What Are Waterfowl?

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By: David Torres

A fowl is another word for bird, so a waterfowl is a bird that spends most of its life in and around water. the term Waterfowl is typically used for the birds that belong to the Anatidae family, the ducks, geese, and swans. However occasionally other birds such as loons, grebes, coots, and cormorants are considered waterfowl. This article will focus on the Anatidae family since ducks, geese, and swans are more typically considered waterfowl.

Waterfowl are found on every continent except Antarctica and are usually migratory birds, which means they like to fly south … Continue

What Are Puffins?

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Puffins are seabirds that are a part of the Alcidae family. Puffins can reach speeds of around 90kmh when flying. They can flap their wings up to 400 times in one minute. The lifespan of these birds extends up to 20 years in the wild, and the oldest recorded age of a puffin was 36 years of age.

Diet

Puffins are carnivores, they eat small fish and zooplankton. Mainly puffins eat herrings, sand eels, hake, and capelin. The specific types of fish which are eaten by different puffin species vary due to the different islands that they inhabit.

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What Are Woodpeckers?

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A female Pileated Woodpecker(Dryocopus pileatus)

Woodpeckers are birds that are part of the Picidae family. There are over 200 species of woodpeckers in the world, and they live in different habitats such as forests, urban settings, jungles, and even deserts.

Habitat

Woodpeckers inhabit different types of areas all over the world. The only places that woodpeckers are not found in are New Zealand, Madagascar, Australia, and Antarctica. Woodpeckers usually live in wooded habitats, as they thrive most in these places.

Diet

Woodpeckers have quite a flexible diet as they feed on insects and other invertebrates (animals without a backbone), which … Continue

Pay To Play With Tigers In 3D

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