Bird flight altitudes: Which birds fly the highest and what is the highest altitude a bird can fly to? - Add in
Bird flight as part of general technical data section?
C: Bird call recordings, especially raven vs. crow
Carnivorous birds - distinct from bird of prey, inclusive of raptors but also all piscivorous and insectivorous birds, as well as other birds such as the New Zealand Kea, owls and shrikes
Free-flight in parrots - techniques used to train parrots to fly outside, unrestrained and in a controlled manner and return upon command - in some cases, parrots can be trained to be fully free-range and come and go as they please. Perhaps overlaps with
falconry, but as far as I'm aware, many of the methods used are significantly different.
Owls as pets - a reasonable article could probably be written about this. --
Kurt Shaped Box (
talk) 22:08, 1 July 2011 (UTC) Should be included in
Owl, as that is where most people would go first to find the information. Need to include the cons, as owls are often idealized and the practice is growing more common - leading to a possible uptick of animal abuse.reply
Sperm competition in birds (a whole book has been written on this: Sperm competition in birds : evolutionary causes and consequences by T. R. Birkhead, A. P. Møller (encyclopedic topic?)
Tail feathers - we have an article on
flight feathers, and "bird wing" redirects to
bird flight, but the tail feathers are very different and seem to warrant their own article, esp. as there appear to be several distinct types (wedge, stub, streamer, etc.). See
here and
here for two starter references. KDS4444Talk 22:02, 13 August 2014 (UTC)reply
Toucans as pets - seem to be growing in popularity as pets, from what I've read. Maybe enough info out there to create a centralized article? Or perhaps at
Companion toucan? --
Kurt Shaped Box (
talk) 07:45, 4 August 2011 (UTC)reply
This feels like it belongs as just a section under
Toucan, though, doesn't it? Not that it isn't a large subject, only that people looking for this kind of information are going to be looking under "toucan" before they go to "toucans as pets". KDS4444Talk 22:04, 13 August 2014 (UTC)reply
Bioacoustics - I would like to ask somebody knowledgeable to expand this article with general info about bird vocalization research. My field is insect bioacoustics, so the article is a little biased towards that. --
Yerpo (
talk) 07:58, 20 January 2009 (UTC)reply
Bird flight altitudes: Which birds fly the highest and what is the highest altitude a bird can fly to? - Add in
Bird flight as part of general technical data section?
C: Bird call recordings, especially raven vs. crow
Carnivorous birds - distinct from bird of prey, inclusive of raptors but also all piscivorous and insectivorous birds, as well as other birds such as the New Zealand Kea, owls and shrikes
Free-flight in parrots - techniques used to train parrots to fly outside, unrestrained and in a controlled manner and return upon command - in some cases, parrots can be trained to be fully free-range and come and go as they please. Perhaps overlaps with
falconry, but as far as I'm aware, many of the methods used are significantly different.
Owls as pets - a reasonable article could probably be written about this. --
Kurt Shaped Box (
talk) 22:08, 1 July 2011 (UTC) Should be included in
Owl, as that is where most people would go first to find the information. Need to include the cons, as owls are often idealized and the practice is growing more common - leading to a possible uptick of animal abuse.reply
Sperm competition in birds (a whole book has been written on this: Sperm competition in birds : evolutionary causes and consequences by T. R. Birkhead, A. P. Møller (encyclopedic topic?)
Tail feathers - we have an article on
flight feathers, and "bird wing" redirects to
bird flight, but the tail feathers are very different and seem to warrant their own article, esp. as there appear to be several distinct types (wedge, stub, streamer, etc.). See
here and
here for two starter references. KDS4444Talk 22:02, 13 August 2014 (UTC)reply
Toucans as pets - seem to be growing in popularity as pets, from what I've read. Maybe enough info out there to create a centralized article? Or perhaps at
Companion toucan? --
Kurt Shaped Box (
talk) 07:45, 4 August 2011 (UTC)reply
This feels like it belongs as just a section under
Toucan, though, doesn't it? Not that it isn't a large subject, only that people looking for this kind of information are going to be looking under "toucan" before they go to "toucans as pets". KDS4444Talk 22:04, 13 August 2014 (UTC)reply
Bioacoustics - I would like to ask somebody knowledgeable to expand this article with general info about bird vocalization research. My field is insect bioacoustics, so the article is a little biased towards that. --
Yerpo (
talk) 07:58, 20 January 2009 (UTC)reply