Tucked into the corner of a humble garden shed, a determined North Island brown kiwi had dragged together an eclectic collection of plastic, paper and whatever else he could shuffle into place to fashion a cosy nursery ....
) Stone Age deceased dressed in spectacular feather and fur headgear ...Hawk or eagle feathers, owl feathers and the hairs of small fur animals found around heads indicate that many of the dead wore impressive headdresses.
). A Kawau Island resident recently discovered they had an unexpected, feathered houseguest and he wasn't paying rent ... The reason? An egg, carefully laid by mum and now entrusted, as is kiwi tradition, to dad ... No chicks or juveniles were found ... (noodl.
VANYA Gregor Rohwer slid open a drawer to reveal the rich pink wing of a roseate spoonbill, one of thousands mounted at the Cornell University Museum of Vertebrates. Read full story ... .
The usual suspects would have been white, feathered, and making squawking noises at the scene of the crime as they competed for the spoils ... That may instead have been the work of non-feathered ...
It is that time of year again to think about our feathered friends’ nesting sites. Last Saturday, I saw a male and female bluebird near their own nesting box. I opened the box up and got last year’s nest out for them ... ....