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Wobbling Wood Partridge Babies!

The Minnesota Zoo welcomed its first babies of 2011 when two Crested Wood Partridge chicks or “roul roul” hatched on January 5. The Zoo is one of the most successful zoos in the United States for breeding/raising crested Wood Partridges. To ensure their health and safety, the tiny chicks are being cared for behind-the-scenes by the Zoo’s aviary staff. The chicks, which weighed approximately 12 grams at hatching, are continually gaining weight. Zoo keepers do not yet know the sex of the chicks. Since 1978 when the Minnesota Zoo opened, it has welcomed 234 chicks.

#wood partridge #Partridge #birds #little birds #chicks

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Baby bird season is incoming and I’d like to remind everyone that birds do not have a significant sense of smell. Bird parents will not reject birdlets because you have handled them.

If you see smol birbs with few or no feathers on the ground, you can safely put them back into their nest, bird parents will still care for them.

If you see smol birbs with some or most feathers on the ground, please leave them there, as bird parents are probably nearby watching and feeding.

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We have a poster in the rehab that says “you wouldn’t kick your kids out of home if they smelled funny, so why would birds” And I think that’s a hilarious addition to this informative post

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I don’t have kids so this is untested

timothea

I was watching Planet Earth just now (for the bazillionth time? maybe I need to find a new show to watch this summer…) and was reminded about the glory that is the BLOOD PHEASANT.

They don’t necessarily do anything badass (let’s be real, they are just fancy pheasants) but they look like they are covered in the blood of their enemies, which is pretty badass in its own right.

It is just really important to me that you all gaze upon the majestic BLOOD PHEASANT and appreciate the fact that it is a real thing that exists.

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I still don’t feel like you all are excited enough about BLOOD PHEASANTS.

Just look at this dignified and stately creature.

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Time to bring back the BLOOD PHEASANT.

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HELLO. Did you forget about BLOOD PHEASANTS? I am here to remind you.

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#daurian redstart

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cute

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a tiny bird flew in through my window today but i was too tired to shoo it out or anything so i just lied on my bed and the tiny bird just carried on with its tiny bird things

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i really miss the tiny bird now. where are you tiny bird

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