birds

En art per månad har presenterats och eftersom några fåglar återkommit två gånger är det sammanlagda antalet 136 arter. Samtliga inspelningar har gjorts av Sten Wahlström som också svarat för presentationerna tillsammans med Bengt Emil Johnson. Vi tackar alla lyssnare som genom åren hört av sig med kommentarer, frågor och intressanta observationer!
Från mars 1998 har vi lagt ut ljud, bilder och texter, som du finner här nedan.

Quoted: Månadens P2-fågel med fågelläten - ljudarkiv

We saw a flock of these "crater birds" flying above the Fern Grotto on Kauai. They are striking because of their very long slender tail feathers, their pure-white coloring, and their swooping/gliding flight. They also were making staccato chirping sounds.

I will be in this exact region in a few days -- looks like I won't be eating chicken. On a related note, I went to a travel medicine clinic yesterday to get immunized. The doctor gave me tons of health-related information about India but neglected to mention the bird flu outbreak. Their databases don't get updated as fast as they should.

Quoted: India's battle against its worst-ever outbreak of bird flu suffered a new blow Thursday as rain forced a halt to culling in West Bengal, an official said.

this makes me happy

My new favorite bird if only for the name alone.

click to play

She sings and dances to the Back Street Boys. This is a riot!

Quoted: This is a video of a medium sulphur crested Eleanora cockatoo named Snowball living at the Bird Lovers Only Rescue in Schererville, Indiana. Snowball loves t...

Quoted: Snowball is a medium sulphur crested Eleanora cockatoo and he loves to dance and sing. He loves the Back Street Boys. No one taught Snowball to dance...he just heard this song and suddenly felt like dancing. We're all jealous because he can outdance each one of us...nobody likes a show off! When he's really in the mood, he dances and sings. And at the end of the performance he takes a bow or two or twenty!! Enjoy the show.

All you ever wanted to know about duck dicks...

"Some ducks grow phalluses as long as their entire body. In the fall, the genitalia will disappear, only to reappear next spring."

But, wait, it gets better:

"To test her hypothesis, Dr. Brennan plans to team up with a biomechanics expert to build a transparent model of a female duck. She wants to see exactly what a duck phallus does during mating."

Inflatable love ducks?

Amazing! How it manages to mimic photo-shutters and chainsaws(!) is simply beyond me.