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Uploaded by Jeannine St-Amour on Jan 27 2021 in Ottawa
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Pileated Woodpecker - This ancient bird, Confusiusornis sanctus, was a crow-sized bird that lived in China about 120 million years ago. It is one of many evolutionary links between birds and dinosaurs. (Its name means sacred bird of Confucius.) Confusiusornis is the first of these dinosaur links to have a bird-like beak. It had feathers on its wings and elongated tail feathers. It had highly curved claws on its toes. It could climb tree trunks. It had limited flight capabilities, a better glider than flyer. Well, that’s more or less a Pileated Woodpecker, except our woodpecker is a better flyer. You’d except some improvements in 120 million years. Source: StarTribune, Blog Wingnut by jim williams FEBRUARY 24, 2016 — 11:58AM

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