This week’s bird is the yellow-crowned gonolek.  It lives on the opposite end of Africa from last week’s bird, with a range from Guinea in the west through Burkina Faso, Ghana and Nigeria in the east.  Every source I went … Continue reading The WPT Skulks About

I came across this bird while looking for interesting birds that call Africa home and immediately knew I had to share.  Join me in checking out/gawking at the vulturine guineafowl.  Look at all this bird has going on!  The stripes, … Continue reading The WPT is Vulturine

This week’s bird is the orange lorikeet. I was trying to find some fun facts about it, but the most I could find is that it is not considered threatened due to its wide range across New Guinea and that it … Continue reading The WPT is Doing its Thing

Howdy, PT friends. This week’s bird is the Common Redpoll. I was looking for birds that live in the cold, and while it certainly does that, it is also another world traveler like our last few. Dig this: “a bird … Continue reading The WPT is Fluffy Against the Cold

Howdy, friends. I hope all those who celebrate had a peaceful and delicious Thanksgiving holiday. House Killsock stayed in, watched an old movie and played an old entry of Mario Party. Specifically Hitchcock’s Rope and Mario Party 6 on Gamecube. … Continue reading The WPT is Trying to be Funny

This week’s header is a two-fer. I learned about this week’s bird, the Pacific Golden Plover, while reading about an “extreme trans-Neptunian object” (TNO) called 541132 Leleākūhonua. It was so named because it’s extremely elongated orbit around the sun reminded … Continue reading The WPT is a Distant Space Rock

This week’s bird in the Eurasian Hoopoe, a small bird which really seems to punch about its weight, culturally speaking. Here are some excerpts from the Wikipedia entry: “They were considered sacred in Ancient Egypt, and were “depicted on the walls … Continue reading The WPT Rocks a Crest

Hello, again, faithful readers. This week I bring you the bar-tailed godwhit. This indefatigable little bird migrates from the arctic circle to New Zealand, the longest journey by any bird and the longest journey without pausing to feed by any … Continue reading The WPT is a Good Creature

Hi Politics people. This week’s bird is the Northern Pintail. I thought this duck looked neat, and we’re all going to learn about it. Have a weekend! “The pintail or northern pintail (Anas acuta) is a duck species with wide geographic distribution that breeds in the northern areas … Continue reading The WPT Thought this Duck Looked Like Fall

Have a bird, have a weekend, I’ve got to go to work. Continue reading The WPT Throws Something Together

This week’s bird is the painted bunting, which is nicknamed “nonpareil,” without equal. I was surprised to learn that this bird lives and winters all up and down the east coast of the US, because I’ve lived there for essentially … Continue reading The WPT is Without Equal

This week’s bird is a tiny little critter called the Goldcrest. I havent had much time to learn about it, but apparently it likes to hang out with tits, which I’m sure we all agree is hilarious. Have some birds, … Continue reading The WPT is Golden

This week’s bird is the white-cheeked honeyeater, a relative of last week’s subject. Have some links, have some photos, have some fun here, friends. Here are some links to the sites where I got the photos: https://ebird.org/species/whchon2, https://tinyurl.com/2fxdwzzc, https://tinyurl.com/mru3uk7a. And … Continue reading The WPT is Feeling Cheeky

Howdy, friends. This week’s bird is the white-fronted honeyeater. While researching this header I found out that there is also a white-cheeked honeyeater, which is a different bird, on account of where its white tufts are located. I have done … Continue reading The WPT is Fronting

This week’s bird is the lilac-breasted roller. Please enjoy some facts from wikipeda: “The lilac-breasted roller (Coracias caudatus) is an African bird of the roller family, Coraciidae. It is widely distributed in Southern and Eastern Africa, and is a vagrant to the southern Arabian Peninsula.[1] It prefers open woodland and savanna, and … Continue reading The WPT is Rollin’

Howdy, friends. Our bird this week is the kakapo, a New Zealand native and the only flightless parrot. “Kākāpō can be up to 64 cm (25 in) long. They have a combination of unique traits among parrots: finely blotched yellow-green plumage, a … Continue reading The WPT is Flightless and Rotund

Howdy, friends. Here are some sparrows and links about them. Thanks again to Wolfman Jew for filling in last week. Have a good weekend! https://tinyurl.com/bdf3wxvn https://tinyurl.com/yjvkvw56 https://tinyurl.com/ms75epp8 Continue reading The WPT Brings Birds Back

Here are some birds and links about them. https://animalia.bio/aplendid-fairywren https://tinyurl.com/2t7sfkt4 Continue reading The WPT has Birds, OK?

Your humble WPT host remembered to put up a thread in time this week. Here are links where a couple of the images came from, they also contain info about the specific hummingbird species. Come check out some birds and … Continue reading The WPT is Back with some Birds

This weeks’s bird is the Himalayan monal. It is a pheasant which lives at relatively high altitudes of 2,100–4,500 m (6,900–14,800 ft) in the forests and shrublands of Nepal, where it is the national bird. I insist that everyone have a good … Continue reading The WPT is Native to Forests and Shrublands