Hoy les presento al Playerito unicolor, también conocido como Playero de Baird en honor de Spencer Fullerton Baird, un naturalista del siglo XIX, es una de las aves playeras más pequeñas, alcanza los 15 centímetros de longitud y es muy parecido al Playerito rabadilla blanca. Las fotografías que ilustran esta entrada fueron obtenidas en una […]
The Tea Party Hits a New Low With Attack on Endangered Species
While conservationists and wildlife enthusiasts celebrate the 40th anniversary of the Endangered Species Act (ESA) last week, Tea Party members were busy working on a bill to gut the act, which will put the most vulnerable plants and animals at even more risk. The ESA was enacted in 1973 in an effort to protect the […]
Bird alarm: Great tits use ‘predator-specific’ calls
Great tits use different alarm calls for different predators, according to a scientist in Japan. The researcher analysed the birds’ calls and found they made “jar” sounds for snakes and “chicka” sounds for crows and martens. This, he says, is the first demonstration birds can communicate vocally about the type of predator threatening them. The […]
Marl Bed Flats, 11/30/2013
This morning I went to Marl Bed Flats with my father and a friend of mine. We had a pretty great time. We saw all the usual suspects: Sedge Wrens, Eastern Meadowlarks, Northern Harrier, Yellowlegs, Black-bellied Whistling Ducks, and Sora. The biggest highlight for me was seeing a Merlin in the distance–the first I’ve seen […]
Mandarin Duck: Symbol of Love or of Animal Abuse?
On November 12th while at the Jungmun tourist complex on Jeju’s south coast, I happened to walk through the lobby of a large luxury hotel. I was more than a little surprised to see a pair (one male, one female) of Mandarin Ducks Aix galericulata in a small pond in the lobby, which was also […]
VOTE for the Best Photo of the Week 07 Dec 2013
During the last week our members have again entered some outstanding top-ranking wildlife images for the “Best Photo of the Week” competition. Click on the first image and then page through the slideshow. Please select the three images you like best of all and VOTE for them at the bottom of this page (to ensure […]
Wilson’s Snipe
This Wilson’s Snipe (Gallinago delicata) was spotted on the shoreline at Ollie’s Pond, a birding hotspot in Port Charlotte, Florida.
Camera traps reveal Amur leopards are breeding in China (photos)
Good news today about one of the world’s rarest mammals today: camera traps in China’s Wangqing Nature Reserve have captured the first proof of breeding Amur leopards in the country, according to the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS). The photos show a mother Amur leopard with two cubs. A recent survey by WWF-Russia estimated the total […]