Last day on Birds

Well, this is the last day on birds.
And for the last post on birds it will be about one of my favorites.
The Wood Pecker.
Now this might sound odd, but I think that this one of the most amazing Birds that GOD ever Made.
Okay, so it rams it's beak into a tree at - I don't know how fast, they bam their beak hard in, to be able to penetrate the bark of the tree and still don't get a headache. That's because GOD gave him a cushion in the back of it's scull that protects that little birds' poor brain from being shaken half way to Timbuktu.
If this isn't enough, the woodpecker then sticks its long sticky barbed tong into the tree and scoops out the insect.
So, how dose the Woodpecker keep the bark out of it's nose?
Well, GOD made the Woodpecker with tufts of feathers over it''s nose so that the bark wont go in.

CLASS: Aves (birds)

ORDER: Piciformes (woodpeckers)

FAMILY: Picidae (woodpeckers)

GENUS/SPECIES: Dryocopus pileatus

NAME OF ONE IN PICTURE Redheaded Woodpecker

Eggs

  GOD designed each part of an egg with a purpose .

  The Shell(Dark Purple) protects the egg and keeps it together. There are tinny holes in the Shell that allow gas to go out and air to go in. The Shell has millions of holes covering the Shell. These are called Pores.

   

  The Outer shell membrane(Light Pink.) protects the egg from mold, mildew, and other kinds of bacterias. You can find this part when you peel the outer shell off of a hard boiled egg.

  Then you have the Inner membrane (Still Light Pink) this acts as a back up for the outer Membrane.

Next is the Albumen. (Yellow). This the white part of the egg that you eat. This watery stuff acts as a shock absorber, it protects the Embryo and keeps it from drying out.

  

The Chalazae (Reddish Orange) holds the Yolk and keeps it from just floating around. If you find one of these in your egg it means that your egg was fresh. -Exceptions are made.

Next is the Yolk. (Orange) This is the part that you eat. The Yolk is not the part that turns into a bird. People often get the two confused. That is the Embryo - but we get to that in a second.

The Yolk is the Embryo's source of food while it's growing in the egg. (Eventually the bird/ reptile will grow to fully fit the egg.) 

NOW the Embryo. (Black dot in the center of the Yolk.) This is the - animal~to~be. It really doesn't do much but grow and eat.

  

And last- The Air Sack. (Light Green) When the bird is ready to start breathing air, it squarms around and bumps into the Air Sack with it's Egg Tooth and breaks this sack. When you crack an egg you can most often find this Sack.

 

An Egg

Both pictures were drawn by E. G. Pritchett.

Egyptain Coursers

The Egyptian Coursers is like a Niel Crocodile's dentist. This odd little bird keeps the crocodile's teeth all clean and shinny and in return the courser gets a free meal. This system works out splendidly for all concerned.
When this was first seen it was past off as consents but then as it was seen to be extremely common it was realized that the Courser really did clean the crocodiles teeth.
Using it's long legs the Coursers rest on the crocodiles mouth.
As you doubtless know, Egypt is extremely hot, so how do Coursers survive?
Well GOD gave them the remarkably instinct to keep their eggs safe and cool.
The Courser buries it's in the sane and then throws water up on to the sand that covers the eggs to keep them cool.
Neat?!?!

Eggs

When you crack a egg, you usually see a bubble like thing at one end. This contains air for the chick inside when it is ready to breath air.
How does the chick get the pocket open when it needs the air? Well GOD gave it a thing called a EGG TOOTH. When the chick is ready to hatch and needs air it will squirms around, and its sharp little tooth pokes the air bag allowing the chick to breathe.
Then it's ready to come out, it just keeps chipping away at the egg until it breaks forth.