Birds

Flowers

Lantana Heads – Clusters of Tiny Flowers

Lantana Heads are perennials grown as half-hardy annuals in most climates or wintered over indoors. Lantana cameras can grow as tall as 10 feet in very warm climates. It...
Fruits & Vegetables

Succession Planting: Make the Space in Your Garden

Crops in succession planting is a good way to make the most of your precious garden space. Sometimes...
Herbs

The Aromatic Herbs and Foods

Aromatic herbs and foods: without plants, man could not survive. Cereals, sophisticated grasses, fruits, vegetables, seeds, and nuts...
Flowers

African Violet: Blooms All The Time in Winter

Almost any plant can be a houseplant if you want it to be, even a tree if it’s...
Birds

Common Hawk-cuckoo Call

Common Hawk-cuckoo Call There is evidence to suggest some small birds resemble sparrow hawks, Accipiter nisus, when responding to...

Eurasian Wryneck ‘Jynx torquilla’

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IDENTIFICATION Eurasian Wryneck is 16–17 cm in length and 25–27 cm with wingspan. This small, aberrant woodpecker is a most inquisitive bird, looking and behaving...

Peregrine Falcon Call

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CALL/VOICE/SOUNDS Peregrine Falcon call is usually silent except near the nest, where the most frequent call is a loud, harsh, scolding ‘ka-yak, ka-yak, ka-yak...’, becoming...

Musk Lorikeet: Nature’s Masterpieces in Every Feather

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Flying high above the ground on their way to and from feeding areas, Musk Lorikeet (Glossopsitta concinna) typically feeds on pollen and nectar among...

Red-necked Avocet (Recurvirostra novaehollandiae)

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Family: Red-necked Avocet (Recurvirostra novaehollandiae) belongs to the family Recurvirostridae. Habitat: Red-necked Avocets have an upturned bill, similar to the cobbler's awl of stilts. While...

Banded Stilt (Cladorhynchus leucocephalus)

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Family: A banded stilt (Cladorhynchus leucocephalus) belongs to the family of recurvirostridae, which consists of stilts and avocets. Habitat: The Banded Stilt is an enigmatic...

Bush Thick-knee (Burhinus grallarius)

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Family: The bush thick-knee (Burhinus grallarius, previously known as Burhinus magnirostris) belongs to the family Burhinidae. Habitat: During the day, they roost on broken ground that...

Identification of Baltimore Oriole Female & Male

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Identification of Baltimore Oriole Female & Male Baltimore oriole ‘Icterus galbula’ is a transatlantic vagrant. It is a medium-sized 19-20 cm in length, rather slim...

Snowcap (Microchera albocoronata)

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Family: Snowcap (Microchera albocoronata) belongs to the tribe Trochilini, subfamily Trochilinae, Other Name: It is also known as the snowcap hummingbird (Microchera albocoronata). Identification: Despite its...

Sacred Kingfisher (Todiramphus sanctus)

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Family: The sacred kingfisher (Todiramphus sanctus) is a medium-sized bird belonging to the kingfisher subfamily Halcyoninae. Other Name: It is also known as the Respected...

Laughing Kookaburra (Dacelo novaeguineae)

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Family: The Laughing Kookaburra (Dacelo novaeguineae) is the largest member of the Kingfisher subfamily Halcyoninae. Habitat: Nesting requires tree holesoles. It can also be found...
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