April 26th, Burke Museum, University of Washington, Seattle WA
April 26th, Burke Museum, University of Washington, Seattle WA
Received a tour of Burke museum including behind the scenes look at cataloging and recording all the birds in the collection. Learned about habits of various birds. Some birds are more territorial than others, some bird species will push others out to almost extinction. Some birds, such as the peacock, are attracted to long bright feathers, not because this offers an advantage, but rather because it creates a disadvantage which in turn implies the male must be very good at surviving. Birds that nest in groups will have more distinct egg patterns than birds that do not nest in groups so as to prevent egg mixing. However some bird species such as the cow bird will intentionally leave its eggs with others nests so as to have its young raised at no cost to it. The host bird will allow this for a variety of reasons, perhaps it can’t physically remove the egg, it may not want to risk throwing its own egg, or in some cases it may be afraid of retribution by the bird that left the egg.
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