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When it comes to impressions, these starlings do a sterling job. The birds’ formation resembles a dolphin being chased by a killer whale with its mouth agape. Amateur photographer Paul McGreevy caught the mesmerising scene at sunset in Gretna Green, Scotland, this week.
Starlings form a dolphin in the dusky sky, 11/19/11
See also: Murmuration of Starlings
Residents in the foothills of the US city of Albuquerque have claimed that giant owls have moved into the area and are snacking on their small cats and dogs.
Albuquerque residents claim giant owls are eating their pets, 11/7/11
A new study puts an end to the longstanding debate about how archaic birds went extinct, suggesting they were virtually wiped out by the same meteorite impact that put an end to dinosaurs 65 million years ago.
For decades, scientists have debated whether birds from the Cretaceous period - which are very different from today's modern bird species -died out slowly or were killed suddenly by the Chicxulub meteorite. The uncertainty was due in part to the fact that very few fossil birds from the end of this era have been discovered.
Primitive birds shared dinosaur fate, 9/21/11
New high-speed videos of hummingbirds overturn nearly two centuries of conventional wisdom on how they drink. Researchers previously thought tube-like channels in their tongues sucked up fluid by capillary action. But the new analysis shows that their tongues actually trap nectar by curling around it.
“The first time I saw these videos, they blew my mind,” said ornithologist Alejandro Rico-Guevara of the University of Connecticut, co-author of a study published May 2 in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. “I had studied the tongue’s structure in detail, but had no idea it could do something like this. We had to create a new model to explain it.”
High-Speed Video Shows How Hummingbirds Really Drink, 5/2/11
Watch Hornby Island Eagles live on webcam
Hornby Island Eagles Live, 2/27/11
Young man rescues baby hummingbird after it was attacked. Watch this lovely video of Bird and Man.
Guy rescues baby hummingbird after it was attacked.
Watch Lala the Panguin go shopping. Lala, the 10 year old King Penguin is so smart - he walks to the fish store with his little backpack to shop for fresh fish every day.
Penguin Goes Shopping
Watch this astonishing aerial display of starlings
10 million Starlings create the most astonishing aerial display in nature
Clicking on the photos will take you to the species entry in the Bird Photo Index, where you will find the scientific name and distribution information. You may also find
additional photos or links to sites with more information about that species.
Osprey, Old World Vultures, Hawks and Eagles of the World
Birds in general are survivalists. They will first choose flight over fight. They instinctively know that fighting is a dangerous endeavor. Whereas flight is avoiding trouble: possible injury or death. Birds have superb reflexes. They teach us awareness and adaptability. Birds represent the air element and are also teachers of proper breathing. Song birds teach us about the healing properties of sound.
Bird Totems: Understanding Bird Medicine
Air Animal Totems have a penchant for assisting us in matters of higher knowledge. Air being the most ethereal of elements, it's understandable that the creatures who inhabit it are able to lend the best understanding of it's invisible ways. Closest to the heavens, air animals are our best allies as they herald our desires to the very gods in the skies.
Air animal totems are also symbols of strength (both physical and mental) and sovereignty. Very important traits, particularly when we are experiencing new transitions or surroundings in our lives.
Air Animal Totems
Soaring to New Heights of Understanding
Birds hold knowledge of speaking with all animals. All feathers relate to human spirit and its innate connection with the Divine. They are the "initiators of air" in opening to realms beyond physical time and space. Psychic perceptions are thus transformed into spiritual intuitions. Air separates Heaven and Earth, thus the birds are the epitome of the flight between spiritual and the physical being. With bird medicine, we learn to use our innate intuitions to ride the currents of life.
Sacred Feathers
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