Birds

The Snowy Owl is to be honest my favourite animal it obviously a bird a large bird of prey it’s a carnivore snatching small birds and rodents it flaps his/her wings silently unable to be heard from its prey.

Did You Know?
Any owl can do turn its
Head three sixty (360)

The yellow-eyed, black billed white bird is easily recognizable. It is 53-65 cm (20-26 inches) long with a 125-150 cm (50-60 in) wingspan. Also, these birds can weigh anywhere from 1.8-3 kg (3.5-6.6 lbs). The adult male is virtually pure white, but females and young birds have some dark scalloping; the young are heavily barred, and dark spotting may even be predominate. Its thick plumage, heavily-feathered feet, and coloration render the Snowy Owl well adapted for life north of the Arctic Circle.

The Cassowary is the most dangrous bird in the world living in New Guinea as well as queenslands and Australlia and can grow up to 2m tall.

On each foot three large sharp toes are placed the middle having a quite deadly 12cm long spike its kicks could rip open a persons stomach and cause death.

Popularity: 12%

The Coal Tit is a small Bird and has The Coal Tit is 10–11.5 cm in length, and has a distinctive large white nape spot on its black head. The head, throat and neck of the adult are glossy blue-black, setting off the white on the nape and sides of the face; the white tips of the coverts show as a double wing bar. The underparts are white shading through buff to Rufus on the flanks. The bill is black, the legs lead-coloured and irides dark brown.

The young bird is duller than the adult, the black head having no sheen, and the white of the nape and cheeks is tinged with yellow.

The Falcon is a swift fast moving bird of prey it has three large sharp talons on each foot alowing it to clutch and squeze.Adult falcons have thin tapered wings, which enable them to fly at high speed and to change direction rapidly.
Peregrine Falcon is the fastest Falcon its around about the size of a Crow, the Peregrine Falcon breeds in 9 contries.

Feedding on pigeon sized birds and will raley hunt small mammals.

They roost on cliff edges and mountain tops and occasionaly on man made structures.

Did You Know?
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Peregrine Falcons
mate for life unless
there companion
dies.

Knock Knock!
Who’s there?
Polly…
Polly who?
Polly who’s gone mad!

Popularity: 14%

From : www.geocities.com/Heartland/1133/animalpoems/birds.html

Woodpecker, woodpecker,
Peck! Peck! Peck!
Drill with your bill
And bob your neck!

Peck out a hole
In the trunk of a tree.
Peck out a nest
For all to see.

Cling to the wood
With your sharp clawed feet.
Peck through the bark
And find bugs to eat!

Woodpecker, woodpecker,
Peck! Peck! Peck!
Drill with your bill
And bob your neck!

Popularity: 11%

Owls are pale, long-winged, long-legged owls, 33–39 cm in length with an 80–95 cm wingspan. They have an effortless wavering flight as they quarter pastures or similar hunting grounds.
They hunt Rats, Mice, mainly all Rodents, Snakes and other birds.

Did You Know?
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they regurgitate fur
and bones has the
owls stomachs acids
cannot stand the
bones.
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Barn owls are found all through out the uk and are one of the silentest predators, no matter the weather snow, rain, or clear Sky’s Owls fly with perfect accuracy and will 7/10 times get a kill.

The Caribbean flamingo has been breeding in the Galapagos islands. they are also found heading south to other nearby islands of the Caribbean.
They breed near muddy lakes and streams fishing for small pink prawns.

Did You Know?
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All Flamingos start off has white
they get there color from the prawns
in there diet.
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Weight and size:
The Caribbean Flamingo is 120–140 cm in length; males weigh 2.8 kg and females 2.2 kg.

Diet:
prawns, snails and insects. they eat up to 20–35 fish a day.

Popularity: 6%

Wren’s are small fast birds that you can find in your own back garden, Their are over 10 million wren’s in the UK alone!. They have been localized to many towns (even maybe in your area) and are compact with quick reflexes and energy.

The Wren have a beautiful song that is loud and full it has a excellent speed and vibrant tones which can last for 5-6 seconds and can be heard a kilo-meter away!!!.

The number of penguin species has been and still is a matter of debate. The numbers of penguin species listed in the literature vary between 16 and 19 species.

Some sources consider the White-Flippered Penguin a separate species, although today it is generally considered a subspecies of the Little Penguin. Similarly, it is still unclear whether the Royal Penguin is merely a colour morph of the Macaroni penguin. Also possibly eligible to be treated as a separate species is the Northern population of Rockhopper penguins. Although all penguin species are native to the southern hemisphere, they are not, contrary to popular belief, found only in cold climates, such as Antarctica. In fact, only a few species of penguin actually live so far south. Three species live in the tropics; one lives as far north as the Galápagos Islands (the Galápagos Penguin) and will occasionally cross the equator while feeding.