A Day on Merganser Lake XXII Here’s a stately photo of a female red-bellied woodpecker. Males have red extending mullet-style from behind the bill all of the way down the lower neck area. Females have less red, such as this one. A photo of a male is included at the bottom of this post for […] …
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From the archives 28th April 2012 via # A PHOTO A DAY KEEPS THE DOCTOR AWAY – Day 36 — Living in Nature
Getty ImagesIf you’re looking for a little uplifting distraction during the ongoing pandemic, an online sheep handling competition for children under the age of eight may be just the thing. A brief glimpse into the agricultural contest comes courtesy of James Rebanks, an author, farmer, and judge in the upcoming Greatest Online Agricultural Show, which… via …
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Blue legs and sunshine on an early spring day. An American Avocet foraging in the shallow waters with cattails still brown from the summer before. via Avocet — nature has no boss
by Debbie Coffey as published on Wild Hoofbeats Comments Are Due by April 30. Please Submit Your Comments Today. Please Comment Today to Stop BLM’s Plans to Wipe Out 40% of Wyoming’s Wild Horses so Privately Owned Livestock Can Run Roughshod Over Public Lands The BLM wants to remove 4,000 wild horses from four Herd […] …
You may enlarge any image in this blog by clicking on it. Click again for a detailed view. One of the species that I see often on my morning walks is the Black-tailed Gnatcatcher. These minute birds (two could easily sit side by side in the palm of my hand) are busy early-morning foragers in …
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Mountain Bluebirds, especially males, are on most folks’ short lists of favorite birds. That electric blue color, their early arrival in spring migration and the lovely song, explain why it is both Idaho’s and Nevada’s state bird. In the last quarter of the 20th century, Mountain Bluebirds were in slow decline across much of their […] …
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Editor’s Note: Entry number ten in our tenth anniversary march of time was originally posted 4-1-12 and is fourteenth in overall popularity. It was the eagerly-awaited third installment in our SMBAS Monograph Series – Spring Quarter. *********************************************************** While the official consensus of the western American ornithological community is that there is only one form of […] …
Foto: Nick AthanasNombre en español: Zafiro Colidorado Nombre en inglés: Golden-tailed Sapphire Nombre científico: Chrysuronia oenone Familia: Trochilidae Canto: Peter BoesmanEl zafiro colidorado (Chrysuronia oenone) también denominado colibrí cola de oro es una especie de ave en la familia Trochilidae Foto: Nick AthanasDistribución y hábitat Se lo encuentra en Bolivia, Brasil, Colombia, Ecuador, Perú, Trinidad …
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