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Birdwatching
Birdwatching is a very popular hobby around the world. Finding and identifying all the different species is a challenge. If you enjoy learning the feeding, nesting, and mating habits of birds, this is the category to watch!
1,175 Questions
What are the main differences between a Crane and a heron?
Unlike the similar-looking but unrelated herons, cranes fly with necks outstretched, not pulled back.
They are not closely related and come in different Orders.
Is the California condor worth saving from the endangered list?
I don't really know how I feel too much on this topic, but I did put some facts together for you in favor of letting the species go extinct. Here they are---
California Condors are amazing birds but they're also one of the most expensive birds too. The US. Fish and Wild Life service spends $900,000 a year on condor preservation, it's estimated that $40 million has been spent to save the species. That's a lot of money to be spent on one species alone. There are known to be only 322 living condors today, including the 172 living in the wild.
Also, one must understand that these birds have been around for more than 10,000 years, flying all over North America during the Paleolithic era, (entire population became smaller to what it is today during the last ice age ,btw). These are massive birds that use to eat the carrion of large animals, such as mammoths. Maybe this species should be allowed to go extinct, let natural selection take its coarse. (?) who knows. That is what was going to happen in 1987 when there were only 23 condors left until in 1991 when captive breeding was put into action for the condors.
I think it would be really sad if the California condor went extinct, but my opinion is different than yours, I don't know if the condor is really worth saving but then again every life should be valued, even if it does eat dead flesh :)
(PS. sorry if I didn't make sense in giving a direct answer, I can never choose just one stance)
(Note: Condors aren't just dying from not enough food to sustain their large bodies, they're also the victims of poaching, egg collecting, habitat destruction, and even lead poisoning)
What do the beaks or bills of five different birds from the specific perspective of?
feeding strategies
What is the difference between a goose and a Canada goose not the white ones in either case?
There are very many species of geese and even more domesticated forms/breeds of geese, so eaxctly what you mean is not clear. Geese as a whole are divided into two families - grey and black - Latin names anser and branta. There are also some distantly related birds called sheldgeese, plus the cereopsis - from a variety of genera. Canada geese are a branta species, domesticated geese are anser.
How would you know if a bird is having a baby?
Birds lay eggs, they do not have a baby. A bird may lay eggs and sit on them but unless there is a male with her, they are not fertilized and will not hatch.
What Types of birds are called little brown jobs?
There are many different small birds, mostly passerine (related to Sparrows) which look very similar, mostly brownish. Birdwatchers find them difficult to identify so they may be know as Little Brown Birds (or little brown jobs).
Why does the Mama robin eat the baby birds dropping while in the nest?
It helps give her energy, and keeps the smell from giving away the nest's location.
How old are mallards when they can live on there own?
Mallards are capable of foraging for themselves as soon as they leave the nest. At about four months they are able to take care of themselves in the wild, but often remain with their mother for up to a year, especially in populations that do not migrate.
sounds like a goldfinch
The (Eurasian) Swift, Apus apus.
it is the American Gold Finch. coincidentally enough this birds is purely vegetarian
How long baby blackbirds till leave nest?
Blackbirds just born will be able to leave the nest at about 14 days. They will flutter close by remaining in cover and usually be able to fly within a week.
If a bird egg is in the cold for a long time then it warms up Will it turn into a bird and hatch?
What is a long time? Eggs that are to be artificially incubated are usually stored at 5-7C (40-45F) - this is OK for at least 10 days. Many gallinaceous birds lay clutches of 10-20 eggs and they incubate only when all are laid. The eggs are left at ambient temperature for as long as 3 weeks and they will hatch fine. Very few birds start incubating from the first egg. Some eggs may chill for periods of days during incubation with no ill-effect. One example is storm petrel eggs. This is believed to have evolved in response to the possibility of storms at sea keeping birds from the nest for extended periods.
How long after eggs hatch do babies leave nest?
# it takes about 1-2months for a baby bird leaves its nest.
Why are some birds more successful in getting seeds from birds nest than others?
Some birds are more intelligent then others.
The siblings in a birds nest are called a brood, and when a bird sits on her nest it is called brooding.
