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owls

Owls are one of the only birds who can see the color blue
The burrowing owl will use the abandoned burrows of other animals
The eyes of an owl are one of their best features and make up almost 5% of their body weight
The Great Horned Owl has no sense of smell
Certain species of owls have special feather that allows them to fly silently
Their eyes are held in place by bony structures in the called Sclerotic rings. Because of this, they cannot or move their eyes. In order to look sideways, they need to turn their neck instead. Amazingly, they can turn their neck to extreme degrees – even upside down.

The Nightingale sings much louder and move varied at night, unlike other birds that sing at dawn
A poem written by John Clare in 1832 is done entirely in the nightingale’s lyrics – “Chew chew chee chew chee – chew – cheer cheer cheer…”

A humming bird flaps its wings up to 90 times in one second or over 5000 times a minute
A hummingbird weighs less than a penny
The eyes of hummingbirds are attuned to wavelengths of light outside the visible range that humans see in

Flamingos are grey when they are born
Several hundred to several thousand flamingos are all involved simultaneously with ritualized postures and movements to synchronize breeding
Through slow-motion photography, researchers discovered that these birds pump water through their bills 20 times a second to filter their food which consist of algae, crustaceans and small fish
Flamingos pee on their legs to cool off (unsure)
Flamingos are pink because of the pink pigment in the shrimp and crustaceans that they eat
There are more plastic flamingos than there are real ones

Turkeys can reproduce without having sex. It’s called parthenogenesis
Native Americans didn’t actually eat turkey; killing such a timid bird was thought to indicate laziness
Only male turkeys gobble

Penguins are not found in the North Pole
Penguins are the only vertebrate to breed in the antartic winter
Emperor penguin keep warm by huddling together and performing slow Mexican waves
Male emperor penguin look after and incubate the eggs

Pigeons can be killed by feeding them uncooked rice, either because their stomach cannot handle the carbohydrate or that it swells in their throats and chokes them. There is however, no head popping. thanx 8=o and udaman
Pigeon poo was actually very valuable in 16th century England. Armed guards would protect dovecotes (pigeon houses) to prevent thievery. It was a big source or fertilizer and gunpowder
In World War I and II, pigeons were released from battleships in the event of a U-boat attack
A pigeon named G.I. Joe saved thousands of English soldiers trapped in a town
A pigeon’s navigational system is a mystery, but the Oxford University concluded that they probably use roads and freeways as markers
The pigeon is the only non-mammal to pass the ‘mirror test’ (recognize own reflection) and can also recognise all 26 letters of the English language as well as being able to conceptualise
Reuters, started its European business in 1850 by using 45 trained homing pigeons