Do you find birds fascinating?... What is your favorite species of bird and why?
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Of course I find birds fascinating....I am an ornithologist and study birds for a living.  Also do a lot of birding on my off time too..love traveling to different states to see all kinds of different species and rarities.  My favorites are two little song birds, Wrentits and the Orange-crowned Warbler. Have studied both species and they have SO much personality!  Definitely very intelligent birds, and both species are rather feisty.  When the Orange crowns get bad or especially territorial they will sort of raise their orange crown as a threat.
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Parrots ARE smarter than doves, but you're right about the muscles being the deciding factor rather than the brain. Given the sounds I've heard coming from both, parrots have more "agile" syrinxes than doves.
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If you like birds, then you are A++ in my book. I am rather partial to the motmots myself.
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I love to have my feet brushed with a feather...so my reaction is...I coo like a lovesick bird!! lol!  ;>)  I also like to have my wife softly brush the bottoms of my feet with a mitt made with love fur!  ohhhh!  I think I will go upstairs right now for a just that...thank you for bringing up the subject!!!  lmfao!
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A strange looking bird is the Pelican,\nIt's beak hold more than it's belican.\nIt can hold in it's beak enough food for a week,\nI'm damned if I know how the Helican.
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Cool question. They are gregarious (like groups) wading birds related to other large wading birds such as \nBoatbills, Shoebills, Hammerkops, storks, ibises and spoonbills.\n\nYou can find the scientific classification and their spot in the bird family tree at the link below!
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What i love about nature is all the creatures, the forests, the CLEANESS, the crisp air in the mountains and the beaches......... my backyard is a half hill, its great theres all the wild flowers growing everywhere it is just pure bliss for me... especially in the summer it is just so beautiful!!! i love EVERYTHING about nature i am a nature freak i hate when i see littering... i just have to take it all in!! and i also just love the sunsets!! my house has a perfect view of sunsets and it is GORGEOUS! theres the pink, red, orange, yellow, and a slight blue
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I liked this quirky little guy in prep school intrigued with animals, reptiles and insects. He would walk around the compound during recess catching lizards and cockroaches, barely socializing with the other kids around him. I liked him tremendously! I know it sounds a tad unlikely considering his 'unusual' pastime. But, when I think about it, I've always been attracted to the unusual...that's just me I guess haha :D
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The Galapagos Islands off the coast of Ecuador ~ I've always been fascinated by them because the oldest tortoises in the world live there, and because they are where Charles Darwin did a lot of studying, leading to his theory of evolution, because of the diversity of the species there :)\n\nhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Galapagos
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I know that dinosaurs are most closely related to birds...but in answering this question i found that birds are reptiles! Who knew? So the answer is yes.
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Birds, Definitely. birds, being warm blooded, are much closer to mammals than amphibians. Amphibians only show the faintest glimmer of an R-Complex, known in your brain as a cerebellum - the reptilian part of the brain. Birds, by contrast, have a highly developed R-complex and even show the beginnings of a cerebrum (the big lumpy part of your brain that handles all that rational though stuff). Can you imagine a frog or a salamander uttering, "Polly wants a cracker?" >:)
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Tigers, they are so beautiful and unique.  Graceful yet powerful.  It really takes my breath away when I see one even if it's just on the TV.  They are endangered too and it's my dream to someday work with one of their conservation programmes.
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Would you like to listen to some Brazilian birds,whilst you wait for the American ones,Mac?\n\nThese whistles are used by bird watchers.The site is in Portuguese,but the language of the birds is universal...;)\n\nEnjoy,dear Sir!:)\n\nP.S.(Could my answer be without a P.S.??:p) They are made near where I live now,it's a traditional factory.
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Oh, yea.  White bird...one of my favs...
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My favorite is the cow, more specifically, the fillet Mignon.\n\nI have eaten, rabbit, cow, deer, elk, pig, duck, goose, bear, buffalo, gator, chicken, pheasant, and several fish.\n\nI love eating animals! Provides plenty of protein for my body and brain.
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Hope you get unbored, I am never bored, life is not boring, just look around, take a walk, watch the birds and other animals, are they bored? Have fun! God Bless!
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A wonderful bird is the pelican,\nIts beak can hold more than its belly can.\n\n:)