The Amalgamation

Here’s a link to an article I found interesting. It’s on some of the controversy surrounding the Archaeoraptor, one of the fossils that was, at least at one point, believed to be evidence for dinosaur-to-bird evolution. The article is written by Dr Sarfati, who is a chemist and spectroscopist.

Sarfati, J. (2000), ‘Archaeoraptor - phony “feathered” fossil,’ http://creationontheweb.com/content/view/3626 (accessed 7 June 2008).

Sunday 2 March 2008 - 2.40 pm

At the beach - this one has pelicans.

Two of them were biting each other - fighting over fish heads thrown by tourists on the pier!

Photo, May 2008.

Black swan (Cygnus atratus) diving for food or something… Albert Park, Melbourne, Victoria.

Photograph, January 2008.

Look closely, you’ll see three sparrows tucking into a feast of left overs, at a food court in a city shopping centre. I’m not sure if I should’ve been disgusted - I was more amused by how cute and mischievous the birds seemed!

Photograph, March 2008.

Pelicans in coastal Victoria, Australia.

Australian pelican, Pelecanus conspicillatus.

 This is a photo I took recently (3 February 200 at a National Park in Victoria, Australia. It is a kookaburra, a native Australian bird. The ‘laughing kookaburra,’ Dacelo novaeguineae, is found throughout much of Australia, especially along the eastern coasts and the south west coast of the country.

Kookaburras belong to the kingfisher family, Alcedinidae (Coraciiformes).

Reference: 

• Reader’s Digest Complete Book of Australian Birds (1986),  Surry Hills: Reader’s Digest Sydney, pp.344-345.