Not surprisingly, but interestingly, the lice living on a bird match the colors of the bird’s feathers. Darker birds get darker lice and lighter birds get lighter lice, at least, on birds’ bodies. On birds’ heads, where a bird can’t see them, lice always tend to be dark. Evolution in action!
Corey is a New Yorker who lived most of his life in upstate New York but has lived in Queens since 2008. He's only been birding since 2005 but has garnered a respectable life list by birding whenever he wasn't working as a union representative or spending time with his family. He lives in Forest Hills with Daisy and Desmond Shearwater. His bird photographs have appeared on the Today Show, in Birding, Living Bird Magazine, Bird Watcher's Digest, and many other fine publications. He is also the author of the American Birding Association Field Guide to the Birds of New York.
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