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Winged Wonders; Birds and cranes and hawks Oh My
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Welcome too the first of my many zoos I have this will have many birds including eagles, flamingoes, and peacocks.

Lets start with the African Fish Eagle.

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Although its named a fish eagle its actually not. Its a sea eagle.

This one is walking by a pile of fish.

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The African Fish Eagle is a large bird however the females are typically the larger gender. This one is eating maybe fish?

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Here is another African Fish or rather Sea Eagle. It's also eating fish.

This species is still quite common near freshwater lakes, reservoirs, or rivers, although they can sometimes be found near the coast at the mouths of rivers or lagoons. As their name implies, African Fish Eagles are indigenous to Africa, ranging over most of continental Africa south of the southern-most edge of the Sahara Desert.

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Here is some more fish Eagles. They are also eating.

Breeding season for African Fish Eagles is during the dry season, when water levels are low. African Fish Eagles are believed to mate for life, and pairs will often maintain two or more nests, which they will frequently re-use. Because nests are re-used and built upon over the years the nests can grow to be quite large, some reaching 2m (six feet) across and 1.2 m (4 feet) deep. The nests are placed in a large tree and built mostly of sticks and other pieces of wood.

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Here is an African Spoonbill

The African Spoonbill (Platalea alba) is a wading bird of the ibis and spoonbill family Threskiornithidae. This species is a widespread resident across Africa and Madagascar.

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Here is another Spoonbill scratching too groom itself.

The African Spoonbill occurs in marshy wetlands with some open shallow water, nesting in colonies in trees or reedbeds. It does not usually share colonies with storks or herons. Usually two to four eggs are laid.

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Here is another African Spoonbill drinking from a water dish.

The African Spoonbill is almost unmistakable through most of its range. The breeding bird is all white except for its red legs and face and long grey spatulate bill. It has no crest, unlike the Common Spoonbill. Immature birds lack the red face and have a yellow bill. Unlike herons, spoonbills fly with their necks outstretched.

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Here is another African Spoonbill eating insects.

This spoonbill feeds on various fish, frogs and other water creatures.

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Here is a Chilean Flamingo in the flowers.

It occurs in temperate South America and is introduced into Germany and the Netherlands (colony on the border, Zwilbrockervenn) . Like all flamingos it lays a single chalky white egg on a mud mound.

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Here is a Chilean Flamingo walking.

The plumage is pinker than the slightly larger Greater Flamingo, but less so than Caribbean Flamingo.

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Here is a Chilean Flamingo singing.

It can be differentiated from these species by its greyish legs with pink "knees", and also by the larger amount of black on the bill (more than half).

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Here is a male peacock showing off its feathers.

Peafowl are most notable for the male's extravagant display feathers which, despite actually growing from their back, are known as a 'tail' or train. This train is in reality not the tail but the enormously elongated upper tail coverts. The tail itself is brown and short as in the peahen. The colours result from the micro-structure of the feathers and the resulting optical phenomena.The ornate train is believed to be the result of female sexual selection as males raised the feathers into a fan and quiver it as part of courtship display. Many studies have suggested that the quality of train is an honest signal of the condition of males and that peahens select males on the basis of their plumage. More recent studies however, suggest that other cues may be involved in mate selection by peahens.

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Here iss another male peacock. Its seen from the side.

In the Middle Ages, the flesh of the Indian Peafowl was highly prestigious and believed to be imperishable. Thanks to its reputation of being immortal it was also a symbol of the Catholic church. Though its meat is tough and not well-suited for consumption, it was prized due to being a luxury and often domesticated for human consumption by the medieval nobility and was often served at banquets as a subtlety. This was usually done by skinning the bird, cooking, grinding up and seasoning the flesh, and then redressing it in its own plumage and serving it in a lifelike pose by bracing it with wooden struts. It was also common to discard the meat and stuff the colorful plumage with the meat of tastier domestic fowl such as goose or chicken to please and entertain diners.

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Here is several male peacocks in an area.

