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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.
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.
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 ...
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 ...
White-throated dipper (C. cinclus). Dippers are small, chunky, stout, short-tailed, short-winged, strong-legged birds. The different species are generally dark brown (sometimes nearly black), or brown and white in colour, apart from the rufous-throated dipper, which is brown with a reddish-brown throat patch.
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.
In a given location it is common for different species to do their dawn singing at different times. In some territories where bird life is extensive and birds are vocal, the sound of a dawn chorus may make it difficult for humans to sleep in the early morning. [1] [2] [3]
Talk frequently to your parrot, greet it each morning, and explain what you are doing. When you hand them a pice of fruit, tell them what fruit it is. When it's time for bed, wish them a goodnight.