Birds

Rocky Mountain Locust: The Mystery and Swarm Vanished

If you insect lover, then you must be curious about how 12 trillion Rocky Mountain Locusts (Melanoplus spretus) vanished from Earth. This is a mind-blowing history of massive swarms...

How to Grow Delicious Beets?

The best reason to grow beets is to make homemade borscht. But you can also boil them and...

Speckled Warbler (Sericornis sagittatus)

Family: The speckled warbler (Pyrrholaemus sagittatus) belongs to the family Acanthizidae. In 1801, English physician and ornithologist John...

Jaguarundi: A Small and Beautiful South American Cat

The enigma is the jaguarundi (Puma Yagouaroundi). This small South American cat looks different from any other small...

The Shy Great Potoo Bird Call

Description The great potoo (Nyctibius grandis) is a shy and solitary creature that perches upright during the daytime on...

Grey Plover (Pluvialis squatarola)

Family: Grey plover (Pluvialis squatarola) is a species of plover belonging to the Charadriidae family. Habitats: The Grey Plover or Black-bellied Plover migrates to winter...

Arctic Redpoll ‘Carduelis hornemanni’

IDENTIFICATION Arctic Redpoll or Hoary Redpoll is medium size 13 to 14 cm large Arctic birds. It is representative of Common Redpoll (Acanthis flammea),...

Little Curlew (Numenius minutes)

The Little curlew (Numenius minutus) belongs to the large bird family Scolopacidae. In September and October, Little Curlews migrate from their breeding grounds in...

Horned Sungem – Amazing South American Hummingbird

Horned Sungem is a beautiful remarkable hummingbird that is mostly found in South America. It is well worthy of such an evocative name and...

Arctic Warbler (Phylloscopus borealis)

IDENTIFICATION ARCTIC WARBLER (Phylloscopus borealis) is very similar to Greenish Warbler (Phylloscopus trochiloides), but averages larger, stouter, and more attenuated, with a relatively larger head....

The Distinctive Pin-Tailed Manakin

The stunning and highly distinctive pin-tailed manakin (Ilicura militaris) is a species of bird in the family Pipridae. It is the only member of...

Hummingbirds – The Little Jewels of Flight 2

A selection of Hummingbirds that occur in Ventura County, California either as resident breeders, or seen during their migration in the spring or fall....

Ashy-crowned sparrow lark: Admiring the Elegant Role in Ecosystem

Ashy-crowned sparrow lark is a medium-sized bird, mainly found in arid open land with bare ground and grass in South Asia. In India (Bengali,...

White-bellied Emerald (Chlorestes candida)

IDENTIFICATION - The White-bellied Emerald (Chlorestes candida) resembles the Azure-crowned Hummingbird (Saucerottia cyanocephala) but it is smaller and has all white underparts. It has...

Cicadabird (Edolisoma tenuirostre)

Habitat: Cicadabirds (Edolisoma tenuirostre) utter sporadic bursts throughout the day only when they advertise or signal their territory during breeding season. Often several hundred...