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Check out the wattle work on our Bird of the Week below! (via @featheryfriends)
The Long-Wattled Umbrellabird could probably fit right in on the fashion runways of Milan. Male birds have a dramatic, body-length "wattle" hanging from their necks which they can extend or retract on command! The wattle gets longer when they’re showing off and then tightens up during flight.
These birds are a rare sight in the rainforests of Colombia and Ecuador, but they can be spotted foraging for fruit in trees, or during mating season when males gather to display their impressive wattles and call out with longing hoots to choosy females.
As the rainforests continue to disappear, these birds are more and more threatened; they’re currently classified as vulnerable by the International Union for Conservation of Nature.
Fun fact: Long-Wattled Umbrellabirds have rounded crests atop their heads that look a bit like furry hats, or a ’50s pompadour hairstyle. They live for the applause!
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Birding bits you should know about this week
🏠 Home sweet home The man handmaking homes for Austin’s Screech Owls Austin, Texas resident Marshall May made 30 homes for the Screech Owls of Peasant Park. Read (and watch) him talk about the 372 (!) boxes he’s put up around town so far.
Unique and worthy products from the wide world of birding you might enjoy
Bird Brains, the trivia game for bird lovers. Okay birders, how much do you really know about birds? Find out with 300 questions about bird anatomy, appearance, behavior and much more. $29.95
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