Puffin Bird

Puffins: small seabirds that belong in the genus Fratercula.

Kingdom: | Animalia
Class: | Aves
Order: | Charadriiformes
Family: | Alcidae
Genus: | Fratercula

There are three species of puffins: the Atlantic puffin (Fratercula arctica), the tufted puffin (Fratercula cirrhata), and the horned puffin (Fratercula corniculata).

Size and Weight:

Puffins are small seabirds that vary slightly in size depending on the species. The tufted puffin is slightly larger than the other species, weighing 18.3 to 35.3 ounces and measuring 14.2 to 15.8 inches in length. The horned puffin is the second-largest species, weighing 17.0 to 22.9 ounces. Atlantic puffins weigh 10.9 to 19.4 ounces and measure 10.2 to 11.4 inches in length.

Appearance:

All three species of puffins are medium-sized, stout seabirds with short necks, big heads, and large triangular bills. They are typically black and white in color and are slightly distinguishable from one another. The Atlantic and horned puffins look similar, with the exception of a blue-grey triangle at the base of the Atlantic puffin’s beak and the dark, fleshy “horns” that extend above the eyes of horned puffins. Meanwhile, the tufted puffin varies most in its appearance. For all three species, their appearance shifts when breeding versus nonbreeding.

While breeding, horned puffins are black with a white face, belly and breast. They have orange feet and a yellow bill with a red-orange tip. Meanwhile, nonbreeding adults have sooty gray faces and have a smaller, grayish base. In comparison to adults, juveniles have smaller, all-gray bills.

Atlantic Puffins are black above and white below. Breeding birds have a gaudy black, orange, and yellow bill and their face are grayish-white. During the nonbreeding season, the face turns a darker gray, and the bill sheds its yellow highlights and shrinks slightly. Juveniles have all-dark bills. As the bird ages, the bill grows larger and acquires more grooves.

A tufted puffin is the largest species and most distinctive in appearance. A tufted puffin is all black except for a white face and long golden plumes curling over the back of its head and neck. Their bill is large and red-orange. Meanwhile, in the nonbreeding season, adults have dark gray faces with no head plumes or bill plates.

Diet:

All three species of puffins feed on small fish. They are able to capture and carry multiple fish in their bill at a time.

Habitat:

Horned Puffins nest in colonies on cliffs and islands over the sea and spend their winters at sea. Atlantic Puffins nest in burrows on rocky islands with short vegetation, and on sea cliffs. They spend the rest of the year at sea. Tufted puffins nest on coastal slopes in ground burrows. They spend their winters at sea.

Geography:

The tufted puffin and horned puffin are found in the North Pacific Ocean, while the Atlantic puffin is found in the North Atlantic Ocean.

Breeding:

To attract a female, male Atlantic puffins flick their heads and grunt like a pig near a nesting burrow. Once paired, they maintain their bond by rubbing their bills together. Atlantic Puffins tend to form monogamous bonds and return to the same nest with the same mate year after year. Both the male and the female work together to dig a shallow hole or burrow into the ground with their bill and feet. They often make their nest under a boulder or within a crevice among the rocks and use grass and twigs to line the bottom of the burrow. The female lays one egg at a time with an incubation period of 36 to 45 days and a nestling period of 38 to 44 days.

Upon arriving at their breeding site, horned puffins begin their courtships. Their courtship displays include “billing,” where the male and female rub their bills together, jerking their heads and opening and closing their bills, giving a popping sound. This courtship display continues at the nest site and through the breeding season. Horned puffins build their nests are on cliffs or slopes of rocky islands. They are often lined with grass, algae, twigs, and feathers. The female will lay one at a time. The incubation period is 38 to 43 days and is by both sexes. Both parents also feed the nestling. The young departs from the nest at about 38 to 44 days. They are not able to fly well and often flutter or tumble down to the water and swim out to sea. From this point on, they are independent.

The tufted puffin nests mostly in deep burrows, which they dig into cliff edges and slopes. They can be more than 5 feet deep. The female lays one egg at a time. The incubation period is 40 to 42 days and is performed by both sexes. Both parents also feed the nestling once hatched, carrying fish in their bills and then dropping them on the ground of the nest or near the entrance. After 6 to 7 weeks after hatching, the young leaves its nest.

