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Field Notes: South Fork of the Payette River — Wickersham’s Conscience
The Payette River, with the Boise River and Weiser River, are the river systems that drain the westerly side of the Idaho Batholith in central Idaho. Like its more famous cousin, the Salmon River and its various forks, the Payette has carved deeply into the Batholith. Unlike its sister streams, in many stretches of the […] …
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Gaviotín de Cabot/Sandwich Tern/Thalasseus sandvicensis — Birds Colombia: 839 especies hoy
Nombre en español: Gaviotín de Cabot Nombre en ingles: Sandwich Tern Nombre científico: Thalasseus sandvicensis Familia: Laridae Foto: Mauricio Ossa Canto: Peter Boesman El charrán patinegro (Thalasseus sandvicensis) es un ave de la familia Sternidae que habita en las costas de África y Eurasia occidental. Su taxonomía se encuentra en disputa, mientras que algunos lo …
Dancing cockatoo videos: Snowball ‘shows social behaviour’ — BBC News – Science & Environment
Snowball went viral in 2008, but now scientists say he can teach us about dance and social behaviour. via Dancing cockatoo videos: Snowball 'shows social behaviour' — BBC News - Science & Environment
PLEASE KEEP ON THE GRASS! LIE DOWN! ROLL AROUND IN IT! FORGET ALL YOUR RESPONSIBILITES! — Through Open Lens
F/7.1, 1/200, ISO 400. Northern Flicker What do you call a Happy Cowboy? A Jolly Rancher Interesting Fact: Northern Flickers don’t act like typical woodpeckers. They mainly forage on the ground, sometimes among sparrows and blackbirds. When flushed, flickers often perch erect on thin horizontal branches rather than hitching up or around a tree trunk. …
Hummingbird Week, photo 6 — Birds of New England.com
I’ll be venturing out of New England for a few days and don’t want the birds here to think I forgot about them so I’m instituting my own Hummingbird Week. Each day this week I’ll post a new or old photo of a ruby-throated hummingbird, the only hummer that occurs regularly in New England. There […] …
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Golden Eagle Chicks Found in Santa Monica Mountains for 1st Time in 30 Years — KTLA
For the first time since the late 1980s, a pair of golden eagle chicks have been spotted in a nest in the Santa Monica Mountains, officials announced Wednesday. A consultant surveying birds on private land near a remote area of the western side of the mountains alerted park biologists about the two 12-week-old chicks, according… via …
Chorlitejo Piquigrueso/Wilson’s Plover/Charadrius wilsonia — Birds Colombia: 823 especies hoy
Nombre en español: Chorlitejo Piquigrueso Nombre en ingles: Wilson’s Plover Nombre científico: Charadrius wilsonia Familia: Charadriidae Foto: Nick Athanas Canto: Andrew Spencer El títere playero, frailecillo de Wilson, chorlo de pico grueso, chichicuilote, chorlito gritón, turillo o chorlitejo picudo (Charadrius wilsonia) es una especie de ave Charadriiforme de la familia Charadriidae de las costas americanas …
Be A Flamingo In A Flock Of Pigeons! — Through Open Lens
F/7.1, 1/160, ISO 320. American Flamingo Why don’t basketball players go away for summer vacation? They’re afraid they might get called for traveling Interesting Fact: The American Flamingo is the most widespread species of the flamingo family. It is the state bird of Gujarat, India. ( http://identify.whatbird.com/obj/940/overview/American_Flamingo.aspx ) via Be A Flamingo In A Flock Of …
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Talking with a Pale-billed Woodpecker | Cornell Lab of Ornithology — SANTA MONICA BAY AUDUBON SOCIETY BLOG
https://www.youtube.com/embed/ajVQ0orAGyY?version=3&rel=1&fs=1&autohide=2&showsearch=0&showinfo=1&iv_load_policy=1&wmode=transparent Magnificent and elusive, the Campephilus woodpeckers include the Ivory-billed and Imperial woodpeckers, which may be extinct, and the Pale-billed Woodpecker, which still haunt the forests of Costa Rica today. Join the experience as scientists Martjan Lammertink and Chris Saker search for this little-known species in a tropical forest, using a wooden “double-knocker” as their …
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