Saturday, December 20, 2008

Beak of the Week!

Jane, you were right again! Last week's very interesting beak was a loggerhead shrike! We have one named Vlad in our visitor center, so drop by and meet him if you can.

This week's beak is HUGE! Not only is the beak big, but the attached bird has a more than 10 foot wingspan:

Here you see the "turkey toes" typical of its kind:

These amazing eyes can spot dinner from thousands (yes thousands!) of feet in the air:


Good luck guessers! I'll see you next week.

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

I'll guess an Andean Condor.

Jane said...

I think Anonymous is correct!