W hen the humming- birds hover over the flowers to suck their nectar, their wings have to flap as fast as 50 times per second to maintain their posi- tion. The beating of their wings at such a speed produces a faint humming sound. That is why these birds …
Continue ReadingThe fossil record ofnarly bird is very incomplete, because their bones are so fragile and don't fossilize well. Since feathers don't fossilize very well either, no one realy knows what these extinct birds lokked like. Modern reconstructions are, there…
Continue ReadingYes, indeed! It is not wings, or beaks, or the ability to lay eggs that makeva bird. Some mammals lay eggs, and have beaks (like the duck-billed platypus), and some others can fly (like the bat). Reptiles like snake and crocodiles also lay eggs. However, it i…
Continue ReadingT his bones is called a wish bone because of an old tradition in Western countries. If two people find a wish bone when they are dining, they pull on each side of it. When it breaks, the one who gets the larger part is supposed to have a wish granted.
Continue ReadingA bout 9,000 different species of birds exist today in our world. They come it all size, forms, and colours. There are brightly coloured parrots and macaws in tropical America, and large cassowaries that cannot fly in Australia. Tiny warblers and sparrows ar…
Continue ReadingA bird is such a common sight that you may not have thought of asking yourself this question! A bird is a warm-blooded vertebrate (an animal with a backbone) belongs to the class Aves, which has feathers to keep itself warm. It walks on its hind leags. Its …
Continue ReadingIn India, they are the most common birds. Since they don’t have colourful feathers or melodious voices, they are rarely appreciated, and most often, are shooed away or ignored. Therefore, most people do not realize that the noisy and bright-eyed common …
Continue ReadingMigration usually is a result of the seasonal scarcity of food. To deal with this, birds migrate to places which have ample food to last them one season, after which they are back again to their homeland. Migration is also affected by wind and oceans currents…
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