A beautiful bird is the only kind we cage
A beautiful bird is the only kind we cage.
A Chinese proverb
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Blue Jay
The Blue Jay (Cyanocitta cristata) is a passerine bird, and a member of the family Corvidae native to North America. It belongs to the “blue” or American jays, which are, among the Corvidae, not closely related to other jays.
Blue Jays have strong black bills used for cracking nuts, and acorns and for eating corn. They also eat grains and seeds in addition to insects such as beetles, grasshoppers, and caterpillars.
Identification Tips:
• Length: 10 inches
• Black sturdy bill
• Blue crest and upperparts
• Black eyeline and breastband
• Grayish-white throat and underparts
• Bright blue wings with black bars and white patches
• Long blue tail with black bars and white corners
• Dark legs
• Migrates during the day in small flocks
Originally a wild bird of the woods, the jay was canny enough to adapt itself to civilization, and nowadays it often builds its nest close to man, even in our gardens.
Range: The United States and southern Canada, chiefly east of the Great Plains; partially migratory.
Winter: The blue jay is an attractive winter bird. He fits well into the wintry scenery: bright, clear sky, and the blue shadows on the snow.
Enemies: Jays are subject to attack from the smaller, quick-moving hawks but appear in the main to be able to protect themselves.
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We think caged birds sing…
We think caged birds sing, when indeed they cry.
A John Webster quotation
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Little Auk
The Little Auk, or Dovekie (Alle alle), is a small auk, the only member of the genus Alle. It breeds on islands in the high Arctic. This is the only Atlantic auk of its size, half the size of the Atlantic Puffin.
Identification Tips:
• Length: 6.75 inches, 12-13 in wingspan
• Sexes similar, short, dark bill
• Immature like basic-plumaged adult
• Very small alcid that dives for food from water surface
• White edges to scapulars
• Thin, white trailing edge to secondaries
• Pelagic bird only coming ashore to breed
Adult alternate
• Blackish head, neck, back, wings, and tail
• White breast, belly, and undertail coverts
Adult basic
• White throat and upper breast
• Whitish crescent on side of neck
• Dark face
The flight is direct, with fast whirring wing beats due to the short wings. These birds forage for food like other auks by swimming underwater. They mainly eat crustaceans, especially copepods, but also other small invertebrates along with small fish. Little Auks produce lots of twitters and cackling calls at the breeding colonies, but are silent at sea.
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A believer is a bird in a cage…
A believer is a bird in a cage, a freethinker is an eagle parting the clouds with tireless wing.
A Robert Green Ingersoll quotation
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The Turkey Vulture is a scavenger and feeds almost exclusively on carrion.[4] It finds its meals using its keen vision and sense of smell, flying low enough to detect the gasses produced by the beginnings of the process of decay in dead animals.
Identification Tips:
• Length: 25 inches Wingspan: 72 inches
• Sexes similar, long and rounded tail
• Very large, broad-winged, soaring bird
• Longish, hooked bill, short, thick legs
• Holds wings in a dihedral angle while soaring and gliding
• Spends most time soaring, infrequent flaps are slow and laborious
• Small, unfeathered head
• Plumage dark brown except for paler flight feathers, appearing black and gray
• Immature like adult
Adult:
• Red head
• Yellowish bill
• Reddish legs
The Turkey Vulture, Cathartes aura, also known in some North American regions as the Turkey Buzzard or “buzzard”, is a bird found throughout most of the Americas. One of three species in the genus Cathartes, in the family Cathartidae.
It nests in caves, hollow trees, or thickets, each year generally raising two chicks, which it feeds by regurgitation. It has very few natural predators. In the USA, the vulture receives legal protection under the Migratory Bird Treaty Act of 1918.
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It is the beautiful bird which gets caged
It is the beautiful bird which gets caged.
An old Chinese proverb
Anhinga
Anhinga
The Anhinga (Anhinga anhinga), sometimes called Snakebird, Darter, American Darter, or Water Turkey, is a water bird of the warmer parts of North America and South America. The word “anhinga” comes from the Brazilian Tupi language and means devil bird or snake bird.
Identification Tips:
* Length: 28 inches Wingspan: 47 inches
* Large, dark waterbird with long, loosely-jointed tail
* Very long, thin neck
* Long, pointed bill
* Often perches with wings spread to dry them
* Often swims with just head and neck above surface
* May soar for extended periods, like a hawk
Adult male:
* Black head, neck and body with white plumes and edgings on wing coverts
Adult female:
* Tan head and neck
* Black body with white plumes and edgings on wing coverts
Similar species:
Cormorants have hooked bills, and shorter tails and necks.
The anhinga is a water bird surely enough, but “I could never see any resemblance to a turkey, and I can not understand how this name happened to be applied to it.” The name “darter” or “snake bird,” both of which are descriptive, seem much more appropriate.
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A forest bird never wants a cage
A forest bird never wants a cage
A Henrik Ibsen quotation
Acorn Woodpecker
This bird (Melanerpes formicivorus) is a medium-sized bird about 8 inches long with an average weight of 85 g. The adult has a black head, back, wings and tail, white forehead, throat, belly and rump. The eyes are white. The adult male has a red cap starting at the forehead, whereas females have a black area between the forehead and the cap. The white neck, throat and forehead patches are distinctive identifiers.
The breeding habitat is forested areas with oaks in the hills of coastal California and the southwestern United States south to Colombia. This species may occur at low elevations in the north of its range, but rarely below 1000 meters in Central America, and it breeds up to the timberline.
As their name implies, they depend heavily on acorns for food. In some parts of their range (e.g., California), groups create granaries or “acorn trees” by drilling holes in dead trees, dead branches, and wooden buildings. They then collect acorns and find a hole that is just the right size for the acorn. In addition to acorns they can also be seen sallying from tree limbs to catch insects, eating fruit and seeds, and drilling holes to drink sap.
This bird is a permanent resident throughout its range. They may relocate to another area if acorns are not readily available. It is sedentary and very sociable.
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