Indian Peafowl can be companion animals but there may be problems with dogs, cats and other pets. They may roam, roost or mess on adjoining property. Peafowl have been called "urban guard dogs" because their distinctive cries can act as a warning of approaching people. Several British stately homes keep peafowl in the grounds.

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Here is a male peacock in a tree.

The American television network NBC has used three variations of a rainbow peacock logo since 1956.

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Wow look at this Peahen coming down from a tree.

In the local folktales of India the peacock has a special place. A Punjabi folktale tells of a Queen requesting her husband not to hunt peacocks, saying that the peacock is her brother.

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Here is another Peahen you can see from the side that it lacks the colorful plummage of the males.

The species is found in dry semi-desert grasslands, scrub and deciduous forests. It forages and nests on the ground but roosts on top of trees. It eats seeds, insects, fruits, small mammals and reptiles.

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Here is a baby Indian Peacock.

Indian Peafowl lay a clutch of 4-8 eggs which take 28 days to hatch. The eggs are light brown and are laid every other day usually in the afternoon. The male does not assist with the rearing, and is polygamous with up to six hens.

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Here is another baby by a watering dish.

The Indian Peafowl can hybridise with the closely related Green Peafowl, Pavo muticus, in captivity and creates offspring called "Spauldings" or "Spaldings". The original "Spalding" was a hybrid between a female of the Black-Shouldered mutation of the Indian Peafowl, with a male of the nominate Java subspecies of the Green Peafowl, though some believe it was really a cross between a Black-Shouldered male with a Green Peafowl hen of the subspecies imperator.

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Here is an Elegant Crested Tinamou in the brush.

The Elegant Crested Tinamou, Eudromia elegans, is a medium-sized tinamou, up to 41cm long.

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Here is another Elegant Crested Tinamou. Its drinking water.

Although this species is heavily hunted for food and sport, the Elegant Crested Tinamou is not uncommon and has a large range. It is evaluated as Least Concern of the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species.

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Here is another Elegant Crested Tinamou walking as we can see the pattern of its feathers.

The Elegant Crested Tinamou is found in the lowland dry shrubland and habitats of subtropical/ tropical regions of southern Chile and north-west, central and southern Argentina. It may also be found in high altitude shrubland habitats at altitude 2,500 m.

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Here is several Elegant Crested Tinamou.

The species is a dark or yellowish brown partridge-like bird with a short tail and wings, two white stripes on each side of its face and a long crest with an upward pointed tip. The feet have no hind toes and the bluish or greyish legs are short and strong, as they are highly terrestrial bird.

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Here is a rather fast Elegant Crested Tinamou running.

The diet consists mainly of seeds, leaves, fruits and insects.

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Here comes a golden eagle flying right towards us.

The Golden Eagle (Aquila chrysaetos) is one of the best known birds of prey in the Northern Hemisphere.

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Here is a Golden Eagle searcching for something.

Like all eagles, it belongs to the family Accipitridae. Once widespread across the Holarctic, it has disappeared from many of the more heavily populated areas.

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Here is a Golden Eagle by a fence.


It has a wingspan averaging over 2 m (7 ft) and up to 1 m (3 ft) in body length.

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Here we can see a rather good shot of a Golden Eagle in flight.


Adult Golden Eagles range considerably in size. The largest subspecies are among the largest eagles of the genus Aquila. Most subspecies of Golden Eagle vary in the range from 66 to 100 cm (26–40 in), wingspan can range from 150 to 240 cm (59–95 in), and weight is from 2.5 to 7 kg (5.5–15.5 lb).

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Here is a golden Eagle maybe going too rest in a nest.

As with many Falconiformes, females are considerably larger than males, in the case of the Golden Eagle they weigh one-fourth to one-third again as much as male birds.

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Look there is another Golden Eagle in flight.

Golden eagle prey includes marmots, hares and mice, and sometimes birds, martens, foxes, young deer, and livestock including lambs and young goats.

This is the end of part 1. Part 2 is coming soon
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Welcome back too Winged Wonders. There have been many new animals including Emu's and Flamingoes.

Lets go see the Grey Crowned Crane.

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Look at its beautiful crown.

