egg-laying

Common kingfisher Alcedo atthis with minnow in its beak, perched on a branch

Stylized diagram of the development of a duck egg from being laid until after hatching hatched duckling chick

Common sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos sketch cut to white

Bird bone cross section showing cross bracing for strength and hollow structure

Common wood pigeon Columba palumbus showing pink and green feathers

Stylized diagram of the internal organs and anatomy of a duck within a pen outline

Pencil sketch comparing size of humming bird, ostrich, hen, and elephant bird

Coot Fulica atra

Corncrake Crex crex standing on a large stone looking alert with grass at its feet

Cuckoo Cuculus canorus

Curlew Numenius arquata

Dabchick or Little grebe pair Tachybaptus ruficollis

Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula male

Buzzard Buteo buteo at rest on a branch

American goldfinch Spinus tristis quick sketch on twig with red berries

Canada goose Branta canadensis

Archeopteryx reconstruction

Hand holding a duck egg and a candle to see whether or not the egg is viable as egg becomes translucent

Archeopteryx skeleton

Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs male in amongst grasses

Barn owl Tyto alba peering out from barn rafters

Coal tit Periparus ater perched on a twig covered with lichen including Usnea species

Swallow Hirundo rustica sketch in flight

Black Casqued Hornbill Ceratogymna atrata