Birds

The History of the Pequot Tribe

The History of the Pequot Tribe The southern part of New England was a preferred territory for early Indians. To begin with, corn, beans, and squash do well in this...

Lesser Sooty Owl (Tyto multipunctata)

Lesser Sooty Owls replace Sooty Owls in northeastern Queensland. Despite living in similar habitats-big stands of rainforest-and having...

How to Grow Parsnip, Salsify and Scorzonera

Parsnip takes some patience. The seeds are slow sprouting, the plants are slow-growing, and the whole crop can...

How Important Are Cultivating Herbs?

How Important Are Cultivating Herbs? Since no self-respecting modern cookbook leaves herbs out of its recipes, courses in herbal...

The Blackbird – A Jaunty Songster

The Blackbird is one of the most familiar and best-loved garden birds. It is often regarded as uninteresting...

Painted Firetail (Emblema pictum)

In Australia, painted firetails (Emblema pictum) are a common species of estrildid finches. Along gorges and acacia- and spinifex-clad hills in northern inland Australia,...

Pied kingfisher (Ceryle rudis)

Distribution: The pied Kingfisher is a large kingfisher in Egypt, South Asia, the Middle East, and Turkey. The birds do not migrate except for short-distance...

The Sapphire-rumped Parrotlet

Description: A small Sapphire-rumped Parrotlet (Touit purpuratus) is one of two similar but allopatric Touit parrotlets with brown on the back and red tail. ...

White-eared honeyeater (Nesoptilotis leucotis)

Habitat: The white-eared honeyeater (Nesoptilotis leucotis) is unlike most of its relatives; it is not communal, rarely gathers at flowering food trees, and never forms...

Yellow-tufted honeyeater (Lichenostomus melanops)

Habitat: The yellow-tufted honeyeater (Lichenostomus melanops) is found throughout their range in healthy eucalypt woodlands and open forests in southeastern Australia. Yellow-tufted honeyeaters live...

Double-eyed Fig Parrot: Best Tiniest Parrot in Australia

Habitat: The double-eyed fig parrot (Cyclopsitta diophthalma) was given its curious name because of a spot close to the eye in some races, giving the impression...

Pied Monarch (Arses kaupi)

There is an endemic species of the Pied Monarch (Arses kaupi) in coastal Queensland, Australia, which belongs to the monarch-flycatcher family, Monarchidae. Pied monarchs...

Tennessee warbler “Vermivora peregrine”

IDENTIFICATION The Tennessee warbler “Vermivora peregrine” is a medium size, 11.5 cm in length. This is a small transatlantic vagrant with a fairly plump, short-tailed...

Red Avadavat (Amandava amandava)

IDENTIFICATION Red Avadavat is 9 cm in length.  This bird species is a locally established introduction from tropical Asia in the Iberian Peninsula, Northern Italy,...

The Magnificent Red-headed woodpecker

Habitat: The red-headed woodpecker (Melanerpes erythrocephalus) is a common transient and summer resident statewide. It is a local and irregular winter resident in the eastern part...