I took this snap a few hours ago ... terrific sunset.... but nowt to do with the current topic ... It seems everyone has got a different list of The Ten Rarest Birds ! But as the saying goes .. "opinions are like arseholes ..everybody's got one." And the obvious question is .... how do they know ? Seriously. By their very nature, rare birds are very hard to find...because they are VERY RARE. And the rarer they are ... the harder they are to find. There might be loads and loads of rarer birds than this lot .... But so far, nobody has found them. And here's yet another selection ..... There does seem to be a majority of larger birds in those various selections. And there's lots of speculation as to why that is so. (Mainly, as far as I know, by me.) For a start, larger birds are easier to find and kill. Plus, they are more likely to fly into windmills .. .. or get hit by cars .. ... purely because they're a bigger target. ... or run out of food .... ... whereas tiny birds can fly through windmills with impunity, mostly .... and they can hide away much more easily than those big jobs. .... and they can get into little crannies and not get soaked and then don't die of cold. .... and Big Bird's nests are much more conspicuous so the young get predated. ..and here's another thing .. If you're doing a bird survey, you're going to spot the big stuff more easily ... and you will probably miss quite a lot of the small stuff. So ..you'll think they're rare but they're not. Not at all. You might remember a book called " Why Big Fierce Animals Are Rare." I've written about it on here somewhere..... 448-why-big-fierce-animals-are-rare.html Hang on ...here's another selection...... .....here's a song about a sunset .....
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