Save the Sparrow, our age-old friend!
World Sparrow Day was designated to raise awareness of the sparrow population disappearing at an alarming rate in spite of the bird being the most widespread wild bird on earth.
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birds
Boss birds
Some birds are even cooler than others, in terms of their awesome style statements, antics and plain strangeness.
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Parrot feathers contain an anti-bacterial pigment
Psittacofulvins, a pigment that only parrots are known to produce, give the birds’ feathers their red, yellow and green colouration.
Read MoreThe view of a bird
Sitting on a branch an old bird thought,
About the doings of this soulless world:
In this jungle of concrete
There are trees very few,
To the esteem of the forest there is no clue.
What a wonderful world!
What a complex, delightful, surprisingly magical world we are blessed to be a part of. How lucky we are to be sharing space with gazillions of flying ornaments, such as this Blue-tailed Bee-eater Merops philippinus.
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