The Grey Crowned Crane (Balearica regulorum) is a bird in the crane family Gruidae. It occurs in dry savannah in Africa south of the Sahara, although it nests in somewhat wetter habitats.

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Look at all of these birds eating tthis beef.

The Grey Crowned Crane is about 1 m (3.3 ft) tall and weighs 3.5 kg (7.7 lbs). Its body plumage is mainly grey. The wings are also predominantly white, but contain feathers with a range of colours. The head has a crown of stiff golden feathers. The sides of the face are white, and there is a bright red inflatable throat pouch. The bill is relatively short and grey, and the legs are black. The sexes are similar, although males tend to be slightly larger. Young birds are greyer than adults, with a feathered buff face. Like all cranes, it feeds on insects, reptiles and small mammals.


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Hey look a baby.

The nest is a platform of grass and other plants in tall wetland vegetation. The Grey Crowned Crane lays a clutch of 2-5 eggs. Incubation is performed by both Genders and lasts 28-31 days. Chicks fledge at 56-100 days.

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Look at it fly.

This species and the closely related Black Crowned Crane are the only cranes that can roost in trees, because of a long hind toe that can grasp branches. This habit, amongst other things, is a reason why the relatively small Balearica cranes are believed to closely resemble the ancestral members of the Gruidae.

look its the Northern Crested Caracara

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There is several in here

The Northern Caracara or Northern Crested Caracara (Caracara cheriway or Caracara planus), called Audubon's Caracara in former times, is a bird of prey in the family Falconidae. It was formerly considered conspecific with the Southern Caracara (C. plancus) and the extinct Guadalupe Caracara (C. lutosus) as "Crested Caracara" - a name still commonly used for the Northern Caracara.As its relatives, the Northern Caracara was formerly placed in the genus Polyborus. Unlike the Falco falcons in the same family, the caracaras are not fast-flying aerial hunters, but are rather sluggish and often scavengers.

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Look at it's wingspan.

The Northern Caracara is a resident breeder in northern South America and most of Central America, just reaching the southernmost parts of the USA, including Florida, where it is resident but listed as threatened. South of the US border, it is a commonly seen large raptor.

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There is another flying.

This is a bird of open country, which nests in a tree like palmetto or cactus or on the ground, laying 2 to 4 pinky-brown eggs with darker blotches and they are incubated for around 28 days. It is 58 cm (23 in) long with a 125 cm (4 ft) wingspan. Individuals have also been observed both in the air and on the ground in urban areas near nature reserves.

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The Northern Caracara is omnivorous, and will eat reptiles, amphibians and other small animals as well as carrion. This bird is the national bird of Mexico, though many mistakenly believe it to be the Golden Eagle.

Lets go see a rather large bird. It's The Emu

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Look its calling too another bird

The Emu, Dromaius novaehollandiae, is the largest bird native to Australia and the only extant member of the genus Dromaius. It is also the second-largest extant bird in the world by height, after its ratite relative, the ostrich.

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Emus live in most habitats across Australia, although they are most common in areas of sclerophyll forest and savanna woodland, and least common in populated and very arid areas. Emus are largely solitary, and while they can form enormous flocks, this is an atypical social behaviour that arises from the common need to move towards food sources. Emus have been shown to travel long distances to reach abundant feeding areas. In Western Australia, Emu movements follow a distinct seasonal pattern — north in summer and south in winter. On the east coast their wanderings do not appear to follow a pattern.[16] Emus are also able to swim when necessary. Though an emu will be cautious when approaching civilisation, emus are well known for approaching small groups of humans in the wild when prompted by food, infact even if the food is not offered to them they can be rather persistant in helping themselves.

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The soft-feathered, brown, flightless birds reach up to 2 m (6.5 ft) in height. The Emu is common over most of mainland Australia, although it avoids heavily populated areas, dense forest and arid areas. Emus can travel great distances at a fast, economical trot and, if necessary, can sprint at 50 km/h (30 mph) for some distance at a time.They are opportunistically nomadic and may travel long distances to find food; they feed on a variety of plants and insects.

