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A grey heron in delta-wing posture, facing the Sun. Sunning or basking, sometimes also known as sunbathing, is a thermoregulatory or comfort behaviour used by humans, animals, especially birds, reptiles, and insects, to help raise their body temperature, reduce the energy needed for temperature maintenance or to provide comfort.
A drinking bird, also known as the dunking bird, drinky bird, water bird, and dipping bird, [1] [2] [3] is a toy heat engine that mimics the motions of a bird drinking from a water source. They are sometimes incorrectly considered examples of a perpetual motion device.
This bird engages in extra-pair copulations during pre-dawn and early morning hours. Some animals engage in matutinal searching flights to find mates early in the morning. It is thought that this is adaptive because it increases the chance of finding mates, and reduces competition for mates (i.e., by flying directly to a potential mate before ...
Birds also bathe in water or dust themselves. While some birds dip into shallow water, more aerial species may make aerial dips into water and arboreal species often make use of dew or rain that collect on leaves. Birds of arid regions make use of loose soil to dust-bathe.
These birds create whirlpools by spinning in small, rapid circles. Then they feed on the small insects and crustaceans that rise to the surface. Gender roles are also somewhat unusual within this ...
In the midafternoon, there is a dip when the body temperature decreases for a short period of time before rising again until peaking in the evening. It then begins to fall in the early night ...
Avian foraging refers to the range of activities and behaviours exhibited by birds in their quest for food. In addition to their unique body adaptations, birds have a range of described behaviours that differ from the foraging behaviours of other animal groups. According to the foraging habitat, birds may be grouped into foraging guilds ...
We’ve reached the delightful time of year in Indiana when you can open your windows at night, and awaken to a chorus of birdsong in the morning.