Gordon Ramel 
Do Birds Eat Ants, and How do Ants Fight Back? If you have ever seen birds scraping or digging in the ground, you might have wondered: do birds eat ants? The answer is yes; many of them do eat ants. But why do they need to eat ants? And do ants fight back? Let’s find … Read more
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Duck Information … Duck Species Photos American Coots (Puddle Ducks) – Belongs to the Rail family American Wigeons Australian Spotteds Australian Wood Ducks Aylesbury Ducks Baer’s Pochards Black-bellied Whistling Ducks (Whistling Duck) Black Ducks (Puddle Ducks): African Black Duck, Anas sparsa American Black Duck, Anas rubripes Pacific Black Duck, Anas superciliosa Black Scoters (aka American … Read more
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Swans (Genus Cygnus) Swans (genus Cygnus) belong to the Anatidae family, which also includes geese and ducks. There are six to seven species of swan in the genus Cygnus – which likely evolved in Europe or western Eurasia during the Miocene, spreading all over the Northern Hemisphere until the Pliocene. Swans: Bird Genus Cygnus … Read more
Gerald Friesen: Crakes, Lapwings, Storks, Cormorants, Plovers, Herons, Egrets and Terns Photographer and Avianweb Contributor Gerald’s Cormorants, Plover, Heron and Egret images are published on these pages: Crakes Black Crakes (Amaurornis flavirostra) Gulls Swallow-tailed Gull (Creagrus furcatus) / Gull Species Herons / Egrets Black Heron (Egretta ardesiaca) Goliath Heron (Ardea goliath) Little Blue … Read more
Ed Szupel: Cranes / Storks Ed’s images are published on these pages: Main Photo Page Cranes / Storks below Black Crowned Cranes (Balearica pavonina) Black-necked Storks (Ephippiorhynchus asiaticus) Marabou Stork (Leptoptilos crumeniferus) Saddle-billed Storks (Ephippiorhynchus senegalensis) Yellow-billed Storks (Mycteria ibis) – Featured Please Note: The images on this page are the sole … Read more
Pochards Pochards may refer to: Three species of diving ducks in the genus Aythya: or to three species in the genus Netta: More Duck Resources Diet / Feeding: Pochard usually feed by diving or dabbling – and often at night. They will upend for food as well as the more characteristic diving. Their staple diet … Read more