Birders, Thank you for your help today. All-in-all, another excellent day at SJWA. Highlights–seeing the close-up and personal Wilson’s Snipe, maybe five feet from the road in plain view, and later watching a Northern Harrier munch on what looked like … Continue reading →
Be a good beach goer this nesting season The Snowy Plover is one cute beach chick. Unfortunately, the Western Snowy Plover’s population numbers are anything but adorable. There are only about 2,300 birds remaining on our Pacific Coast and we … Continue reading →
Young Albatrosses Practice Their Courtship Moves on Camera On a recent afternoon on Kauai, Hawaii, our Laysan Albatross cam caught an amazing moment of natural history when three young-adult albatrosses visited the month-old chick (named Kaloakulua). The young birds are between about … Continue reading →
Researchers will study the effects of artificial light on the pace of life. Barn Swallows by Anne Elliott via Birdshare. NestWatchers Needed For New Barn Swallow Study We live in an incredibly well-lit world. All that wattage in heavily-populated areas creates … Continue reading →
Hi Birders, This morning, March 8, twenty-eight birders enjoyed a nice walk around Santee Lakes. The weather was perfect and we found 61 bird species. Fan-favorites today included the many beautiful Wood Ducks, the Spotted Sandpiper, Western Bluebirds, the American … Continue reading →
Posted by Steve Boyes of National Geographic Expeditions in Explorers Journal on March 6, 2014 “Tree-catcher” White-breasted kingfishers are tree specialists that is widely distributed in Eurasia from Bulgaria, Turkey, W Asia all the way E to the Indian Subcontinent to the Philippines. (Prasanna … Continue reading →
KASHMIRA GANDER Thursday 06 March 2014 Thousands of rare seabirds died in the extreme winter weather, according to the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (RSPB) who fear the storms were caused by climate change. The charity’s experts … Continue reading →
Biologists are discovering new details about how wild species find their way around 01-27-2014 // Doug Stewart ONE OF THE WONDERS OF THE NATURAL WORLD is the ability of salmon, after swimming thousands of miles in the ocean, to find … Continue reading →
By Sarah Reid, for CNN (CNN) — Earth is in the grip of the “sixth great extinction crisis,” say some scientists, with up to 2,000 species dying out each year. These 11 great wildlife experiences could disappear within your lifetime. 1. … Continue reading →