Hey,
I took a picture of these birds on a back road, and I don't know what they are. I think they are quail or pheasants, but I'm not sure. Thanks for the help!
Howls,
Timber Wolf
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That is a Guinea Fowl.
http://www.feathersite.com/Poultry/Guine as/BRKGuineas.html
As the swamp in front of my house in Minnesota springs back to life, I think back to the truly odd history of wildlife in New Zealand.
Completely isolated for eons of time, New Zealand developed a strange ecosystem which went undisturbed by man until the first humans arrived in roughly 1250 AD.
In its pristine state, New Zealand had no land animals save for a tiny bat. Birds dominated the deep rain forests, many of them flightless like the famous kiwi. That's right: no mice, no deer, no rats, no gophers, no woodchucks, none of the critters we see here so often.
New Zealand's only large mammals were marine. Forty species of whale, a dozen types of dolphin, as well as porpoises and seals frolic in the turquoise waters off shore.
To this day, New Zealand has no snakes. Years back, when I asked a class of Kiwi school kids to draw their image of America, one drew a picture of an Air New Zealand jet on the tarmac in the United States with hundreds of snakes slithering below, waiting for the terrified passengers to emerge.
These are my favorite 100 bird photographs I took of 2008. All pictures were taken in various spots in western Pa and north east Ohio. All photos ...
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Birds of Ohio An outstanding field guide that features 342 of the state's most abundant or notable bird species. |
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The birds of Ohio, A complete, scientific and popular description of the 320 species of birds found in the state |
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Quilts of the Ohio Western Reserve This is the year McKinley was elected president (he took office in ), after serving as governor of Ohio for two terms. ... Both quilts have em- broidered pictures of birds, farm animals, plants, leaves, and flowers. |
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Farm journal Ohio. CHICKS— VERY SPECIAL, per I0O. Broiler* Sft.OO. Heavies S7.0O— Our choice breed, icx. AA Grade, Rock*. .... Send for pictures. GAME BIRDS RAISE pheasnnts on SI 00 week plan. Little capital and space can make you Independent. |
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Boys' Life He carried in his mind pictures of the birds seen until he could capture them on paper. When spring came, Audubon went back up the Ohio river, over the mountains and home again to the farm. But he had not come to stay. |
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Warm, sunny weather means return of dragonflies Dragonflies are aerial creatures, shaming even the fastest birds. They can hover like a helicopter and fly in any direction. They have the ability to accelerate very quickly. In addition to their supreme flying abilities, dragonflies have huge compound |
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Airport exhibit helps Columbus art students' spirits soar Senior Molly Bobich has two pictures in the exhibit: a colored pencil drawing of baby birds outside her kitchen window and a black-and-white drawing of her pet rats. "Everyone thought they were hamsters," she said. "They were so cute. |
Overnight arrivals
It is put together by Black Swamp Bird Observatory, US Fish and Wildlife Service (out of Ottawa National Wildlife Refuge), the Ohio Department of Natural Resources, Kaufman Field Guides, and Tropical Birds, a tour company providing boardwalk guides.
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Bowling Green falcons nest expands
"There are only two birds that make a call like that, and I knew it was not a bald eagle." It's not yet clear from where the peregrine parents came. J. Scott Butterworth, wildlife management supervisor with the Ohio Department of Natural Resources'
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Biggest Week in American Birding goes out with a chirp He enjoys taking nature photos, especially birds, he said, but he's not always certain what species they are. "I show them to people and say 'You tell me,'" he said, laughing. Vetters said the area is beautiful, and he plans to return. |