Social Structure:

Puffins nest in large colonies on cliffs and islands over the sea. They forage for food relatively close to their nesting sites. When it is not the breeding season, adult puffins live mostly solitary lives at sea on the open ocean. While at the shore during the breeding season, puffins are social birds. They often forage in small groups and place their nesting burrows relatively close to each other.

Lifespan:

Puffins often live about 20 years. The oldest known puffin lived to be 36 years.

Threats:

The largest threat to all three puffin species is climate change, which is warming ocean waters and affecting their food supply. Other threats include bycatch, plastic pollution, and natural predators like foxes, otters and bears.

Puffins have been hunted relatively sustainably for centuries in places like Iceland and the Faroe Islands. However, in North America in the 1800s and early 1900s, heavy exploitation for eggs, meat, and feathers caused populations of the Atlantic puffins to decline, and puffins disappeared entirely from the United States. There are now conservation efforts protecting the bird.

Conservation Status:

The tufted puffin and the horned puffin are listed as Least Concern on IUCN’s Red List. Meanwhile, the Atlantic puffin is listed as vulnerable.

Conservation Efforts:

Multiple conservation groups are working to protect puffins and their habitat. For example, the National Audubon Society started Project Puffin in 1973 in an effort to learn how to restore puffins to historic nesting islands in the Gulf of Maine. There are several active seabird restoration programs for puffins as well as many public education programs. The National Audubon Society created protected areas and worked to relocate young puffins to former nesting islands, allowing more than 2,000 puffins to breed again in Maine.

Eleven Awesome Owls From Around The World

 Owls are awesome. Though seldom seen and often under-appreciated, these birds are some of the most interesting avian species around.

There are more than 200 species of owls in the world, divided into two families: Tytonidae, including the heart-faced barn owls, and Strigidae, which includes more typical owls. 

All owls are predatory, but their prey is diverse, with some species hunting frogs, others fish, and others prey on large mammals. Some swoop down silently onto their prey, others burrow underground, and some wail and screech like a witch in the night. 

Here are eleven of our favorite owl species from around the world.

Barking owls are one of my favorite owls; not because of their appearance, but because of their unusual call…  a high-pitched “Woof, woof! Woof woof!” The first time I heard one, I wondered who was letting their Pomeranian run around the campground. 

Barking owls are found throughout Australia, Papua New Guinea, and Indonesia’s Molucca archipelago. They have a broad diet, feasting on everything from small mammals, like sugar gliders and bats, to birds, beetles, and moths.

Spectacled owls are native to the American tropics, from Mexico down to Brazil. They favor old-growth rainforests, where they feed on small mammals and invertebrates. Adults have a dark, grey-brown head and neck marked with distinctive white “spectacles” around the eyes. Juveniles are even more distinctive,  with fluffy, all-white heads and dark circles around the eyes. 

Though not currently in danger, scientists suspect that the spectacled owl will soon experience a large population decrease as a result of deforestation and degradation across its range.

Pel’s fishing-owl, found in sub-Saharan Africa, has one of the most unusual diets of any owl. The species preys exclusively on fish and frogs snatched from the surface of lakes and slow-moving rivers. (And scientists once observed an owl catching a baby Nile crocodile!) 

To aid in hunting, they have minimal feathers on their lower legs and small spikes on their footpads. These adaptations are similar to diurnal raptors, like the osprey, that feed on fish or other aquatic prey. Pel’s fishing-owl is also one of the world’s largest owl species, with a wingspan of 60 inches and a weight of up to 5.2 pounds.

If you’re a lucky North American birder, you might catch a glimpse of a northern hawk-owl in winter. This owl species is found across the northern latitudes of North America and Eurasia, occasionally erupting southward in winter, much like the snowy owl. Northern hawk-owls are one of the only diurnal owl species, sometimes hunting small rodents and birds by day while other owls are fast asleep. Due to its remote habitat and low population density, scientists know comparatively little about the northern hawk-owl.

Africa’s pearl-spotted owlet wins the cool camouflage award. You might think they look rather ordinary, until you see the two dark, white-rimmed patches on the back of the bird’s head. These false eyespots mimic a pair of eyes, which scientists think both confuse prey as to which way the bird is looking, and also discourage predators from sneaking up on the owlet from behind. The species is found in wooded savanna in Sub-Saharan Africa, and it often hunts by day.

The barred eagle-owl has a rather arresting stare, with protruding black eyes, a yellow bill, and two horn-like tufts protruding horizontally from its head. (They remind me of a very grumpy, potentially menacing version of a Furbie toy.) Found in Malaysia, Sumatra, and Borneo, these large owls are thought to mate for life and be highly territorial, occupying the same area for years. They have a variety of calls, from hoots to what one birding guide describes as “strangulate noises.” 

