by Kevin Shank | Mar 1, 2023 | 2023, 03 March, Art Contest, Birds, Blackbirds, Orioles, Meadowlarks, Contest, Herons, Egrets, & Bitterns, Hummingbirds, Owls, Pictures and Poems, Shorebirds, Stilts and Avocets, Waterfowl - Geese, Swans, Ducks, Loons, Grebes
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by Rebecca Martin | Aug 18, 2021 | 2021, 09 September, Birds, Waterfowl - Geese, Swans, Ducks, Loons, Grebes, Wondernose
I can see that you are quite puzzled by our riddle, Wondernose. Why ever would a bird fall over Niagara Falls? Tundra Swan. Photo © Andy Shubin/Dreamstime.com. To explain why this can happen, I must introduce you to a scientific term called “wing loading.” Different...