Birds

The Legacy of the Niantic Tribe: Tracing the History and Culture of a Native American Community

The Legacy of the Niantic Tribe. The name Niantic is also spelled Nehantic also pronounced nie-ANN-tick and is translated as "at a point of land on an estuary" --that...

The Cloud Cisticola or tink-tink cisticola

The Cloud Cisticola or tink-tink cisticola is near-endemic in southern Africa and occurs in South Africa, Angola, Mozambique,...

The Incredible Devil’s Finger Fungus

Clathrus archeri, commonly known as octopus stinkhorn, or Devil's Finger, is a fungus indigenous to Australia and New...

How do Shrikes Get Their Name

How do Shrikes Get Their Name? - William Turner, in a Short and “Succint History of Birds” in...

The Bat with Big Ears

The name of the Bat with Big Ears is an understatement: the ears are huge almost as long...

Yellow Cardinal – One in a Million Bird

Did you see Yellow Cardinal ever? Jeremy Black, an Alabama wedding and wildlife photographer, spent almost five hours in a friend’s backyard with the...

The Facts of Andean Parakeet

IDENTIFICATION - Andean Parakeet (Bolborhynchus orbygnesius) is a 17.5 cm (7 in) stocky darker than the mountain parakeet, all-green parakeet with bluish-green under-wings seen...

Masked Woodswallow (Artamus personatus)

A Masked woodswallow belongs to the family Artamidae. This is one of two Australian woodswallow species that flock in large numbers. In autumn, the...

Why the Green Oriole Should Be on Every Bird Lover’s Radar

In northern Australia, the Green oriole and Australasian yellow oriole (Oriolus flavocinctus) carry bubbling calls during the hottest hours on the hottest day of...

Crested Bellbird (Oreoica gutturalis)

Habitat: One aboriginal name for the Crested Bellbird (Oreoica gutturalis) was 'panpanpalala', an alliterative imitation of its song. This the male gives with a...

Regent Bowerbird: Nature’s Masterpiece of Color and Beauty

Regent Bowerbird (Sericulus chrysocephalus) lives in the mid-eastern coastal rainforests. They hide in tangles of ferns and lawyer vines on the forest floor, building...

Eurasian Wryneck ‘Jynx torquilla’

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

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

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)

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...