The Oriental bay-owl of Southeast Asia looks like it walked out of a horror film. Related to barn owls, it has a heart-shaped face with chestnut-colored vertical markings that run through its dark eyes. Relatively common, they feed on small rodents, bats, birds, lizards, frogs, and insects.

The world’s smallest owl, the elf owl, is only the size of a sparrow. The species is found in Mexico and in the US states along the Mexican border. Elf owls live in woodlands and deserts, where they often nest in woodpecker holes or natural cavities in trees or cacti. Elf owls feed on invertebrates and migrate to the southern parts of their range in the winter. (Two other tiny species, the Tamaulipas pygmy owl and the long-whiskered owlet, are about the same size as the elf owl, but weigh a bit more.)

Spotted wood owls are one of the few owl species with such a distinctive orange facial disc. Their eyes are dark brown and their white chest and stomach are marked with thin, black bars. This Southeast Asian species favors open forest, plantations, and even parks near human settlement.

One of the world’s most unique owl species is close to home — the burrowing owl. These pint-sized owls are found in open habitats in North and South America. (In the US, you can see them in the western states and Florida.) Burrowing owls are diurnal, and they nest and take shelter in burrows dug by mammals, like prairie dogs, or tortoises. The owls will use their claws and beaks to enlarge burrows to suit their needs. They also don’t mind people, and are quite comfortable near human habitation, even nesting near airport runways or road medians.

The endangered Blakiston’s fish-owl is the largest owl species on Earth. This bird is found in far eastern Russia, northeastern China, and northern Japan. (It’s also possible that they occur in North Korea, but the political situation has prevented scientists from surveying for the species.) 

Blakiston’s fish owls have very specific habitat requirements, preferring boreal forests with old-growth trees that have cavities for suitable nesting. They also require nearby streams that don’t completely freeze over in winter, as fish are one of their primary food sources. They are strong enough to catch and kill salmon and trout two to three times their weight. The IUCN estimates that only 1,500 to 3,700 birds remain in the wild, and their habitat is threatened by logging and road development. 

Whooper swans

 The whooper swan (/ˈhuːpə(ɹ) swɒn/) (Cygnus cygnus ), also known as the common swan, pronounced hooper swan, is a large northern hemisphere swan. It is the Eurasian counterpart of the North American trumpeter swan, and the type species for the genus Cygnus.

Appearance

The Whooper swan is a big migratory bird and is considered the most elegant of the swan family. They have pure white feathers. Their webbed feet and their legs are black. Half the beak at the base is orangey-yellow and the tip is black. The markings on the beak differ between individuals and they can be recognized by means of the pattern. Juveniles are usually white but some are gray.

Whooper swans have an extensive range and are found in the boreal zone within Eurasia and on many nearby islands. They migrate hundreds or thousands of miles to wintering sites in eastern Asia and southern Europe. There are occasional vagrants in western North America and the Indian subcontinent. Whooper swans mate and built nests on the banks of freshwater pools, lakes, shallow rivers, marshes, swamps and bogs. They favor habitats with emergent vegetation, and this may offer additional protection for their nests and the newborn cygnets.

Habits and Lifestyle

Whooper swans are active in the daytime, foraging on water by head-dipping or upending, and they graze on the ground as well. They are territorial during summer but social in the winter. These swans live in flocks near to wetlands. Bigger flocks of over 40 birds are more usual from October to November, with smaller flocks with fewer than 30 being more common between January and early spring. A social hierarchy exists, with the larger families up at the top, the pairs in the middle, while unpaired individuals are at the bottom. Dominant swans can feed for longer, and individuals will seek to join a flock for added protection. Aggressive male swans may cause one family to become more dominant over another one of equal size.

Diet and Nutrition

A Whooper swan feeds in shallow water and eats aquatic plants and roots. The young eat small insects and a variety of invertebrates to satisfy their high protein needs for growth and development.

