Tag: corvid
Beaks, Bills and bird noses
Beaks, bills, bird noses—whatever you call them—they are important to every bird.1 They are full of live tissues, regenerating after the billing (a puffin’s form of kissing / affection), bill-wiping, eating, and defending their young. The tips of bird beaks grow constantly due to the continually wear and tear. Some bird’s beaks even grow [...]
Posted: March 31st, 2009 under Atlantic Puffin, Horned Puffin, Puffin, Puffins, Tufted Puffin, affection, beaks, bill-wiping, billing, bird, bird noses, choughs, colorful, common merganser, corvid, corvidae, eating, growing, mating, molting, nares, nostrils, operculum, outer sheath, protective nostril flap, rhmaphotheca, ruddy duck, seasonal color change, tips, toucan.
Tags: affection, Atlantic Puffin, beaks, bill-wiping, billing, bills, bird noses, choughs, colorful, common merganser, corvid, defending, eating, growing, Horned Puffin, kissing, mating, molt, nares, nostrils, operculum, outer sheath, protective nostril flap, Puffins, rhamphotheca, ruddy duck, seasonal color change, seasonally, tips, toucan, Tufted Puffin
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White-Billed Crow (bird a day)
The White-billed crow can only be found in central part of the Solomon Islands. They are officially called Corvus woodfordi. It is a stocky short bird who prefers the forest. It has a squared off tail and a big head. It has a distinct deep and curved pale ivory colored bill with a darker tip, [...]
Posted: November 6th, 2008 under A Bird A Day, Corvus Woodfordi, Solomon Islands, White-billed crow, omnivorous.
Tags: bird a day, bird daily, bird of the day, corvid, corvus, Corvus Woodfordi, crow, crow with white and black crow, daily bird, day bird, Solomon Islands, White-billed crow, whitebilled crow
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Common Raven
Common Raven
Originally uploaded by quasimodo4502
What a beautiful bird this is, isn’t it? He looks like he has a helmet, almost, doesn’t he? This was taken by Quasimodo4502 at Golden Gate Park. You can see the original photograph on Flickr. =)
I decided since it is Halloween, I would tell you a bit about the raven. =)
Did [...]
Posted: October 31st, 2008 under Birds, Blackbird, Common Raven, Halloween, Northern Raven, birdie, birdy, flickr, omnivorous, photography.
Tags: bird, black bird, Common Raven, corvid, corvidae, edgar allen poe, Halloween, Northern Raven, omnivorous, poe, Poe's the Raven, poem, raven, The Raven poem
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