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The Emu subspecies that previously inhabited Tasmania became extinct after the European settlement of Australia in 1788; and the distribution of the mainland subspecies has been influenced by human activities. Once common on the east coast, Emu are now uncommon; by contrast, the development of agriculture and the provision of water for stock in the interior of the continent have increased the range of the Emu in arid regions. Emus are farmed for their meat, oil and leather.

Emus form breeding pairs during the summer months of December and January, and may remain together for about five months. Mating occurs in the cooler months of May and June. During the breeding season, males experience hormonal changes, including an increase in luteinizing hormone and testosterone levels, and their testicles double in size. Males lose their appetite and construct a rough nest in a semi-sheltered hollow on the ground from bark, grass, sticks and leaves. The pair mates every day or two, and every second or third day the female lays one of an average of 11 (and as many as 20) very large, thick-shelled, dark-green eggs. The eggs are on average 134 x 89 millimeters (5.3 x 3.5 inches) and weigh between 700 and 900 grams (1.5–2 pounds), which is roughly equivalent to 10–12 chicken eggs in volume and weight. The first verified occurrence of genetically identical avian twins was demonstrated in the Emu.

Let's go see The Gray Winged Trumpeter

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Look its walking wonder where it's going.

The Grey-winged Trumpeter (Psophia crepitans) is a member of a small family of birds, the Psophiidae, which occur only in the Amazon basin in tropical South America. There are three trumpeter species, all in the genus Psophia, the other two being the Pale-winged Trumpeter and the Dark-winged Trumpeter.

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Look its eating apples.

The Grey-winged Trumpeter is found north of the Amazon River in Ecuador, Colombia, Venezuela, Brazil and northeastern Peru.

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Look a baby!

This is a guineafowl-like bird with a long neck and legs, and short yellow chicken-like bill. It is 48-56 cm long and 1.3 kg in weight. The soft plumage is mainly black, but the feathers of the inner wing are grey.

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Look the baby is eating apples.

These are gregarious forest birds which nest in hollow trees, laying 3-4 white eggs that are incubated by all members of a group of five or more birds. When not breeding, the flocks may number 50 or more. Their food is insects and fruit, picked off the ground. They are weak fliers, and will run by preference.

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Look it's flying.

The Grey-winged Trumpeter's song is a low humming, but its call, as its name suggests, is a very loud JEEK or honking TZAAK. This bird is kept as a pet by Amerindians, since it is easily tamed, hunts snakes, and is a very efficient sentinel, with its unmissable alarm call.

Look The Great Blue Heron

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Look its resting.

The Great Blue Heron , Ardea herodias, is a wading bird in the heron family Ardeidae, common over most of North and Central America as well as the West Indies and the Galápagos Islands, except for the far north and deserts and high mountains where there is no water for it to feed in. It is an extremely rare vagrant to Europe, with records from Spain, the Azores and England.

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Look there is 2 Great Blue herons.

The Great Blue Heron is found throughout most of North America, including Alaska, British Columbia, Quebec, New Brunswick and Nova Scotia. The range extends south through Florida, Mexico and the Caribbean to South America. Great Blue Herons can be found in a range of habitats, in fresh and saltwater marshes, mangrove swamps, flooded meadows, lake edges, or shorelines, but they always live near bodies of water. Generally, they nest in trees or bushes near a body of water.

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The primary food for Great Blue Heron is small fish, though they are also known to eat shellfish, insects, rodents, amphibians, reptiles, and small birds.[4] It is generally a solitary feeder. Individuals usually forage while standing in water, but will also forage in fields or drop from the air, or a perch, into water. As large wading birds, Great Blue Herons are able to feed in deeper waters, and thus are able to exploit a niche not open to most other heron species.

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It feeds in shallow water or at the water's edge during both the night and the day, but especially around dawn and dusk. Herons locate their food by sight and generally swallow it whole. Herons have been known to choke on prey that is too large. It uses its long legs to wade through shallow water, and spears fish or frogs with its long, sharp bill.

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Birds east of the Rocky Mountains in the northern part of their range are migratory and winter in Central America or northern South America. From the southern United States southwards, and on the Pacific coast, they are year-round residents. However their hardiness is such that individuals often remain through cold northern winters, as well.

