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1 Madagascar Squacco or Pond Heron
Rare winter vagrant. Occurs only in non-breeding plumage, differing from (2) in much darker brown upperparts, neck streaks broader and bolder; in flight these contrast strongly with white wings. Bill greenish with black tip and cul-men. Recorded occasionally in eastern Zimbabwe, possibly more frequent in Mozambique; regular in east Africa. 47 cm Read the rest of this entry »
HERONS
Herons, including egrets and bitterns, are water-associated birds with long bills and necks and long legs. When breeding, many species have long, filamentous plumes on their backs or lower breast, or on both, while others have more or less permanent long plumes on their napes. Read the rest of this entry »
The story of the Scottish Fold breed begins in the rugged Perthshire region of Scotland in 1961. William Ross, a shepherd, happened to notice an unusual pure white cat with forward-folded ears on a neighbor’s farm. He and his wife, Maty, were intrigued and were told that the mother had normal ears and the father was unknown. Read the rest of this entry »
CORMORANTS
Waterbirds with webbed feet, long necks and hooked bills. They eat fish and frogs, which they hunt under water, surfacing to swallow their prey. Swim with body partially submerged and habitually stand out of water with wings outspread. Silent birds. Read the rest of this entry »
The American Kennel Club does not allow white German Shepherd Dogs (“GSDs”) to compete in conformation competition even though the color white was one of the original allowed colors. In fact, Max Von Stephanitz, the founder of the breed, was known to have had several white GSDs. Read the rest of this entry »
PELICANS
Huge, white waterbirds with large bodies, short legs with webbed feet, long necks, long bills and a naked distensible pouch beneath the lower mandible. They catch fish by gathering in flocks and driving the shoals into shallow water where they scoop the fish up in their bill-pouches. Walk awkwardly but soar effortlessly, sometimes to great heights. Read the rest of this entry »
GULLS
A well-known group of scavenging shore- and seabirds, most with white underparts and grey or black upperparts. Their tails are rounded or shallowly forked, their bills and feet yellowish or reddish. Gulls do not dive into the water, but pluck offal or refuse from the surface or from land. Flocks utter loud screaming sounds when feeding. Read the rest of this entry »
TROPICBIRDS
Tern-like seabirds with the two central tail feathers elongated into streamers, lacking in immatures. Usually seen singly. The flight is fluttering, interspersed with long glides. Catch fish by plunge-diving from a height of 12-16 m above the sea. Their normal distribution is pan-tropical. Read the rest of this entry »
Large, robust seabirds with long, thick necks and straight, conical bills. The smaller boobies have a tropical distribution, gannets a temperate one. All catch fish by plunge-diving from about 20 m above the sea. Flight stiff-winged with powerful, fairly rapid wing beats, head and neck stretched forward. Read the rest of this entry »
PETRELS, FULMARS, SHEARWATERS AND PRIONS
A large and varied group of long-winged pelagic birds, ranging in size from the small prions (14-20 cm) to the giant petrels, which approach the size of an albatross. They are characterised by a single nasal tube (enclosing both nostrils, which open obliquely or vertically) surmounting the upper mandible, drab plumage colours and a typically stiff-winged mode of flight. All breed on islands in the subantarctic and visit southern African offshore waters mainly during the winter months, when they may be seen foraging for offal around fishing trawlers. Read the rest of this entry »
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