Meanwhile, In The Puffin Burrow...

Red-billed Oxpecker (Buphagus erythrorhynchus) on a rhino, sound asleep.

In South Africa by Zaheer Ali: Zali_Photo

"A few significant findings emerged. The birds engaged in most calls for the maximum allowed time. They formed strong preferences—in the preliminary pilot study, Cunha’s bird Ellie, a Goffin’s cockatoo, became fast friends with a California-based African grey named Cookie. “It’s been over a year and they still talk,” Cunha says.

"According to Kleinberger, the types of vocalizations the birds used suggested they were mirroring the call and response nature they engage in in the wild—“hello, I’m here!” in parrot-speak."

(courtesy wolvendamien at Bluesky)

Purplish-mantled Tanager (Iridosornis porphyrocephalus), family Thraupidae, order Passeriformes, Colombia

photograph by Felix Uribe

Green Peafowl or Indonesian Peafowl (Pavo muticus), male, family Phasianidae, found in SE Asia

ENDANGERED.

photograph by Paul Varney

Pigeon wings under a UV light

WISDOM UPDATE

Up on melancholy hill sits a crow just looking out on the day...

Aaskrähe (carrion crow) im Unteren Schlossgarten, Stuttgart-Ost.

European Robin/rödhake. Värmland, Sweden (April 5, 2021).

When he grows up he wants to be a politician who always talks....