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
It is important to leave only footprints, take only memories, and reuse previously uploaded birds when putting up a last minute thread. Have a good weekend, everyone. Continue reading The WPT Recycles Birds
I’m on the road again this weekend, but I’m sure I’ll pop in to goof on the news and get some space from family. This week’s bird is the hoatzin, here are some links with info on our neat-looking friend … Continue reading The WPT is Pressed for Time
Today’s header is an Allen’s hummingbird. They live along a narrow coastal band from California to southern Oregon, and eat insects they catch out of the air or take from vegetation, which isn’t something I knew about hummingbirds. In a … Continue reading The WPT Flits This Way and That
Your fearless host is at a bluegrass festival this weekend. In addition to being excited to go in general, I’m especially psyched to see Sierra Ferrell. She was supposed to appear at the festival in May of 2020, which obviously … Continue reading The WPT is on Vacation
The Nationals stank but there were lots of good dogs in the park. Have a good weekend! Continue reading The WPT took the Dog to the Ballpark
Keep it real, my friends. Email the mods at avocadomods@gmail.com should trouble find you. Continue reading The WPT Throws up a Bird
Hi, friends. I hope this WPT finds you well. Please be good to each other and enjoy posting! Continue reading The 18th WPT of 2023
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Have a good weekend, everyone. Continue reading The Sixteenth WPT of 2023
Your usual host is absent today, have a thread with a bird on it. Continue reading The Tuesday Politics Thread Fills In
Have a politics thread, y’all. And a good weekend! Continue reading The WPT Remembered at 11:30
Hi, everyone. Today’s word is “frugivorous” which describes a diet consisting primarily of fruit. I found this word while researching this week’s bird, the spangled cotinga. Cotingas live in a wide variety of habitats throughout much of Central and South … Continue reading The WPT Learned a Word of the Day
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What a year this week has been, huh? Heard Ole Donny Trump might be in a bit o’ trouble down there at the District Attorney’s office, that would be nice. I’m still helping out the fam, so I haven’t much … Continue reading The WPT Asks Rhetorically
