Are you following Birdchick's adventures in Panama? She's currently birding at the fabulous Canopy Lodge ("I have died and gone to birder heaven") and she's practically live-blogging as she goes. So far she's seen an amazing variety of tropical birds, including Great Potoo, Red-capped Mannikin (the moonwalking bird) and even Keel-billed Toucans! If you want to follow Birdchick's tropical birding fun, check out her blog and follow her on Twitter.
The crop is a fascinating aspect of avian anatomy, serving as a crucial part of the digestive system in many bird species. This expandable pouch, typically found at the throat, acts as a storage space for food prior to digestion. While most commonly associated with birds, the crop...
We're adding a new bird each day until we reach our 500th Birdorable species! Today's Bonanza bird is the Australian Magpie. Australian Magpies are not closely related to the magpies found in Europe or the Americas. When European naturalists came to settle...
World Parrot Day is celebrated this year on May 31, 2019. The first World Parrot Day was in 2004. The event was initiated by the World Parrot Trust as an opportunity to highlight threats to wild and captive parrots around the...
The American Birding Association (ABA) has selected the Common Loon as its Bird of the Year for 2025. The ABA's Bird of the Year program aims to inspire and educate birding enthusiasts by spotlighting a particular species annually. The program began in 2011 with the
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