BOTD: Maleo
^Image credit: Ariafrahman, Wikipedia
Maleo (Macrocephalon maleo)
The Maleo lays eggs, about five times the size of a domestic chicken, in a deep hole in sand on the island of Sulawesi. After hatching, the young birds dig their way up through the sand, and are immediately able to fly and feed themselves, being completely self-sufficient only hours after hatching. The hot sand acts as an incubator for the eggs.
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May I present today's daily bird.
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Stay warm as we get closer to the colder months, everyone!
Image from joe.co.uk
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Today's sketch is a study of a classical chimera, but the lion part is a pigeon, and also the goat part is a pigeon, and would you believe it the snake tail is also a pigeon
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found out today an allegedly accessible entrance was not in fact, accessible, and this is my proposition to fix it. I call it the Grian of ADA Compliance.
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A watercolour painting of a crimson-horned pheasant, made by an unknown artist from India, in the late 1700s. Currently in the collections of the Philadelphia Museum of Art.
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BOTD: Great Frigatebird
^Image credit: Charles J. Sharp
Great Frigatebird (Fregata minor)
Known for the male's 'inflatable' gular sac during the breeding season, Great Frigatebirds begin calling from inside the egg a few days before they hatch. After fledging, which occurs after four to six months, the fledgling chicks continue to receive care from their parents for 120-428 days; they have the longest post-fledging parental care period of any bird.
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