Danielle had just moved into her new home when all of a sudden, a wild magpie landed at her feet. He would follow her around and sit on her knee. Then, he brought his son over. Before long, a big family of 25 magpies were playing in her yard!
VAGRANCY describes when birds veer off-course and continue roving around — potentially indefinitely — in search of others of their kind. It is not uncommon. There are records of albatrosses spending decades living as vagabond singletons in the wrong hemisphere, Dr. Lees said.
“It would be like an elephant walking up out of Africa into Scandinavia,” Mr. Lund said. “Like getting a call that the Rolling Stones are playing in a field behind a warehouse in the next town over.”
Dr. Lees said vagrancy, as a biological mechanism, could help migratory birds expand their ranges, a potential advantage as global warming redraws the contours of suitable habitat. Dr. Farnsworth said, conversely, extreme weather — which is anticipated to grow in frequency and intensity as climate change progresses — can also play a role in displacing birds by hundreds or even thousands of miles.
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This is so fun to watch! Wild birds come and visit, and one parrot even forms a close friendship with the human. ❤
Baby dolphin meets baby whale in Hawaii. (Make sure that sound is turned on for full effect.)
The bearded vulture, or lammergeier, is the king of all vultures when it comes to the strength of its stomach acid - it is the only known vertebrate whose diet consists almost exclusively (up to 90%) of bone, and it can fully digest even large pieces of bone in around 24 hours.
It's also an exceptionally beautiful bird.
Two male frogs vie for a branch. Photographed in the Atlantic Forest, Michelin Reserve, Igrapiúna, Bahia, Brazil.
