Our latest Birdorable parrot is the Bourke’s Parrot or “Bourkie”, a colorful grass parrot from Southwestern and Central Australia, where they are endangered due to overstocking and rabbit plagues. In some parts of Western Australia populations have recently increased after grazing was scaled down, allowing vegetation to return.

If you like our Birdorable Bourkie don’t forget to check out our 50+ other parrots and parakeets.

Bourke’s Parrot T-Shirt	I Love Bourke’s Parrots Apron

The answer to the last ‘Spot the Birdorable’ was Kakapo, which was first guessed right by Scott W. on the blog and Iain McCutcheon on Facebook.

Today, March 14th, is Pi Day, the day that mathematicians celebrate the number that is approximately 3.14159. Send your friends our funny Birdorable Mag PI with this comment graphic, Facebook Gift or eCard.

Birdorable Mag PI kids t-shirt	Birdorable Mag PI toddler ringer t-shirt

The Northern Fulmar is a petrel that lives in the northern oceans, across the Atlantic and Pacific. It is abundant in Alaska and the Canadian Arctic, but few people ever see them there as they tend to breed in remote places. In contrast, around Iceland, the Faroe Islands and British Isles they have undergone a spectacular increase in their population in the last two centuries and they are commonly seen as a result.

They are one of the longest-lived birds, with an average life span of about 32 years. In Scotland, birds that were banded in 1951 were still found breeding in 1990 at ages likely greater than 50 years!

Photo by diddý (source: Flickr)

It is similar in appearance to a gull, but stockier with a thick neck and more rounded wings. They have a short, thick bill, with a little tube on top. Fulmars come in many different colors, referred to as light morph, intermediate morph and dark morph, but also in every gradation in between. There is no generally accepted explanation for this variety.

Here is a picture of a dark morph Northern Fulmar:

Photo by Glen Tepke (source: Flickr)

If you like our cute Northern Fulmar, check out our other 233 Birdorable birds.

Northern Fulmar Light Morph T-Shirt	Northern Fulmar Intermediate Morph Sticker

breakfast for loon chick by keithcarver

one asleep, one awake by keithcarver

feeding the loon chick by keithcarver

loon and two chicks by keithcarver

P6100042 by nathanm

Pretty cute, right? Be sure to check out our (adult) Common Loon gear!

These downloads will be available until 30 April 2010. Check here for more coloring pages. Subscribe to the Birdorable Blog by RSS feed or by email to get notified when new downloads like this are added.

If you’ve colored in any of our Birdorable coloring pages, we’d love to see what you’ve done! Thank you for sending the Great Horned Owl page to us, Ashira!

African Grey Parrot Hatchling by Geek2Nurse

Baby Gabby by Geek2Nurse

Checkin’ Things Out by Geek2Nurse

Pretty cute, right? Be sure to check out our (adult) Birdorable African Grey Parrot gear!

Photo credit: Laurie Ewen www.sboic.ca

If you’ve colored in any of our Birdorable coloring pages, we’d love to see what you’ve done! For more Burrowing Owl fun, be sure to check out George’s Blog!

The answer to the last ‘Spot the Birdorable’ was Black-throated Sparrow, which was first guessed right by Ashira on the blog and Scott Wozny on Facebook.

Adelie Chick by armadillow54

Adelie Penguin Chicks by robnunn

Adelie and Chick by Devil.Bunny

Hi folks by mgsbird

Pretty cute, right? Be sure to check out our (adult) Birdorable Adelie Penguin gear!

You can see all of our warblers here: Birdorable warblers. If you’ve colored in any of our Birdorable coloring pages, we’d love to see what you’ve done! Thank you for sending these to us, Ashira!