1/18: Sunday at the National Aviary
Speckled Mousebirds. They were so cute that I took too many pictures of them. Very sociable birds, they’re found pretty much everywhere in sub-Saharan Africa, preferring open, brushy areas.

Speckled Mousebirds. They were so cute that I took too many pictures of them. Very sociable birds, they’re found pretty much everywhere in sub-Saharan Africa, preferring open, brushy areas.

They stick together through thick and thin!
C‘mon, get up! You’re late, let’s get going!
“Yeah, well I don’t like you!” “Yeah, well I don’t like you either!”
How do they do it? The American Dipper makes its living splashing around streams looking for aquatic invertebrates. Bugs. Little bugs. Somehow they find enough of them, even when the water temperature is below 40 degrees Fahrenheit. It’s amazing!