There are plenty of famous courtship performances in the bird world; those of the lyrebirds, the birds-of-paradise, the manakins. It would be hard to...
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Here is my contribution to Bird Love Week from the tropics. The Maroon-tailed Parakeet lives in northern South America. In Ecuador it is found...
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Most encounters people have with turkeys either involve a dead, roasted bird on a dinner table or sliced turkey between two pieces of bread....
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The Great Bustard (Otis tarda) is one of the largest flying birds on the planet, topped only by the Kori Bustard (Ardeotis kori) and,...
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The subjects of love, sex and relationships have transfixed people for longer than we can possibly know. The many different ways people carry out...
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Warning, if you can’t tell by the title of the post, it’s going to get a little blue in this post. Most of us...
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Whilst leading a birding tour to Sri Lanka, I spotted a flash of bright white in a lily-choked wetland near Ambalantota in the south-east...
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American Oystercatchers, with their orange, carrot-like bills and piercing cries, are a familiar sight on the east coast of the United States. It is...
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