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Clips from the National Geographic channel program “Prehistoric Predator: Terror Bird”, which premiered 28 April 2009. The clip features WitmerLab research on the skull, brain endocast, and inner ear of the phorusrhacids Andalgalornis and Psilopterus based on CT scanning. Rendered in Amira and QuickTime by Ryan Ridgely. Bob Chandler (GCSU), who is collaborating with Witmer on aspects of terror bird paleobiology, visited for the shoot. Also featured is Steve Wroe (UNSW), who used the WitmerLab CT scan data to generate biomechanical simulations of terror bird feeding strategies using finite-element modeling. For more like this, please visit www.ohio.edu and wwww.facebook.com

Research on the anatomy and feeding mechanics of extinct phorusrhacids (“terror birds”) was published in an article in PLoS ONE (bit.ly The animation of the skull of the terror bird Andalgalornis shows CT-scan slices going through the skull (revealing the source data for much of the research), as well as a series of powerful downward bites followed by pulling back of the skull by the neck. Andalgalornis was an extinct, 4.5-feet-tall, flightless predatory bird found as 6-million-year-old fossils in northwestern Argentina. Movie by Ryan Ridgely & Lawrence Witmer, Courtesy of WitmerLab at Ohio University. For more on terror birds and the PLoS ONE article, please visit www.ohio.edu For more info and content, please visit www.facebook.com

I have a male and female yellow nape amazons that i wold love to be on eggs. over last week the male seemed to be feeling frisky and he showed intrest in the nest box not the female i didnt think was feelling frisky she did alot of growling and pushing the male away when he attempted to get a leg up>they were doing allot of mutual preening and i was hoping maybe we were on the egg path. today the female climed to the highest branch she could get to and sat there. she came down right befor bedtime and had herself a little snack and the climbed herself right back up. He doesnt evern try to get up there with her and hes sleeping in one spot and her in another so what now . whats it mean, I didnt see a mating but my monitor only has good viewing up close but there were times when she was on her side for breif seconds. spring fever couldnt be over that quick could it .any advice on if the mood will return to my birds and how to help my female get rid of her “headach” thanks

when we got the pair, she was the dominant one, always making the male get her food, and it was funny to watch. she had a playful attitude, even though she was scared of me. for the past month, i noticed the male becoming more dominant, and the females behavior changing, so i checked online and i figured out she could be nesting. i left her a box and some paper and they seemed to enjoy that. she began spending a majority of her time in the box. last night, out of nowhere, we found her passed away under their ladder..and the only think i can think of is her calmer behavior…please help. the male and i are both sad..and i dont know what to do, if i should just spend more time with him or get him another mate?

I purchased a tube feeder for the goldfinches and a tray feeder for the finches and sparrows, but I feel like I’m throwing nature out of whack by skewing the odds and providing a regular source of good seed. Their behavior isn’t as natural as when they forage on their own and I worry about the spread of disease.

Is nest building normal? or does it always mean eggs are soon to follow? I have 2 lovebirds, not sure of sex- one definitely female who is the nest builder. I have no desire to breed these birds-what are your suggestions? Let them lay eggs, continue with building the nest and if eggs come – remove them? or, Disrupt behavior, take down fleece hut and separate birds? Do female birds always build nests, even without a male partner? The female is constantly in the fleece hut and the other one is hanging outside the hut, occasionally making a visit. What do these behaviors indicate? The only reason I can see why the behavior changed with the birds is I recently put palm shredder pieces into the cage- no nesting box- no paper towels, nothing different other than the shredders. Would this trigger mating behavior? Or coincidental? It is winter here in Philly, do they breed all year round- I thought spring was the season. Thanks for your help.

i have recently aquired a pair of peach faced lovebirds that are thought to be a year old. they are very happy with each other, feed and groom each other. question is: they love to be on the bottom of the cage chewing up newspaper and then hiding under it. also, one of them likes to roll paper up under itself (even folds a paper towel if I put it in the cage). the bird rolls the paper with its beak, stuffs it under himself, and them rocks back and forth on it. is this the male or the femal? is this behavior “O>K>”?? thanxs.