Category Archives: Birding
Songbirds Taste Sweet
Hummingbirds don’t visit feeders to quench a thirst. They have a taste for sweetness, like us, although different receptors on their tongues (T1R1 + T1R3). Now, we learn that songbirds taste it too. Several avian ancestors emerging in Australia 30 … Continue reading
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Tagged Hummingbird feeder, Sweet tooth, umami receptor
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Hummingbirds
Two species of hummingbird Continue reading
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Tagged Ruby-throated hummingbird, White-necked Jacobin Hummingbird
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On Islands. #2 Skomer in Wild Wales
Camping on Skomer Island in 1968 Continue reading
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Tagged Skomer island, The Lion in Winter
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Black Vulture
Black and Turkey Vultures in Virginia Continue reading
American Goldfinch
American goldfinch Continue reading
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Tagged American Goldfinch, Charm of goldfinches
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Roger musing about Peace with Nature 