Black Skimmer The Black Skimmer (Rynchops niger) is a tern-like seabird, one of three very similar birds species in the skimmer genus Rynchops in the gull family Laridae. It breeds in North and South America. Northern populations winter in the warmer waters of the Caribbean and the tropical and subtropical Pacific coasts, but the South […] …
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Lots of migrants and wintering birds and dwindling crowds of humans make it a great day for the lagoon. Usually sunny, sometimes cool, with dolphins dancing in the waves. Forget those Thanksgiving table birds: see your birds here with us. Some of the great birds we’ve had in November are: Green-winged Teal, Lesser Scaup, Surf […] …
In a world of little rain, much manages to live and thrive in the desert climate of the southwest. Junipers and pinyon pines, shrubs of all sorts, cacti, lichens of all colors – even blue, and I imagine all sorts of flowering plants that show themselves in the spring. And in an ephemeral pool, I […] …
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for Six Word Saturday via Red means stop, so we did. — This, that and the other thing
In french Kaysersberg, some sheeps have an extra indoor job for the time being. via Indoor sheeps — Le Drake Noir
Purple Martins Important note from H.J. “I wish you my fellow Americans a very Happy Thanksgiving! May G-d bless you and your loving family.” © HJ Ruiz – Avian101 via Photo Capture # 15 – Purple Martins — H.J. Ruiz - Avian101
The Los Angeles Times' Wally Skalij discusses how he made the often surreal images, and how covering wars in Iraq and Kosovo prepared him to cover mass shootings and other tragedies in the U.S.(Image credit: Wally Skalij/Los Angeles Times) via One Tiny Owl: Otherworldly Photos From California's Woolsey Fire — News : NPR
Did you know or did you remember that years ago what is now the Freshwater Marsh was a weedy field and a center of contention among land owners in Playa del Vista, developers and advocates of the Ballona Wetlands? It was completed as the Freshwater Marsh in February of 2003 and wow! Look at it […] …
via A View Across the River Stour — The Wilden Marsh Blog
Photo “Bomb” – Two Peruvian Pelicans and a Royal Tern © HJ Ruiz – Avian101 via Photo Capture # 9 – Photo “Bomb” — H.J. Ruiz - Avian101
The Northern Herper 
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