It has been recorded as a vagrant in Greenland, Hawaii, and the Azores.

Lets go see some flamingoes

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Look its drinking.

The Greater Flamingo is the most widespread species of the flamingo family. It is found in parts of Africa, southwest Asia, southern Asia and southern Europe. Some populations are short distance migrants, and records north of the breeding range are relatively frequent; however, given the species' popularity in captivity whether these are truly wild individuals is a matter of some debate. A single bird was seen on North Keeling Island in 1988. Greater flamingo is the state bird of Gujarat, India.

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Look itss calling too someone.

This is the largest species of flamingo, averaging 110-150 cm (43-60 in) tall and weighing 2-4 kg (4.4-8.8 lbs). The largest male flamingoes have been recorded at up to 187 cm (74 in) tall and 4.5 kg (10 lbs).[1]. It is closely related to the American Flamingo and Chilean Flamingo, with which it is has sometimes been considered conspecific, but that treatment is now widely (e.g. by the American and British Ornithologists' Union) as incorrect and based on a lack of evidence.

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Hey look its The Greater Flamingo.

Like all flamingos, this species lays a single chalky-white egg on a mud mound.

Most of the plumage is pinkish-white, but the wing coverts are red and the primary and secondary flight feathers are black.

The bill is pink with a restricted black tip, and the legs are entirely pink. The call is a goose-like honking.

We're almost done so lets go too the other side of the exhibit.

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Look its in the water.

The oldest known greater flamingo, a resident of the Adelaide Zoo in Australia, is at least 75 years old. The bird's exact age is not known; however, he was already a mature adult when he arrived in Adelaide in 1933.

Expect parts 3 and four next month. then I'll do more including Beautiful Birds and Feathered Frenzy.

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Here is winged Wonders 3. If either BB or FF is released this month there will be Peace for Penguins 2 aka winged Wonders 4 on or around christmas. Also in around 2 weeks I'll be doing Mexican marvels. I can't do the whole pack as there is several glitches for me and I don't have MM. However I'm asking one of my best buds too do the rest and they will be shown on our new site. Which should be up soon. P.S. Yes this is early consider it a present and Merry christmas, Happy Hanukkah and Kwanzaa. However you celebrate celebrate. I'm hoping too get MM and EA for christmas so Yay me. Also the 19th is my 17th birthday so Yippee Kyay I'm a happy graphic designer that day.

Welcome back too Winged Wonders. We have several new editions would you like too see them if so scroll down.

Lets go see the Andean Geese.

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Look at this wonderful bird maybe going too get a drink. The Andean Goose, Chloephaga melanoptera, is a member of the duck, goose and swan family Anatidae. It is in the shelduck subfamily Tadorninae.

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Hey look this run is resting. It is resident around lakes and marshes in the high Andes, usually well above 3000 m. It is largely terrestrial and avoids swimming except in emergencies.

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Hey look this bird is pruning its feathers. This is a heavily built bird with a tiny pink bill, and white plumage except for black in the wings and tail. The female is similar to the male, but is smaller.

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This bird is flying down from its perch. The Andean Goose is a grazing species, eating grasses.

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Look its another lovely bird. its coming toward us. It is territorial in the breeding season, but otherwise forms small flocks.

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Hey look its a baby Andaen Goose.

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Hey its walking away from us. But look up there on the perch.


The Andean Goose nests on the ground in a bare scrape near water, laying 6-10 eggs.

Hey you want too see the new arabian Partridge. I just recently got this. It turns out I didn't have all the arabian packs.

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Isn't this bird pretty look its coming towards us.

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Hey look this bird is sleeping.

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Hey isn't this bird pretty its very high up too.

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Hey look he's coming down.

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Hey look at this very pretty baby.

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The Green Peafowl, Pavo muticus is a large Galliform bird that is found in the tropical forests of Southeast Asia.

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Hey look another Green Peafowl.

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Hey look its a very pretty Houbara Bustard. The Houbara Bustard, Chlamydotis undulata, is a large bird in the bustard family.

