Tagged: sentinel

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baya weavers nesting

It is nesting season for the baya weavers! Baya weaver birds are small, sparrow-size birds that resemble the sparrows during the non-breeding season. During May-June, as the breeding season approaches, their gonads (sexual glands)...

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re-friend a sparrow

It’s world sparrow day today, 20th March. Sparrows have been those winged companions of humans for a long time. Over the recent years there has been a sharp decline in the sparrow sightings though-...

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babbler sisters

The jungle babblers are called seven sisters as they are gregarious (social, group forming) in nature and always appear in groups of around 7 birds (6~10). They also display sentinel (guard) behaviour which usually...