Owls cannot swivel their eyes.
Instead, they have extra vertebrae in their necks to allow their heads to turn further. They can turn their head around to see straight behind them. Owls live on every
Instead, they have extra vertebrae in their necks to allow their heads to turn further. They can turn their head around to see straight behind them. Owls live on every
often take the longest to hatch. Emu chicks, for example, take 60 days to hatch. Small songbirds take just 2 weeks.
It measures 7″ x 5″ and weighs 3 pounds. However, the biggest egg for the size of the mother is laid by the kiwi and is a third of the
can hold up to 2.5 gallons of water at a time. The beak will shrink to squeeze out the water before the pelican swallows its food.
https://youtu.be/_eUaDoJquKA This is a recording of a webinar presented by Delaware-Otsego Audubon Society (DOAS) on January 20, 2023. DOAS Board Director, Landa Palmer. presents “Puffin and Bird Adventures, An Evening
is the whistling swan, with up to 25,000 feathers. Hummingbirds, on the other hand, are so small that they have fewer than 1,000.
is the bee hummingbird. Its egg is just under 0.5″ x 0.25″ and weighs a mere 0.02 oz.
DOAS offers nature camp sessions for children entering grades1 through 6.
that birds evolved from dinosaurs during the Mesozoic Era about 150 million years ago.
is a sport that was developed more than 4,000 years ago in eastern and central Asia. Birds were used because they could kill animals beyond the range of a hunter’s
Carbon emissions from your lifestyle choices, from transportation to diet, impact the climate. This is a global problem, but you can be a part of the solution.
We send a very special Thank You to Barry and Sue Stevens, formerly from the Wild Birds Unlimited store in Johnson City. 2023 Raffle Information Win a Camera or BinocularsThree
are killed by cats in the continental U.S. each year. Please keep your cats indoors!
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