Mating Habits

Whooper swans are monogamous birds and form pairs for life. Mates have courtship displays where the pair face each other, with their quivering wings half-opened in a raised position. Each swan alternatively bends to extend its neck. Such displays are accompanied with loud trumpeting calls. A whooper swan strongly defends its territory throughout the nesting period. The mating season runs from late April to early May. Whooper swans are solitary nesters. The nest is located on a large mound made from plant material, usually moss and lichens. Nests are built near water, on islands or on lake shores. Females lay 4-5 eggs and incubation lasts around 35 days, carried out by the mother, while the father guards the site. The cygnets fledge at three months, being able to fly when they are four-five months old. Cygnets seldom initiate flight, but participate in pre-flight signals to communicate with their mother and father. They become independent after one year and sexually mature after around 4 years.

Fun Facts for Kids

The Whooper swan (Cygnus cygnus) is Finland’s national bird.

Its common name is a reference to its loud “whooping” call. It was previously called elk.

The Whooper swan makes several different hooting calls. When flying, it makes a typical low loud “houp-houp”.

Socrates thought that just before they died, swans sang their most beautiful song. This is why “swan song” is the name given to a last performance.

Swans mate for life and each mate is protective of the other. Swans touch beaks to kiss and when they do, their necks form the shape of a heart.

When whooper swans fly, their wings create a musical sound.

Often seen gliding over lakes, the swan has for a long time represented elegance and refinement.

Due to their graceful movements when in the water, swans have been the subject in many poems, legends, fairy tales and musical compositions.

Striated caracara

 Name: Striated Carcara, Johnny Rook, Caracara Austral, Matamico Estriado, Matamico Grande, Tiuque Cordillerano Austral. (Phalcoboenus australis)

Length: 60 cm.

Weight: 1.2 kg

Location: Falklands, Tierra del Fuego.

Conservation status: Near Threatened.

Diet: Carrion, offal, food scraps, insects, worms, lambs, small seabirds, eggs and young of larger seabirds.

Appearance: Eagle-like, dark brown plumage, grey-yellow legs and talons. White tips around neck, back of head, and tips of tail feathers. Yellow patches around bottom of eye and rear of beak. Hooked grey bill.

How do Striated Caracaras feed?

Striated Caracaras are opportunistic – they’ll feed on almost anything they can. They’ll eat the young and eggs of seabirds, and hunt smaller seabirds in their burrows or on the wing.

They will investigate human refuse for food and will eat offal. They will scavenge carcasses.

They’re also known for overturning rocks for food which is a sign of higher intelligence in birds – it’s a form of adaptation and problem-solving.

Are Striated Caracaras social?

Striated Caracaras may hunt together in flocks numbering up to 50 individuals.

How fast do Striated Caracaras move?

Striated Caracaras are fast fliers and can reach speeds in excess of 60 km per hour.

What are Striated Caracara birthing rituals like?

Striated Caracaras build their nests on the ground or on cliff edges. The nests are built of twigs and vegetation, which is thin lined with wool or grass. The breeding season occurs from December through the end of February. The female lays up to four eggs. Incubation takes about a month.

The births are timed to coincide with the birthing season of prey seabirds. This gives the parents easy access to food for their young, and for the young themselves once they leave the nest.

The juveniles’ coverage is brown at first and will take up to 5 years to reach its adult colouring.

How long do Striated Caracaras live?

It’s not known how long Striated Caracaras live in the wild but those raised in captivity can live more than 30 years.

How many Striated Caracaras are there today?

There are approximately 500 breeding pairs of Striated Caracaras found in the Falklands. Overall there may be up to 2500 mature individuals, or up to 4,000 individuals in total.

Do Striated Caracaras have any natural predators?

Striated Caracaras do not have any significant natural predators. The biggest threat they have faced is from sheep farmers who began an intensive effort to exterminate them from the Falklands in 1908. Thankfully this decision was reversed in the 1920s, though the population has still not fully recovered to its former levels.7 Superb Striated Caracara Facts

They are known to steal red objects like hats of gloves. This might be because the red colouring makes them think the object is meat.

Striated Caracaras were once intensively hunted in the Falklands because they were such a menace to the local sheep farmers. However they are now protected by law and cannot be killed without permission from the Falklands government.

Striated Caracaras have the southernmost distribution of birds of prey in the world.

Striated Caracaras are quite curious and show little fear of humans. Charles Darwin first found that he could catch them with just a hand-net. This curiosity might actually serve an evolutionary trait – it helps them discover new ways to find sources of food.

Striated Caracaras are the largest of the genus Phalcoboenus.

Striated Caracaras are only found on islands where there are also populations of seals or seabirds.

Striated Caracaras are one of the world’s rarest forms of raptor.

