Here are a few brilliant shots shared from the Sunday Meander the Marsh tour:
Friday, June 8, 2012
Wednesday, March 28, 2012
A fun birding site
Just came across this site: http://twofistedbirdwatcher.com
There are all kinds of fun resources on the site for birders--photos, stories, and more.
So if you get a chance, go check it out!
There are all kinds of fun resources on the site for birders--photos, stories, and more.
So if you get a chance, go check it out!
Tuesday, February 28, 2012
Hummingbird Gardens
To learn more about these beautiful birds and how to attract them to your home, click on the following link:
http://www.herbco.com/t-hummingbird-gardens.aspx
http://www.herbco.com/t-hummingbird-gardens.aspx
Monday, February 27, 2012
Did you know?
We came across a video we thought you might enjoy--like them or not, this is an impressive display of nature at its finest. Take a look!
A mystery of nature:
No one knows why they do it. Yet each fall, thousands of starlings dance in the twilight above England and Scotland. The birds gather in shape-shifting flocks called murmurations, having migrated in the millions from Russia and Scandinavia to escape winter’s frigid bite.
Scientists aren’t sure how they do it, either. The starlings' murmurations are manifestations of swarm intelligence, which in
different contexts is practised by schools of fish, swarms of bees and colonies of ants. As far as I am aware, even complex algorithmic models haven’t yet explained the starlings’ aerobatics, which rely on the tiny birds' quicksilver reaction time of under 100 milliseconds to avoid aerial collisions—and predators—in the giant flock.
Two young ladies were out for a late afternoon canoe ride and fortunately one of them remembered to bring her video camera. What they saw was a wonderful murmuration display, caught in the short video whose URL is below. Watch the variation of colour and intensity of the patterns that the birds make in close proximity to one other.
Click on the following link to watch this phenomenon:
http://vimeo.com/31158841
A mystery of nature:
No one knows why they do it. Yet each fall, thousands of starlings dance in the twilight above England and Scotland. The birds gather in shape-shifting flocks called murmurations, having migrated in the millions from Russia and Scandinavia to escape winter’s frigid bite.
Scientists aren’t sure how they do it, either. The starlings' murmurations are manifestations of swarm intelligence, which in
different contexts is practised by schools of fish, swarms of bees and colonies of ants. As far as I am aware, even complex algorithmic models haven’t yet explained the starlings’ aerobatics, which rely on the tiny birds' quicksilver reaction time of under 100 milliseconds to avoid aerial collisions—and predators—in the giant flock.
Two young ladies were out for a late afternoon canoe ride and fortunately one of them remembered to bring her video camera. What they saw was a wonderful murmuration display, caught in the short video whose URL is below. Watch the variation of colour and intensity of the patterns that the birds make in close proximity to one other.
Click on the following link to watch this phenomenon:
http://vimeo.com/31158841
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