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Peafowls National Bird of India in 1963

Peafowl National Bird of India in 1963

 

The peacock is the male bird of the peafowl, well the females are called peahens and their very young are called peachicks. There are close related species of peafowl found in the wild and those are the Indian peafowl and the Green Peafowl (also knowing as the Java peafowl).

One of the most well knowing thing about these birds are their long train of feathers of the peafowl (the males have the very long colourful feather; well the females are not as colourful and are not as long). The peacock will show off their colourful feathers to female peahen and the peahen will do the same to the peacock. Both sexes do have a crest of short erected feathers along the crown of their heads.

Peafowl’s are powerful large birds, but are weak flyers and will spend most of their time on the ground eating different foods such as plants and small animals. They will fly for short time to get away from danger and will sleep on top of trees at night.

Peahen will lay around 3 to 5 eggs within small holes in the ground in areas that have bushes or closed off. Peahens will sit on their egg for about 28 days and after hatching they will follow their mother around for protection. Peafowl’s are the second largest members of the pleasant and turkey family.

Peafowl’s will live for about an estimated 15 years within the wild and 23 years within captivity. The Indian peafowl are found widely in numbers thought South Asia and are protected both culturally and by law because peafowl has been designated the National bird of India in 1963 and have an estimated population of more then 100,000 but illegal poaching for their meat have continued and does see a decline within numbers in parts of India.  Well the Green Java Peafowl is threatened and has seen a population of only about 5,000 to 10,000 within 1995 by the IUCN and is considered threatened. Within 2005 there was a successful reintroduction that was made in Malaysia by World Pheasant Association (WPA).

Burrowing Owls Endangered In Canada

Burrowing owls are tiny with large legs and are found on open landscape of North and South America and are found in burrow with those that are made by Prairie Dogs.

One thing that makes this Owl different then most is the fact they are active during the day, but will avoid the mid-day heat. Burrowing Owls will do most of their hunting from dusk to dawn. Adults usually 10 inches in length and have a wing span of 21 inches and have a weight of 6 oz.

Burrowing owls are endangered in Canada, threatened in Mexico and special concern in Florida and most west part of the USA. The reason for the decline is population are loss of habitat and for the control program of Prairie Dogs.

To learn more about Burrowing Owls feel free to check out Burrowing Owl Conservation Society of BC

North America’s Tallest Bird

The whooping cranes are the tallest bird within North America. They are considered threatened with an estimated of only 400 in the wild and 165 in captivity.

The Whooping Cranes stand at over 1.5 meters (5 feet) and have a wingspan of 2.3 meters (7.5 Feet) Males weight is 7.0 Kg (17 Ib) and females weights about 6.0 Kg (14 lb).

They will nest on the ground on raised area in a marsh females will lay 1 to 2 eggs in late April to mid May about 2 inches in breath & 4 inches length and weigh of 6.7 oz with an incubation period of 29 to 31 days with more likely one-off spring will survive a season and they will feed their young 6 to 8 months after birth.

Martha Died Sept 1, 1914

Passenger Pigeons lived in North America until the early 20^th Century. The passenger Pigeons would fly within large flocks though out North America and there was believed to have been 3 to 5 billion Passenger Pigeons within North America at the time of European’s arrival. Was one of the most abundant birds in 19^th Century to extinction within the early 20^th Century.

The Passenger Pigeons dropped numbers due to habitat loss when Europeans came to North America and was settling more inland. The Passenger Pigeon meat was commercialized as cheap food for slaves and the poor in the 19^th Century. The population decline of the Passenger Pigeons because it was hunted at such a large number scale and by 1800’s to 1870’s there was a slow decline in number and by 1870’s to 1890’s there was a massive decline and the last Passenger Pigeon died 1 Pm on Sept 1, 1914 at the Cincinnati Zoo and her name was Martha, after she died she then was sent to get stuffed at the Smithsonian and became on different public displays which include 1920’s to early 1950’s The Bird Hall and 1956 to 1999 The Bird of Wild Exhibit but now have been taken off public display.

