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Hooks on Beaks – Intelligent Design III

Another interesting aspect to Intelligent Design in bird morphology is the appearance of hooks at end of particular species of birds and what they are used for. As is the case of meat eating raptors, which have a small hook on their upper mandible for tearing their prey into swallowable pieces because they lack teeth to chew their prey. You […]

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The Last Post 2025 – Australian Magpie Family

With Christmas gone and the New Year looming, it is time to play the last post for 2025, and what better way than to have a family tribute to my local Australian Magpie family who frequent my birdbaths to wash, drink, cook off and sing to me in beautiful melodious dual noted caroling. Father, mother and this Spring’s juvenile offspring. […]

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Summer Babies Everywhere – In The ‘Nasho’

Taking a quiet walk in my local Nasho park, It was interesting that most of the birds I saw on the walk were juvenile, or at least they were being guarded by very invested parents. But before my visit I watched our two juvenile back yard Crested Pigeon as they rested together on the rooftop, which was their favorite place […]