http://community-2.webtv.net/Velpics/HUM/ Some lucky webizen had a Hummingbird nest near their home. Pictures document the little hummers from eggs to fledglings, with a mind-blowing scale-comparison photo at the end showing the tiny size of these fantastic creatures.
Tag Archives: bird-nerd
Starlings
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WfkexGdmmQk Having lived in a starling-infested neighbourhood, the smell of this street is disgusting to contemplate, but I’ve never seen bird behaviour like this, so the site merits a thumbs-up. Thousands of birds bending a tree under their collective weight. Holy (bird) crap!
Hellio Photo Nature
http://www.hellio.com/ Yes, I realise they’re probably grooming each other for fleas, but damnit, this is cute anyway!
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http://www.devilducky.com/media/46386/ More on David Attenborough later, as I’m busy listening to his Zoo Quest for a Dragon audiobook, but I must link to this fantastic video from his Life of Birds series. This is a lyrebird, second to none as a mimic, even if it involves cribbing from the local humans. Given the sounds it […]
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http://hummingbirdwebsite.com/gallery/castlebury/04.jpg As previously mentioned, I spent the weekend (a holiday one for Canadians, and a birthday one for me in particular) in Ohio visiting my bird-nerd sister, which was lots of fun. The area she’s in is hugely populated by Great Blue Herons; I’d only ever seen one or two before, and at a distance […]
rafcop1976s reviews – StumbleUpon
http://rafcop1976.stumbleupon.com/review/4060615/ Owl+rabbit=n; n=this photo. Thanks to RafCop1976 the bird nerd for this awesome Stumble.
Birds in Flight – Photos by Russ Hansen – Galleries – Large Image
http://www.birdsinflight.net/galleries/gal_2/th/lrg/gal2_6.html Thanks to Patniche for Stumbling this excellent gallery of birds in flight. My sister’s the family bird-nerd (as you can see from her SU page, she has a Kinglet addiction), but I can appreciate the beauty and wonder of “wings that work.” With the symmetry and the flashes of colour, they’re like little flitting […]
kingletss favorite websites – StumbleUpon
http://kinglets.stumbleupon.com/ My sister finally joins the StumbleClan just as she’s leaving for 2 months in the field, working with her precious birds. I suppose we all have our addictions to feed; I’ll spend two months Stumbling, she’ll spend two months sniffing kinglets. To each his own.