Mummified Prehistoric Bird Head Discovered in Mexican Cave

Published 18 February 2018

Researchers say the bird was unearthed in the Avendanos Cave in the state of Chihuahua, Mexico.

The mummified head of a prehistoric bird was found back in 2016, the National Institute of Anthropology and History in Mexico has revealed.

Researchers say the bird was unearthed in the Avendanos Cave in the state of Chihuahua, Mexico. The scientists believe they have identified the head of one of the oldest macaw mummies ever discovered.

"The first [thing] we noticed was the head of the macaw in perfect condition," Archaeologist Emiliano Gallaga told The National Geographic.

The green color of the military macaw's plume is visible and its beak is intact. The researchers determined that the bird dates back to about 2,000 years to 900 AD – 800 years older than any other specimen from that region.

The scientist disclosed that military macaws were not native to the region of the Central American country and as a result were likely brought there for religious purposes.

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UWS bird of prey stalks Chihuahua

by YASMINE PHILLIPS and BOB FREDERICKS
Last Updated: 3:35 AM, June 5, 2013
Posted: 1:00 AM, June 5, 2013


This hungry bird of prey has a taste for Mexican!

An Upper West Side woman claims a falcon is stalking her beloved Chihuahua — eyeing its prey daily through the window of her 22nd-floor apartment.

“I have to keep the window closed all the time now. I just don’t know if it can get through the screen!” Asli Bilgin, 41, who lives on Broadway near West 70th Street, told The Post yesterday.

“It’s better to have the window open, and I always had the window open, but now I’m worried that I’ll come home — and there’s a carcass.”

Bilgin said she first noticed the falcon doing a fly-by the Sunday of Memorial Day weekend.

At first, she would hold the tiny pooch in her arms while waiting for the bird. But she quickly abandoned that idea when she began to suspect the falcon was less interested in her than little Miniko.

“I realized that was not smart,” said Bilgin, who works in cloud computing for Amazon.

Then, she said, the bird kept returning and started to disrupt her morning routine.

Bilgin said she used to like to poke her head out of the window to see how people were dressing for the weather and check the temperature on the thermometer at the nearby Apple Bank.

But after nearly getting a face full of feathers, she decided it was time to batten down the hatches.

She became more convinced the bird wanted a dog-meat dinner when he kept showing up daily.

Continued: http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/manhattan/falcon_pet_food_Ox48LOHOjUx0UIMkQwo64O