For most of the twentieth century, small birds opened milk bottles.
They would land on a bottle left on a doorstep, peck or tear through the foil cap, and drink…
It fights to the death, and the red breast is a threat rather than a decoration. Here are sixteen.
1. It Will Fight Another Robin to the Death
The friendly…
The shiny-things story is false and was tested. The nest has a roof. Here are fifteen.
1. It Does Not Steal Shiny Things, and Somebody Checked
The reputation is close…
It was everywhere, then it was not, and nobody has settled why. Here are ten.
1. It Was So Common That Nobody Ever Looked at One
For most of recorded…
There is a well-documented behaviour in animals that explains the entire history of trying to keep birds off crops, and it is almost never mentioned in that context.
The behaviour…
The flamingo is one of the few animals recognizable from colour alone. The name itself comes from a Spanish or Portuguese word meaning flame-coloured, and the birds are so associated…