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Hey look its another Houbara Bustard its sleeping. The Asian former subspecies C. u. macqueenii has now been split as a full species, Macqueen's Bustard, Chlamydotis macqueenii. These two species are the only members of the Chlamydotis genus.

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Hey look its an adult and child. Like other bustards, this species has a flamboyant display raising the white feathers of the head and throat and withdrawing the head.

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Hey look another bird. The Houbara Bustard is widely prized in Arabia for its meat and as a quarry for falconers. Widespread hunting and loss of habitat have greatly reduced numbers.

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Look its a Houbara Bustard eating. This species is omnivorous, taking seeds, insects and other small creatures.

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Hey look its another one coming down from its roosting spot. The Houbara Bustard breeds in deserts and other very arid sandy areas and is largely resident in its range. The dividing line between the two Chlamydotis species is the Sinai peninsula.

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Hey look its a baby. The Houbara Bustard is 60 cm long with an 140 cm wingspan. It is brown above and white below, with a black stripe down the sides of its neck. In flight, the long wings show large areas of black and brown on the flight feathers. It is slightly smaller and darker than Macqueen's Bustard. The sexes are similar, but the female is smaller and greyer above.

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Hey look at this pretty bird sleeping on this rail. A major conservation and breeding project is based near Agadir, Morocco. The International Foundation for Conservation and Development of Wildlife is a not-for-profit foundation funded by Saudi crown prince Sultan bin Abdul Aziz Al Saud. The project breeds Houbaras using artificial insemination, and the offspring are released to the wild.

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Hey look its the ostrich exhibit. The ostrich is a large flightless bird native to Africa and formerly the Middle East. It is the only living species of its family, Struthionidae, and its genus, Struthio.

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Hey look at this Ostrich showing off. The diet of the ostrich mainly consists of plant matter, though it eats insects. It lives in nomadic groups which contain between five and 50 birds. When threatened, the ostrich will either hide itself by lying flat against the ground, or will run away. If cornered, it can cause injury and death with a kick from its powerful legs. Mating patterns differ by geographical region, but territorial males fight for a harem of two to seven females.

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Hey look another 2 ostriches. The ostrich is farmed around the world, particularly for its feathers, which are decorative and are also used for feather dusters. Its skin is used for leather and its meat marketed commercially.

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Hey look at this group of ostriches. It is distinctive in its appearance, with a long neck and legs and the ability to run at speeds of about 46 mph, the top land speed of any bird. The ostrich is the largest living species of bird and lays the largest egg of any bird species.

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Hey look its a baby. The earliest fossil of ostrich-like birds is the Central European Palaeotis from the Middle Eocene, a middle-sized flightless bird that was originally believed to be a bustard. Apart from this enigmatic bird, the fossil record of the ostriches continues with several species of the modern genus Struthio which are known from the Early Miocene onwards. While the relationship of the African species is comparatively straightforward, a large number of Asian species of ostrich have been described from very fragmentary remains, and their interrelationships and how they relate to the African ostriches is very confusing. In China, ostriches are known to have become extinct only around or even after the end of the last ice age.

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Hey look its a secretary bird. The Secretary Bird, Sagittarius serpentarius, is a large, mostly terrestrial bird of prey.

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Hey look this bird running. Although a member of the order Accipitriformes, which also includes many other diurnal raptors such as kites, buzzards, vultures, and harriers, it is so distinctive that it was given its own family, Sagittariidae.

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Hey look at this beautiful bird in its nest. It enjoys a certain fame in Africa, specifically Sudan and South Africa, serving as a prominent emblem on both nations' coats of arms.

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Hey look at it its flying. The Secretary Bird is largely terrestrial, hunting its prey on foot, and other than the caracara, is the only bird of prey to do so habitually. Adults hunt in pairs and sometimes as loose familial flocks, stalking through the habitat with long strides. Prey consists of insects, small mammals, lizards, snakes, young birds, bird eggs, and sometimes dead animals killed in brush fires. Larger herbivores are not hunted, although there are some reports of Secretary Birds killing young gazelles.

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Hey look at this baby. Isn't it gorgeous.