The Creepy Bed Bugs

Bed bugs are no more then 1/4 inch in length, when they become adults and will engorge themselves with human blood in less then 15 mins and their body will fill as much as three times it’s usual sizes. They will lay one to five eggs a day and the with incubation period of 10 days and much longer in colder tempers and as a baby they will have five significant blood feeding with some shedding.

There are other types of bed bugs include the bat bug, the Chimmey Swift Bug and swallow bug well all of these survive on blood feeding, well all these other bugs other then the bed bug will thrive on either bats, or birds as their primary victims.

When they feed, they inject a salivary secretion into the wound to prevent coagulation. The fluid can cause a person’s skin to itch and even become swollen. Scratching can cause sores which often become infected. Bed bugs are not known to transmit any human blood-borne pathogens.

 

WERE THERE HIDDING??

Bed bugs like to hide in the cracks and electrical outlets in walls, behind wallpaper, base boards and picture frames, between beds and around the creases of mattresses and in bedding materials. They have a rather pungent odor which is caused by an oil-like liquid they emit. Bed bugs are often carried into houses by clothes, luggage, furniture, and bedding. Or sometimes even by humans.

Labrador Duck Last Seen In 1878

 

The Labrador duck is believed to have been North America’s first bird to become extinct after 1500’s. It is believed the last living bird was last seen in Elmira, New York Dec 12^th, 1878 and the last preserved specimen was shot in 1875.

It not fully explained why, the Labrador duck became extinct, because it believed that is was considered to taste bad and would rot quickly. One of the beliefs about this bird was that the eggs of the Labrador Duck were over-harvested and depredation by the feather trade, and the decline in muscle and other shellfish. Well other sea ducks readily feed on shallow-water molluscs, now western Atlantic bird species seems to have been dependent on such food as the Labrador duck was.

Vancover Island Marmots Uniquely Canadian

Vancouver Island Marmots

Uniquely Canadian

The Vancouver Island Marmots is at highest risk of extinction and is uniquely Canadian and within the 1980’s there was an estimated over 300 within the wild.

The Vancouver Island marmots live in the high mountains of Vancouver Island in British Columbia. The Vancouver Island marmots live in burrows and are obligate herbivores and will eat over 30 species of food plants.

The Vancouver Island marmot is one of the world rarest mammal, In 1997 researchers saw a few number of these animals, so they created the possibility to restoring wild populations in 1997 The Toronto Zoo took the first step with the Vancouver Island marmots and then followed by The Calgary Zoo and Mountain View Conservation & Breeding Center in Langly, BC. Within 2003 only 21 wild marmots were left knowing in Vancouver Island and with the captive breeding programs have now seen a steadily growing. within 2010 there was 130 individuals were born and from 2003 to 2010 a release of about 308 Vancouver Island marmots have now been put back within the wild. This program with all the partners involved, have provided a strong growth of these animals back into the wild today and will provide a strong wild population for tomorrow.

To learn more about what you could with protecting these uniquely Canadian mammal

please check out

• Calgary Zoo
• Toronto Zoo
• Mountain View Conservation & Breeding Center

Red Panda’s Bamboo is Endangered

Red Panda is native to South West China and there is estimated less than 10,000 individuals, due to habitat loss, fragmentation, poaching and inbreeding. There are two extant sub-species and they are Western Red Panda and the Styans Red Panda.

Red Panda’s will eat bamboo has their main diet and will eat a variety of other foods such  as fruits, nuts, eggs, flowers and seeds. Within dropping left from red pandas humans have found rodent and small birds within their diet as well.

Red Panda cubs will eat only bamboo untill they are mature enough to change their diet. Bamboo has become endangered within their ranges and threaten the lives of the Red Panda.

To learn more about Red Pandas and what you can do to help, please check out The Red Panda Network