#fowls

North American Ducks! (Top left is the Mottled Duck, Top right is the Harlequin Duck, Bottom left is the Northern Pintail Duck, Bottom Right is the Ruddy Duck)

A family friend of ours has just been diagnosed with Bird Fancier's Lung (Hypersensitivity Pneumonitis). It has been caused by his long term close contact with his budgerigars and chickens.

Years of inhaling components from their droppings and feathers has left him with 60% of his lung capacity. He needs to sell all of his bird livestock ASAP and avoid future contact with birds in order to save his life. As an experienced and life long bird breeder this is a very difficult situation.

The white-necked-rockfowl is a beautiful species from Africa

They will follow swarms of Dorylus army ants and eat any of the other insects that try to escape the swam

A great example of working smarter not harder

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📷1: “White-necked Rockfowl (Picathartes gymnocephalus)cropped.jpg” by Michael Andersen on Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 2.0)

📷2: “White-necked Rockfowl - Ghana S4E2922 (19493741601).jpg” by Francesco Veronesi on Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 2.0)