Tag: Pink Bird Weekend

Pink-headed Duck illustrated by Henrik Gorvald

Birds

Where Have You Gone, Rhodonessa caryophyllacea?

September 13, 2014 by Carrie 3 Comments

Extinction is sometimes more confusing than it looks. It is easy to tell when some species become extinct — a Martha or a Lonesome...

Birds

Bubble-gum Pink Legs

May 12, 2013 by Donna 2 Comments

Bubble-gum pink legs. That’s how the limbs of the Black-necked Stilt, Himantopus mexicanus, were first described to me, and that’s what I’m going with for 10,000...

Birds

Pink in Africa

by Adam Riley 1 Comment

Of course Africa could not to be left out of the pink weekend so I have researched all African species whose official or alternative...

Birds

The Bill of the Flamingo

by Jochen 1 Comment

The bill of the Greater Flamingo is a marvel of nature that would make any baleen whale turn pale with envy. Indeed, they are...

Birds

Major Mitchell’s Cockatoos

by Clare M 5 Comments

It’s Mother’s day today in the U.S.A and down here in Australia-actually it will be almost over when you all arise in the U.S.A....

Birding, News

Of Nesting Spoonbills, Nestling Flamingos, Left-the-Nest Shearwaters, and Mystery Gulls

by Meredith Mann No Comments

Pink-footed Shearwater image by Felonious Jive What do all these birds have in common? They’re (at least partially) pink. And they’re making the news,...