13 days ago | By 10,000 Birds
It is hard to imagine any birder not liking woodpeckers - they are the “motherhood and apple pie” of the avian world. So, writing a post about them is easy. Or would be, had I encountered more of them - so far, I have seen only a very small share of the approximately 233 woodpecker species, and got decent photos of an even smaller number - not much more than 10% of all of them.
The Bearded Woodpecker does not really look any more bearded than many other woodpeckers. Still, with many woodpeckers looking pretty similar, it must have been kind of tough to give all of them good names.
“I am...
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The White-gaped Honeyeater - Stomiopera unicolor is common around Broome, but you find them mostly alone and not with others of the same species. They are generally a vocal... Read more ...
As it walks in its marshy habitat, its ungainly stride makes it look as if the bird is limping, hence the common name of Limpkin. Aramus , the genus name, comes from the Greek... Read more ...
Abstract As one of the few animals with variation in the number of rib pairs , the pig is a good model to study the mechanism of RIB regulation. Quantitative trait loci for... Read more ...