I am in love with you

I am in love with you. Nothing is ever going to change

that, you are the most important thing in my life. I love

everything about you from the way you smile and giggle

when I do something stupid, to listening to you talk

about the weather. I want you to feel special. That is one

of the ways that I can truly repay you for being the

greatest person in my life. I couldn’t stop thinking about

you all day. In the morning I woke up thinking about you.

As I was eating breakfast I was thinking about you. I was

even talking about you with my family. With every passing

moment of the day, it is more difficult for me not

to think about you. And that is far from ever being a bad 

thing. It makes me realize how close we are, and how 

great things will be when we can be together. I do my

best to try and keep you happy about us being apart for

these weeks of summer. And it’s hard. I really hate being

away from you. It takes a lot of concentration for me to

try and actually be with other people instead of thinking

about you. It’s really crazy for me. I never knew you could

love someone as much as this.It’s hard trying to be

optimistic about things when we’ve been apart so much

for so long. I want to be with you forever, and I don’t

want to have to go through this again. I feel like us being

apart for so long has brought us closer together. It’s 

made us realize how much we need each other. I always

want to be your side, and it’s difficult to be me

without you. I love you more than I ever dreamed 

possible. 

Oriental Dwarf Kingfisher

 The oriental dwarf kingfisher (Ceyx erithaca), also known as the black-backed kingfisher, is a tiny bird only slightly bigger than a hummingbird. They live in southeast Asia, where they inhabit evergreen and deciduous forests near streams and ponds. They stay low to the ground, where they perch and wait for prey to come close before darting out and snatching their meal. Learn everything there is to know about the oriental kingfisher, including where they live, what they eat, and how they behave. 

5 Amazing Oriental Dwarf Kingfisher Facts

• They build their nests in underground tunnels that lead to an inclined egg chamber.
• This kingfisher species has three toes!
• Their population is decreasing from ongoing habitat destruction.
• The oriental dwarf is one of the smallest kingfishers.
• They migrate at night in large flocks.

Where to Find the Oriental Dwarf Kingfisher

Oriental dwarf kingfishers live in Asia in 15 countries, such as China, India, Thailand, Singapore, and the Philippines. Most populations are sedentary in their environments, but others in the northernmost region of their range migrate south for the winter. They inhabit forest and wetland habitats but are most commonly found in evergreen and deciduous forests. They like to live near forest streams and ponds with plenty of canopy shade. However, they keep their nests far away from water. Look for them low to the ground, where they perch and fly out to catch prey.

Oriental Dwarf Kingfisher Nest

They build their nests in stream banks or soil near the roots of a fallen tree. Both sexes dig a tunnel leading to an unlined egg chamber, which they build at an incline to help with drainage from water and waste.

Scientific Name

The oriental dwarf kingfisher (Ceyx erithaca) belongs to the Coraciiformes order in the Alcedinidae family, which encompasses the kingfishers primarily found in Africa and Asia. The Ceyx genus includes the river kingfishers from southeast Asia. There are three recognized subspecies of oriental dwarf kingfisher: C. e. Erithaca, C. e. Macrocarus, and C. e. motleyi.

Size, Appearance, & Behavior

The oriental kingfisher is a pocket-sized bird and one of the smallest kingfisher species. It measures four to six inches long and weighs 0.4 to 0.7 ounces, with an unknown wingspan. Males and females are similar in size and feature the same coloring: lilac crowns, rumps, and tails, dark blue and black wings, white chins and throats, yellow-orange underparts, red legs, feet, and bills, and black forehead spots. This kingfisher species has three toes and is sometimes referred to as the “three-toed kingfisher.”

This bird is mainly solitary, preferring to forage and perch alone. However, they form monogamous pairs during breeding, and some may join large flocks during migration. Their vocalizations include loud, high-pitched shrills and softer calls when in flight. And these little birds are swift and agile when hunting prey, but their exact speed is unknown. 

Migration Pattern and Timing

These kingfishers are residents throughout most of their range. But the northernmost populations in Bangladesh and Myanmar will migrate south for the winter in Malaysia. They travel at night in large flocks from August to December.

Diet

The oriental dwarf kingfisher is a carnivore who forages alone on a low perch.

What Does the Oriental Dwarf Kingfisher Eat?

