Summary: <p>This week we’ll learn about birds that are mysterious in one way or another. If you need more bird knowledge, check out the awesome <a href="http://casualbirderpod.libsyn.com/">Casual Birder Podcast,</a> especially this week’s episode with a guest spot by me about indigo buntings!</p> <p>Lots of pictures for this one, hoo boy.</p> <p>The Nechisar nightjar wing. It’s all we’ve got:</p> <p><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-642" src="http://strangeanimalspodcast.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/17_caprimulgus_solala.jpg" alt="" width="250" height="152"></p> <p>Junkin’s warbler, a mystery bird whose identity was solved by SCIENCE:</p> <p><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-643" src="http://strangeanimalspodcast.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/junkin6.jpg" alt="" width="250" height="206"></p> <p>The lovely blue-eyed ground dove:</p> <p><img class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-644" src="http://strangeanimalspodcast.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/Clumbina-cyanopis_Rafael-Bessa-300x193.png" alt="" width="300" height="193"></p> <p>The two tapestries depicting a mystery bird:</p> <p><img class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-645" src="http://strangeanimalspodcast.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/Lady-and-Unicorn-Taste-259x300.png" alt="" width="259" height="300"> <img class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-646" src="http://strangeanimalspodcast.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/The_lady_and_the_unicorn_Taste-300x251.jpg" alt="" width="300" height="251"></p> <p>Close-ups of the mystery bird from the tapestries:</p> <p><img class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-648" src="http://strangeanimalspodcast.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/blackgrouse259high.jpg" alt="" width="280" height="259"> <img class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-649" src="http://strangeanimalspodcast.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/wingsout259med-300x249.jpg" alt="" width="300" height="249"></p> <p>A black grouse, that may have inspired the tapestry birds:</p> <p><img class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-650" src="http://strangeanimalspodcast.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/blackgrouse-300x163.jpg" alt="" width="300" height="163"></p> <p>A wandering albatross, which has the largest wingspan of any living bird known and will CURSE YOU:</p> <p><img class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-651" src="http://strangeanimalspodcast.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/albatross-300x156.jpg" alt="" width="300" height="156"></p> <p>The bee hummingbird, s</p>
