Category: Science

The Healing Powers of Watching Birds

I think we can all agree the pace of life sometimes just needs to slow down. With so many people having high blood pressure and conditions that are attributed to higher stress levels, could something as simple as watching birds help our heart rate and calm our souls? From my viewpoint and the view of …

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12 Fun Facts About Birds

I thought it would be fun to explore some trivia most of us do not know about birds in general. For instance, did you know the Sword Billed Hummingbird’s bill is longer than its body? There are over 9300 species of birds in the world and 2/3 of these species live in the tropical rain …

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They Never Forget a Face

There was an old belief that when crows saw a human’s face, the face would imprint on the brain of the crow, and then the crow would remember that face for the rest of their life. If the memory was pleasant, the crow would have pleasant feelings for the person and if the memory was …

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Pigeons – Annoying or Amazing?

Pigeons are those cooing birds you see on tall buildings in the midst of busy city sidewalks. Think of Home Alone and the bird lady rising up out of the brush in Central Park. She was covered with pigeons. Pigeons have been known to congregate where people are, and in fact the relationship between pigeons and human …

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