I found this bird on the front porch a few days ago. After doing some searching i found out that it was a Dark Eyed Junco. I assumed the bird had hit the window because half an hour before I heard a bang at the porch window. The bird looked injured so I brought it…
Category: Birds
The Snowy Owl
This is a Snowy Owl and they are most commonly found in Northern Canada, United States, and all across Antarctica. Snowy Owls mainly eat tiny rodents like lemmings and mice. They can eat 3-4 ounces a day, or 7-12 mice. Snowy Owls can get a body length of 21-25 in, an average weight of 4-5…
41 new little lives
These are the new little baby chicks we got yesterday! There are 41 chicks in all, separately there is 30 little chickens and 11 turkeys. We are planning to make a chicken tractor for them when spring comes. Chicken tractors are used to concentrate on certain spot on your land to fertilize.
The Egyptian Vulture
This friendly vulture is called the Egyptian Vulture and it has three different subspecies. The percnopterus can have a wingspan of up to 19 to 21 inches and is the subspecies that is most wide spread through Central Africa and in parts of Asia. The ginginianus can get to a length (from the very tip…
The Shoe Billed Stork
This is a creature called the Shoe Billed Stork also known as the Whale Billed Stork. This massive bird can get to heights of 110 to 140cm and weigh about 12 to 15kg and a wing span of around 230 to 260cm. The main defining feature on them isn’t their rather non colourful feathers, not…