George Bernard Shaw was a dramatist and a literary critic in addition to being a socialist spokesman. His valuable contributions to literature won him the Nobel Prize for literature in 1925. While Shaw accepted the honour, he refused the money. He was a free spirit and a freethinker who advocated women’s rights and equality on…#OTD in …
Red-spotted Purple Butterfly — Sonoran Images
You may enlarge any image in this blog by clicking on it. Click again for a detailed view. The other day I posted an image of an Arizona Sister Butterfly, a butterfly that I’d not photographed previously. Today, I’m posting images of a second butterfly that is new to me, one that I observed at […]Red-spotted …
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A Winter’s Tail Part 4 – The Sulphur-crested Cockatoo — aussiebirder
https://video.wordpress.com/embed/M4Wk7AFh?cover=1&posterUrl=https%3A%2F%2Fvideos.files.wordpress.com%2FM4Wk7AFh%2Fsulphur-crested-cockatoo-eating-bean-pods-on-native-trees-in-oatley-park_mp4_std.original.jpg&preloadContent=metadata&useAverageColor=1&hd=1 Before I take leave of posting for a month, when my wife and I go touring the arid Kimberley region in the Far North-west of Australia, I have one more species of Cockatoo to showcase, and this is our most common and most annoying species, the Sulphur-crested Cockatoo. These birds are our best indicator …
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A Winter’s Tail Part 3 – The Little Corella — aussiebirder
https://video.wordpress.com/embed/lzQLLkHN?cover=1&preloadContent=metadata&useAverageColor=1&hd=1 Taking advantage of the weeks of sunny winter weather, and the close to La Nina, my wife and I set out on yet another birding date, this time along the river walk on Botany Bay, not far from where we sighted the Yellow-tailed Black Cockatoo, showcased in a previous post. It was not long …
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NSW Outback Roadtrip – Part 2 – Passerines & Emus — aussiebirder
https://video.wordpress.com/embed/P06WflGo?cover=1&preloadContent=metadata&useAverageColor=1&hd=1 Continuing our showcase of our NSW Outback Roadtrip birds, we focus this post on some of the passerines (perching birds) and our iconic Emu endemic to Australia’s desert plains, dry open forests and savanna regions of our vast hot dry land. As highlighted in the 2nd Edition of my first book What Birds Teach …
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Bigotudo Rayado/Black-streaked Puffbird/Malacoptila fulvogularis — Birds Colombia #OneBirdPerDay #UnAvePorDía
Foto: Niky Carrera Levy Nombre en español: Bigotudo Rayado Nombre en inglés: Black-streaked Puffbird Nombre científico: Malacoptila fulvogularis Familia: Bucconidae Canto: Nick Athanas El buco listado (Malacoptila fulvogularis), también denominado buco negrilistado, bigotudo rayado y bolio de cabeza negra, es una especie de ave galbuliforme de la familia Bucconidae que vive en Sudamérica. Foto: Mauricio Ossa Descripción Tamaño y Forma Mide de 19 a 22 cm y pesa 6.5 g.…Bigotudo Rayado/Black-streaked …
WHE Take Action to Protect Jackson Mountain (Press Release) — Wild Horse Education —
Press Release: Wild Horse Org Takes Legal Action Against Ten-Year Destruction Plan (RENO) Today, Wild Horse Education and founder Laura Leigh have filed litigation to stop the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) […] WHE Take Action to Protect Jackson Mountain (Press Release) — Wild Horse EducationWHE Take Action to Protect Jackson Mountain (Press Release) — Wild Horse …
Meet the Model – Pippa the Pine Martin — Wildonline.blog
Meet the Model , Pippa the Pine Martin by Graham Stewart Pippa the Pine Marten – Martes martes Once extremely common in Britain, The Pine Marten was persecuted to near extinction, by 1915 only small pockets of them remained. The decline was brought about by 3 main factors, they were hunted for their fur, game […]Meet …
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SIB “Bird of the Week” – Ruby-throated Hummingbird — SIB
Ruby-Throated Hummingbird: Family – Trochilidae Species – Archilochus colubris Length: 3 – 3.75”; Wingspan: 4.25 – 4.5”; Weight: 0.1 oz (Submitted by Ron Schlidge) Male Ruby-throated Hummingbird – Bob Hider The Ruby-throated Hummingbird is the only hummer known by most Easterners and has a range that covers most of eastern North America. Both sexes have […]SIB …
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