Unique Cool Birds – My first bird I am going to show you is from Australia, it is called a Masked Lapwing.

The Masked Lapwing gets its name from the bright yellow wattles (the fleshy bit of skin that roosters and turkeys also have) on its face and the ‘lapping’ sound its slow wing beats make.

The Masked Lapwing, also known as a plover, has an eerie call most often heard at night – ‘kekekekekekekek’.

I picked this bird first because I follow a blogger named, aussiebirder

Blogging site link here; Aussiebirder

I love reading is blogs. He is a birder with his wife and he shows the most colorful birds I have ever seen. We have a lot here in the states. But, I think they might have quite a few more over there. Check out his site to see his photos, creative writings and videos of birds from Australia.

These birds coming up next week are from the Mississippi Aquarium, they have an Aviary there, which means all the birds can fly around and swim in the pond, and forage in the grasses. They are not free of course, but they are well fed and taken care of so that they stay healthy and live long lives.

Birds in the wild have more risk of fatality these days with being hit by cars, windmills and bad weather. Migration routes are in danger because of all the light noise at night. The majority of birds fly at night when they migrate and all the lights on the earth make it harder for them to get where they are going.

Last year I noticed a huge decrease in song birds in the area where I live. Which is one of the farthest regions for a lot of birds to migrate. I hope this summer more song birds will come back to my area.

Have a great weekend. 🙂

Unique Cool Birds

Sandra J’s Into the Light Adventures

Sandra J’s Photography & Fine Arts

By Sandra J

New Colorful Birds coming next week. Have a great weekend.

New Colorful Birds

Sandra J’s Into the Light Adventures

Sandra J’s Photography & Fine Arts

By Sandra J

Who Has the Longest Wingspan – well the longest wingspan of all birds goes to the Albatross, a wing span of 12 feet. But they fly over the southern oceans and breed on islands just to the north of the Antarctic Circle. So it is a bird I will probably never see.

So lets look at the birds that I have photographed here in the states. My favorite large bird of all is the White Pelican. It’s wingspan comes in at – drum roll please –

7.5 feet to 11.8 feet

American Eagle 5.5 feet to 8 feet wing span

The Brown Pelican is – 6 to 7 foot span

Great Blue Heron 5.5 to 6.5 feet

Canada Goose 4 to 5 foot span

Wild Turkey has 5 foot span

Great Egret – 4.5 foot wing span

Who Has the Longest Wingspan