Their diet consists of mantises, grasshoppers, mayflies, winged ants, water beetles, and flies. They also eat spiders, worms, crabs, lizards, frogs, and small fish. This bird is a solitary hunter that forages from a post in low vegetation, flying out to capture its prey. They may also catch insects midflight, snatch spiders from their web, and pluck fish just below the water’s surface. They take larger creatures back to their perch, striking them with their beaks before consuming them.

Predators, Threats, and Conservation Status

The IUCN lists the oriental dwarf kingfisher as LC or “least concern.” Due to its extensive range, this species does not meet the “threatened” status thresholds. Their population is decreasing but not rapidly enough to meet vulnerable levels. Clearing of their forest habitat is their biggest threat, and their decrease is likely to continue from human activity. Their other hazards include pollution, hunting, electrocution from power lines, collision, exhaustion, and starvation.

You can rely too

The aura of resturant and each lyrics of song make me fall in love with him. He even not have any single glnace over me , but i was keep staring at him. At the time im imagining that he was singing for me and we were all alone in there. I was so lost in moment that i start to feel like that he comes walking towards me and his hands around my waste , but suddenly my dreamy picture shatter as i was pushed my someone, but still i thanks to crowd .

   I cant be angry but to thanks to person whoever pushed me .Because he hold me from side and i just passed smile. Without any further moment I just hold his hand tightly and start leading him to more crowd . He get the idea that i was taking him to dance floor and pull me back and muttered in ears that he can’t dance. But i was badly want to dance at that moment , i the one who pull him closure by saying no worry i can.

And just by saying this words i kissed on his cheeks. This time he blushed and put embraced me tightly in his arms. I can feel his love warmth equally. Than without wasting a moment and specially without paying attention people looks, we started dancing on music.

And this is how my whole Saturday was full package of  surprises but all and all complete love package. 

 Last Saturday night I was damn awesome. Because I fell in love with myself not for some good looks but commendable courage . Courage of holding your hand, to take initiate for the first time in life and im just loving it.

You can still see blush on my face , while I’m  recalling those moments . Moments of the girl with full of courage and lovable appearance. Those moments are like best time of our duo company which i can actually defined as true relationship in our lifetime. 

I dont know how can describe that, but cant stop myself to drooling over it again and again. Even though its already passed but I’m just reliving it again  , love with that moment specially love with myself , that true daring personality who can do anything. Who have no fear of that how people will judge. How they will react but i just did it.

Generally I’m a shy person. Who always run away from everything just to avoid any embarrassing moments. But I don’t know how I get that much courage to hold your hand , and that too in so much crowdy place. 

The coffee sips and raining window scene helping me to remember everything , which was happened that time. Just like any drama i can recall my all day .Generally my all Saturdays and Sundays were so boring but this last Saturday give me beautiful memories and that’s the reason why i cant stop myself to write here.

Saturday started with boring schedule of work , than suddenly i got a call from you. Without any formality you just ask me to go on lunch and i too just say yes. Because there were never a day where we take time to make our call conversation interesting. So in an hour we met at place near lake. But just like my boring life the romantic weather changes to sunny day. We can’t do anything but to run near by restaurant . At least we can spend time with cool environment rather than to stay at humid outdoor.

And thanks to my great luck even restaurant have no privacy due to weekend rush. So we have no other choice rather than to  seat in mid of place where i can see all other people’s family dinner and we in center point of all. 

But this not the only spoiler of our lunch date, but the true one interrupter is his phone . He just get involved with one call after another and i have no choice other than to scroll on social media. I was so odd at that moment that I start regretting our lunch date. And this is how our all day passed , im seeing him with one call after another , and he can see me doodling our tissue papers. 

I was in sure mood that he will now ask me to left for home and he would surely have another plan of meeting with friends at night bar. But somehow i think GOD have some mercy towards me. So without any word he took me to a restaurant where there’s a show of music . So we step out to the car and don’t dare to ask any further question to him, at least i can some spent good time now. 

But my own thoughts impacted my luck . We again have in situation of full of crowd with no space available . But somehow he manage a space for two of us. So now we can enjoy music . 

I cant say about him , for me his presence is everything. Though place is full of so many people but im happy by seeing him around. A nice aura of breezing and lighting a romantic music  . 

I want every night to be like this , where i can see  you. It feel like exhausted when i cant see you . I feel whole world became silent when i can’t hear you. I want you around every moment . I want to say many time, but i cant that i wanted to you be mine always. 

I want to kiss you

all day everyday. I want

to hold your hand when we

go walking. I love looking into

your eyes as you look into

mine. I smile every time

I see you smile.

