Gouldian Finch chicks are born
with phosphorescent beads around their mouths which glow in the dark.
This helps their parent’s to feed them in the pitch black.
Tag: birds
Did you know they make their nests from spider webs??
We Finally Know How Birds Can See Earth’s Magnetic Field
A special eye protein is helping birds to “see” Earth’s magnetic field! If that’s not cool, I don’t know what is.
The ability to see Earth’s magnetic field, known as
magnetoreception, relies on the presence of specifically the blue
wavelength of light. The complex process involves “radical” intermediate
molecules which are sensitive to Earth’s magnetic field. The Earth’s
magnetic field, as it relates to the direction the bird is facing, could
alter the intermediate radical molecules differently, giving the bird a
sense for where it is facing in relation to the Earth’s magnetic field.
While
the exact way birds visualize Earth’s magnetic field is part of further
investigation, scientists believe the Cry4 protein acts as sort of a
filter over the bird’s vision. This filter would allow birds to see a
sort of compass of the Earth and direct their migratory flights
accordingly.
Source: Forbes
Feathers of the
spot-bellied eagle-owl (Bubo nipalensis)
appearing as though marked with black hearts. Photo credit:
meagletrainer.
An owl’s ear.
Hummingbird nest. I wouldn’t have found it but I scared the mom off the nest while pruning the blackberries.
Grecia the Toucan was brought to a Costa Rican animal hospital in
January 2015. He was missing the top half of his beak after being
brutally attacked by a group of young boys. After news of this cruel
attack on such a beautiful, innocent, animal gained widespread
attention, a number of 3D printing companies were eager to create a prosthetic beak for Grecia which was paid for by donations from the generous public.
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