Archive for the 'Bird' Category
Friday, November 21st, 2008
I found this news in the Yahoo news… very interesting!
WELLINGTON, New Zealand – Researchers studying a rare and endangered species of penguin have uncovered a previously unknown species that disappeared about 500 years ago.
The research suggests that the first humans in New Zealand hunted the newly found Waitaha penguin to extinction by 1500, about 250 [...]
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Saturday, October 25th, 2008
Masakambing (Abbott’s) yellow-crested cockatoo, Cacatua sulphurea abbotti at Sukun tree.
Image: Indonesian Parrot Project, summer 2008.
I had the most fascinating telephone discussion with Bonnie Zimmermann, Vice President of the Indonesian Parrot Project, about the recent reported rediscovery of several individuals of the rarest cockatoo in the world. This species, known as the Masakambing (Abbott’s) yellow-crested cockatoo, [...]
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Monday, August 18th, 2008
This afternoon, I decide to take another egg from my ducorps cockatoo and put it into my brinsea incubator. I am not sure how the result will be, but hopefully It is success.
In the meantime, I put some grass into the nestbox. this is because I observed that there are no more nesting material left [...]
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Friday, March 14th, 2008
Believe it or not, there is evidence that the birds of the world today actually evolved from the dinosaurs.
Birds and dinosaurs go together?
The birds are said to have come from the group of Maniraptora. These are theropods which include oviraptorids and dromaesaurs.
This theory was further supported by the fact that a discovery in China showed [...]
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Thursday, February 7th, 2008
NST, 5 Feb 2008
ALOR GAJAH: A duck that refuses to die after having its throat slit twice has become the talk of Masjid Tanah here.
Bahari Ali, 44, said he slit its throat about 7.45am on Sunday, but found it alive hours later.
The poultry farmer said the duck’s throat had nearly been severed, but it was [...]
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Tuesday, December 25th, 2007
By Sugita Katyal
The Star, 12 Dec 2007
NUSA DUA, Indonesia (Reuters) - Antarctica’s penguin population has slumped because of global warming as melting ice has destroyed nesting sites and reduced their sources of food, a WWF report said on Tuesday.
The Antarctic Peninsula is warming five times faster than the average in the rest of the world, [...]
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Saturday, October 20th, 2007
Today I make some observation about my breeding pair of my Ducorps cockatoo. Well, it is a good news actually.
I saw the female outside the nestbox. at first I am a bit worried that they will left the nestbox. However, I found that the male is actually incubating the egg while the female is outside. [...]
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Friday, October 19th, 2007
Last Wednesday night, I check the ducorps cockatoo again… Seem like no luck for me..
The Female come out from the nestbox to take her treat… normally she will go back after eating. however, this time I saw her playing around for some times and not rush back to her nest box like few days back. [...]
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Friday, October 12th, 2007
Last night the female come out for about 5 minutes to eat the long bean, carrot and apple that I provide for them.
Since it is a bit dark, I cannot see her feather clearly. however, I can see some stain at her chest and also her right wings.. I am worried if their eggs cracked. [...]
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Wednesday, October 3rd, 2007
Last night when I give food to the toos, the female is not coming out from the nest box and keep on sitting on her eggs. The male perch in front of the entrant and do come down to take the corn on cob that I give them..
in the dawn, I check it again and [...]
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