My god I’m so in love

with you. Each moment spent

with you means everything

to me. I hate when I’m

away from you.

I love the feeling I get when

you wrap your arms around me

and I like how you smile when

I pull you closer.

Being in your arms

cuddling together watching

the world go by is just beautiful

to me, I could do it forever.

I just want to be with you.

Missing you

Missing you is like

Walking out into the pouring rain

And expecting to stay dry

It’s like calling for peace

When the first bullet has already been shot

And it’s like taking back a conversation

That you’ve never had before

Missing you is needing to cry

But not having enough tears

Like screaming at night

With no one awake to hear you

And it’s like loving a memory

With only ghosts to kiss you back

It’s like asking a blind man 

To paint the colors of the rainbow

Or asking the deaf man

To sing you their favorite song

It’s like having a million things to say

But saying nothing at all

Giant Petrel

Name: Northern Giant Petrel (Macronectes halli) – Hall’s Giant Petrel, Sea Vulture

Southern Giant Petrel (Macronectes giganteus) – Antarctic Giant Petrel, Giant Fulmar, Stinker, Stinkpot, Gluttons

Length: Northern – 80 to 95 cm. Southern – 85 to 100 cm.                    

Weight: Northern – 3 to 5 kg. Southern – 3 to 8 kg.

Location: Antarctic up through into subtropical regions of South America, Australia, and Africa.

Conservation status: Least Concern.

Diet: Carrion, birds, krill, squid, fish.

Appearance: Mottled grey or brown. Hooked bills. Body-configuration resembles that of the Albatross, though Petrels tend to be more hunch-backed.

How do Giant Petrels feed?

Giant Petrels are prime examples of opportunistic feeders eating almost anything they can get their bills into. Unlike other procellarids Petrels will also feed on land, mainly meaning carrion.

They are known to attack other birds, either beating them to death or drowning them. This applies especially to juvenile birds and chicks.

They are also often spotted following fishing ships in order to pick fish out of nets or to collect offal.

Are Giant Petrels social?

Giant Petrels will remain alone until breeding season by choice, however they are often brought together around food sources. They can become quite aggressive toward each other over disputed food.

How fast do Giant Petrels fly?

Under favorable conditions Giant Petrels can sustain speeds of up to about 20 metres per second.

What are Giant Petrel birthing rituals like?

Northern Giant Petrels become sexually mature at around 10 years of age. Southern Giant Petrels tend to mature a bit earlier, at around 6 years of age.

Many breeding locations are shared between the Northern and Southern Giant Petrels on islands throughout the southern oceans, although the Northern members tend to breed starting about 6 weeks earlier than their Southern counterparts, the latter beginning their season in October. Specific breeding seasons depend on where in the world any particular colony is located.

Nests are created on rocky or grassy ground and consist of moss, grass, and stones. One egg is laid. Incubation lasts around 60 days. Once hatched the chick will fledge (take its first flight) at somewhere around 4 months. Once the juvenile fledges the parents will abandon it, leaving it to forage for itself from there on out.

How long do Giant Petrels live?

Giant Petrels live up to 20 years in the wild.

How many Giant Petrels are there today?

The Northern Giant Petrel population is estimated to be between 17,000 to 21,000. The Southern population is estimated at 97,000.

Do Giant Petrels have any natural predators?

Giant Petrels do not really have any natural predators, although they will come into potentially harmful conflict when trying to hunt Skua chicks and eggs.

7 Grand Giant Petrel Facts

Petrels produce stomach oil which they can either spray out as a defensive measure or can be regurgitated as an energy-rich food for chicks or for themselves during long flights.

Giant Petrels are the only members of the Procellariidae family (Petrels, Prions, and Shearwaters) that have legs strong enough to allow them to move around on land.

Like some other seabird species, Giant Petrels secrete a saline solution from a nasal passage in order to rid their bodies of the excess salt they swallow while feeding.

There is an exception to the mottled grey look of the Petrels. About 15% of the southern branch of the Petrels are almost completely white, causing them to be mistaken for albatrosses.

Northern Giant Petrels have a reddish-pink bill while the Southern Petrels have bills that are a pale green.

The name Macronectes comes from Greek words makros which means “long” and nēktēs meaning “swimmer.”

The name “petrel” comes from the story of Saint Peter who walked on water because petrels look like they’re running on water as they begin to take off into flight.