Many people subscribe to the belief that birds with black plumage are really not that interesting, perhaps even unattractive, nothing could be further from the truth! From blackbirds to starlings, from ravens to crows, here are nine pictures of black-colored beauty to help change the way we view these birds. The Red-Winged Blackbird “I spotted …
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His head of brilliant gold makes him very impressive to the eye and a real attention-getter. However, his voice leaves a lot to be desired! MEET THE YELLOW-HEADED BLACKBIRD Photo Courtesy of USFWS Mountain Prairie / Public Domain The yellow-headed blackbird (Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus), is a medium-sized blackbird, and the only member of the Xanthocephalus genus. The adult male of this species has …
This is the story of Werner Jaisli, a Swiss man who in 2008 started building a giant, star-shaped ‘ovniport’ – a UFO landing spot – in an Argentinian desert, because aliens telepathically ordered him to. It’s not clear exactly when Werner Jaisli arrived in Cachi, a small town in the Argentinian province of Salta, but …
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The small village of Dinoša, in Montenegro, is home to an old mulberry tree that turns into a water fountain every time it rains heavily. As we all know, water doesn’t normally gush out of living trees, but at least in this case the phenomenon has a perfectly reasonable explanation. You see, the meadow that …
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It’s not very common for small ponds to have their own Instagram accounts, let alone tens of thousands of followers, but then again Umbul Ponggok is not your usual village pond. Located in Indonesia’s Central Java region, Umbul Ponggok is a small pond measuring just 20 meters by 50 meters, but boasting the cleanest water …
Perched on top of a tall slither of rock, six miles off the coast of Iceland, Þrídrangaviti Lighthouse is considered by many an introvert’s dream home and a wonderful placed to be in case of a zombie apocalypse. Þrídrangaviti, which translates as “three rocks”, was built in 1939, soon before the start of World War …
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A giant mammal that lived 10,000 years ago in Brazil dug gigantic tunnels called “palaeoburrows”. And digging those tunnels required claws. Huge ones. What could have left those giant claw marks? Image credit: Heinrich Frank But what could those giant creatures be? That was exactly the question geology professor Heinrich Frank asked himself while crawling …
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Researchers working on the Central Andean Plateau (or Altiplano) in Peru have discovered a giant tree fossil buried in the plains – and the 10 million years of history that it reveals don’t quite match up with what we thought we know about the ancient climate. Back when this tree died, a little more than half way …
Crown shyness or canopy disengagement is a mysterious natural phenomenon in which the crowns of some tree species do not touch each other, but are separated by a gap clearly visible from ground level. The effect usually occurs between trees of the same species, but has also been observed between trees of different species. The …
Nаme: The Emрreѕѕ of UruguаyTаll: 3.27 MeterѕWeigh: 2.5 Tonne Nаmed The Emрreѕѕ of Uruguаy, thіѕ іѕ the lаrgeѕt Amethyѕt Geode іn the world. Stаndіng а ѕtаggering 3.27 meterѕ tаll, the geode weіghѕ 2.5 tonne! Eасh of the thouѕаndѕ of рerfeсt сryѕtalѕ wаѕ formed іnѕіde the geode exасtly аѕ you ѕee them now, 130 mіllіonѕ yeаrѕ …
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