Young are fed liquefied and regurgitated insects directly by the male or female parent and are eventually weaned to small mammals and reptile fragments regurgitated onto the nest itself. The above foodstuffs are originally stored in the crop of the adults.

Secretary Birds have two distinct feeding strategies that are both executed on land. They can either catch prey by chasing it and striking with the bill, or stamping on prey until it is rendered stunned or unconscious enough to swallow. Studies of this latter strategy have helped construct the possible feeding mechanisms employed by dinosaur-like 'terror birds' that once walked the earth five million years ago.

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hey look at this baby and adult.The babies are rather small. In Sudan, It is featured in the middle white strip of the Presidential Flag; it is the main object on the Presidential Seal, and features heavily in Sudanese military insignia. The Secretary Bird on the Presidential Flag and Seal has its head turned to the right, with its distinctive crest clearly visible and its wings spread out with a white banner between its outstretched wings reading "Victory is Ours".

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Hey look its flying right towards us. The Spanish Imperial Eagle, Iberian Imperial Eagle or Adalbert's Eagle, is closely related to the Eastern Imperial Eagle. It occurs only in South and West of Spain, Portugal and possibly northern Morocco.

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Hey look its taking off. Until recently , the Spanish Imperial Eagle was considered to be a subspecies of the Imperial Eagle, but is now widely regarded as being a separate species due to differences in morphology, ecology, and molecular characteristics.

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Hey look its flying. The Spanish Imperial Eagle is smaller, 5.5-7.7 lbs and 30-33 in long, and darker than its oriental cousin, and it is a resident species.

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Hey look at it resting. This eagle feeds mainly on rabbits, but it can predate over many other animals, like rodents, hares, pigeons, crows, ducks and foxes.

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Hey look at it standing. The species is classified as Vulnerable. Threats include loss of habitat and illegal poisoning. There has also been a decline in the Spanish rabbit population, as a result of myxomatosis and other viral illnesses. The current population is estimated at less than 500.

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Hey look at it flying. The Superb Lyrebird is a pheasant-sized songbird, approximately 100cm long, with brown upper body plumage, grayish-brown below, rounded wings and strong legs. It is the longest and third heaviest of all songbirds.

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Hey look at it flying. The polygamous male is the bearer of the most elegant of all tails. The tail has sixteen feathers, with the two outermost being lyre-shaped. Next within are two guard plumes and twelve long, lace-like feathers, known as filamentaries. Seven years is required for the tail to fully develop. During courtship display, the tail is fanned forward beyond his head to form a silvery white canopy.

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Hey look at this wonderful bird showing off its feathers. An Australian endemic, the Superb Lyrebird is distributed in the forest of southeastern Australia, from southern Victoria to southeastern Queensland. The diet consists mainly of small animals found on forest floor or from rotting logs.

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Hey look at all the newly hatches birds. Widespread and common throughout its large range, the Superb Lyrebird is evaluated as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species.

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Over here you can see our final exhibit the Willow Ptarmigan. The willow grouse or willow ptarmigan, Lagopus lagopus, is a medium-sized gamebird in the grouse family. It is a sedentary species, breeding in birch and other forests and tundra across northern Eurasia, and in Alaska and northern Canada. It is the state bird of Alaska. During the last ice age, the species occurred in continental Europe.

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This wondeful bird is drinking. The spring male is brown above with a reddish neck and white wings and underparts. The female is similar, but lacks the pure white belly. In winter, both sexes' plumages become completely white except that the tail is black. They can be distinguished from the winter Ptarmigan by habitat, larger size, thicker bill, and lack of black between the eye and bill in the winter male.

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Here is another pretty bird. The distinctive British subspecies, the red grouse has sometimes been considered a separate species. It is a moorland bird, and is basically reddish brown in all plumages, never going white.

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Here you can see the wondeful bird looking at something. These are hardy vegetarian birds, but insects are also taken by the developing young.

Well thats it for now next time you will be seeing a lot of Penguins and soon Mexican Marvels. Peace out!
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You should put where you got the downloads at the end
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I would but man I have been too 20 or so download sites. If someone asks I'll look but only if they ask.
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