#Rare Bird

[birdingcheezer]

Well this was an unexpected visitor to the state of Michigan! Western Tananger

[thiscountry]

Rare Pin Tailed Whydah showed up in backyard

[boy-warbler]

Lifer! Bullock's Oriole from yesterday at Grenadier Pond, High Park

[dopescissorscashwagon]

Here’s the RAREST of ALL wading birds in North America, the Reddish Egret (White Morph). This color Morph makes up 20% of the Reddish Egret population.

📸 Daniel Riddle @birdcrazed6

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[haskapberry]

Redraw of a painting by David Sibley!

(I love birds)

[bubu0h]

Rare Bird by spqr

Magpie on tree branch (1900 - 1910) by Ohara Koson

[triumph-of-adaptation]

Rare young black kookaburra spotted in Milton, NSW x

[introvertedswimmer]

Tropical Kingbird

October, 2022

[elijones94]

🦅 The golden eagle, Marahute 🪶🇦🇺

[judgeitbyitscover]

Rare Bird by Maria Mudd Ruth

Cover art by Paul Harris Jones

Mountaineers Book, 2013

Part naturalist detective story, part environmental inquiry, this vibrant narrative celebrates the fascinating world of an endangered seabird that depends on the contested old-growth forests of the Pacific Northwest for its survival.

"This chunky little seabird stole my heart." So confesses Maria Mudd Ruth, a veteran nature writer perfectly happy to be a generalist before getting swept up in the strange story of the marbled murrelet. This curiosity of nature, who flies like a little brown bullet at up to 100 miles an hour and lives most of its life offshore, is seen around land only during breeding season, when the female lays a single egg high on a mossy tree limb in the ancient coastal forest.

Ruth traces reports of the bird back to Captain Cook's ill-fated voyage of discovery on the Pacific Ocean in 1778, and explores the mind-set of 19th- and 20th-century naturalists who--despite their best efforts--failed to piece together clues about the whereabouts of the bird's nest. She takes the reader along on adventurous outings to coastal meadows before dawn, and onto the ocean at midnight to learn firsthand how scientists observe nature. She interviews all the major players in the drama: timber company executives and fishing fleet operators whose businesses are threatened by conservation measures, as well as the so-called cowboy scientists who are devoted to saving the marbled murrelet from extinction. And, ultimately, Ruth conveys her curiosity and passion for this rare bird onto the page for readers to savor.

[aliciavance4228]

Jacobin Pigeons: the birds that wore fur coats before fur coats were even a thing.

[mothraeve]

Visit from beyond (by: Garden of Eve)

A beautiful rare piebald Cardinal came to visit me today. It is said that a visit from a Cardinal is someone who has passed away. I know this must be a visit from my nephew Tobias who recently passed away. He was a deaf and blind wonderful young man who inspired me deeply. He is one in a million like this beautiful cardinal ❤️

[boy-warbler]

Red Phalarope - my second lifer this week! This bird is in non-breeding plumage. That's a mallard in the background for size comparison. Colonel Samuel Smith Park - West side

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[driveitlikesebastianvettelwould]

IM CRYING HE’S SO CUTE THIS IS SO SEB I LOVE HIM