, Birds of Prey, Cinereous Vulture, Eurasian Black Vulture, Falconiformes, Forest, Greek, Informational, Monk Vulture, Mountains, Old World Vultures, Threatened, etymology, urohydrosis.
Tags: A Bird A Day, Aegypius monachus, avian evolution, bird a day, Bird Evolution, Bird of Prey, bird of the day, Black Vulture, Cinereous Vulture, daily bird, etymology, Eurasian Black Vulture, evolutionary, Falconiformes, Monk Vulture, New World Vultures, Old World Vultures, Old world vultures vs. New world vultures, predatory bird, syrinx, urohydrosis, vulture
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Secretary Bird (bird a day)
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 [...]
Posted: October 26th, 2008 under A Bird A Day, Bird of Prey, Falconiformes, Raptor, Secretary Bird, Sudan.
Tags: A Bird A Day, bird a day, Bird of Prey, birdie, birdy, daily bird, diurnal, Falconiformes, Raptor, sagittarius serpentarius, Secretary Bird, Sudan
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Snail Kite (a bird a day)
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, [...]
Posted: October 21st, 2008 under A Bird A Day, A Supremely Bad Idea, Apple Snails, Bird of Prey, Birds, Snail Kite, Tropics, birdie, birdy, florida.
Tags: A Bird A Day, A Supremely Bad Idea, Apple Snails, Bird of Prey, birdie, Birds, birdy, florida, Luke Dempsey, Raptor, Snail Kite
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