Purple Grenadier are small birds but wise and responsible

I like studying about wild life and nature. Today I will share an article about Purple Grenadiers. This bird is a common finch of eastern Africa. The Purple Grenadier weighs approximately 15-16g and 5.25 inches in length. To identify male and female grenadier. The female is smaller and mostly light brown with silvery markings around its eyes. The male is generally violet-blue color with a cinnamon colored head and a red bill. The diet of this bird, they eat small seeds of grasses and small herbaceous plants. The grenadier can be found in Ethiopia, Southern Sudan, Northeast Uganda, Somali, Kenya, and Eastern Tanzania. Wow, this bird is like a real couple in human life. The male usually build nest, the nest mage of grass stems and panicles and usually find in low bushes or trees.

Ask for reproduction, the female usually have 3-5 eggs and she incubate eggs in twelve to fourteen days. The young fledge in about three weeks looking much like dull copies of the female without the breast specking. The sexes can be identify after about three or four months. This species of bird is a common victim of brood parasitism from the straw-tailed Whydah.

Going on a Cruise

Contribution by Kennith Griffin

My family and I are tired of the same old boring family vacation. We have always gone one of two places, the beach or the mountains. Usually we just alternate between the two every year. This year will be different. As a surprise to my oldest daughters that just graduated high school, we are going on a cruise. This is all possible because of the money we saved with Just energy. Our crusie leaves from Miami in 2 weeks. I have got to get to the tanning salon. I can't show up on my cruise looking white as a ghost. My kids are so excited, they have never been on a cruise before. What am I saying, I have never been on a cruise before. I hope that I don't get motion sickness on the cruise. They say the ships are so big that you don't even notice it rocking back and forth like you would on a smaller boat. I hope that is true.

The Green- winged Macaw are the largest Macaw parrots

There are many kinds of Macaw but today I will share an article about Green-winged Macaw. Based on my research it is one of the largest Macaw parrots. It is beautiful in color, very distinguished its own right. It is considered to be one of the most docile Macaws and often referred to as the 'gentle giants.The Green -wing Macaws are usually between 26-39 inches 66-99 cm long including tail. The wingspan about 41 -49 inches which is 104-125 cm. They weigh between 32-60 oz.

Macaws are found from Mexico, through Central and South America and some islands of the Caribbean. This bird live in forests, swampland, open savannas, palm groves and along riverbanks depending on the ability of land and the country in which they are found. To identify the green Macaw, the breast is bright red, but the lower feathers of the wing are green. Further, this bird has characteristic red lines around the eyes formed by rows of tiny one of the biggest differences from a scarlet macaw to the casual viewer. Macaw are very messy eaters, their extremely strong beaks are perfect adapted for eating all sorts of nuts and seeds, as seen in their ability to crack open incredibly hard-shelled nuts such as Brazil nuts with ease.

Music

Guest written by our friend Katie Callahan

I am a bit of a renaissance man when it comes to music. I love anything from classical to hip hop. My new clear internet card allows me to be able to download and listen to music wherever I want. I love Pandora radio. Pandora lets you input a band that you like and it will find other bands for you that are similar. As I have recently taken an interest in indie rock, I discovered an awesome band call "Minus the Bear". It also just so happened that this band was going to be performing in my hometown in several weeks. My friend and I bought tickets and decided to attend the show. This show was epic. Now this band doesn't have a big name that everyone would recognize, but they took the cake. This was quite possible the best concert that I have been to in my life. The venue was not that large either. There were maybe 300 people there. This made for a very intimate experience however and they have become one of my all-time favorite bands.

Heron Gray

I am fascinated to birds of any kind. They look so beautiful and gentle, how I wish I can touch them and pet them with my hand. As an animals they are scared of people as people one of their main prey. I remember when my cousin was young and he used to hit the birds he seen. I hate those kind of attitude or mannerism and I try to stop him but he seems to have an obsession of being mean to birds and other kinds of animals such as rats, reptiles etc. Now, let me talk to you about Heron gray. This creature is a wading bird of the heron family Ardeidae, native throughout temperature in Europe and Asia and also parts of Africa. It is resident in the middle of South and West but many birds retreat in winter from the ice in colder regions. This bird eat whatever the can catch such as fish, arthropods, amphibians, insects, crustacea, and even small mammals. They are not above scavenging and stealing prey caught by other birds. 

As you can see the picture here, the heron gray have long neck, long legs, powerful bills for a long and strong reach. It is such a tall bird with yellow dagger like beak. The upper part is grey, the head and neck is white and has a broad black streak from above the eye through to a long crest. The neck and head are longer than the body. The length is about 98 cm, the wingspan is about 198 cm and the weight is about 1500g. This bird live about 25 years. In Britain, the heron is their tallest bird and one of the most easily recognized. The heron gray, generally nest in colonies, they roost and nest in groups, they hunt alone but when prey is plentiful, they may feed in groups, evenly spaced out. The one do most of the nest construction is the female. The male find and bring nesting materials to the females. After the nest is use they will use them again year after year and so it grows in size until it is several feet across. Both parents share incubation which starts as soon as the first egg is laid.This bird work like human and I am fascinated for them.

Giant Armadillo can reach 130 pounds

When I was in my country Philippines, I never heard about Giant Armadillo as there is no Armadillo live in my country. According to my husband, Armadillo are brought by Mexican people in the United State. When my husband and I go to town, I saw several Armadillo got hit by vehicles and I feel sorry about it. Base on what I saw, Armadillo is covered with flexible armor. They look weird and have a cute mouth and have large powerful claws. I don't know if they are dangerous but when my dog saw an Armadillo she chase them. Now lets talk about Giant Armadillo. The giant Armadillo measure about 30-40 inches long, and their tails reach about 20 inches. They weigh about 40-70 pounds but they also reach 130 pounds. As for their lifespan, they live about 12-15 years.

This giant creature are found in South America, East of the Andes, from Northwestern Venezuela to Northeastern Argentina. Armadillo are very fast on the ground and can sometimes balance themselves on their hind legs and tails with their forefeet off the ground. They live in burrows near water in grassland, brush land, woodland and forest habitats. They eat termites, spiders, worms, snakes, carrion and insects. This creature are nocturnal which means, they are active at night and sleep during day time. Armadillo usually have 1-2 offspring. As for the breeding interval, so far is not known yet so is their breeding season. Maybe because they hide during day time and come out during night time.

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