Birds

Digging Crystals at Oklahoma’s Great Salt Plains

When you first approach the crystal digging area on the west end of the Great Salt Plains. It looks like beautiful white water. The Great Salt Plains in Alfalfa...

UK Shingle Beach Communities

UK Shingle Beach makes up a quarter of the coastline. Some of these are shifting and unstable, affording...

Laughing Dove (Streptopelia senegalensis)

HABITAT  Laughing dove is mainly associated with human habitation, occurring in towns, villages, gardens, orchards, oases, and associated cultivation,...

How Do Blowholes Work?

How Do Blowholes Work? Well, the question is, how do blowholes work? Let's do a deep dive and learn...

The Hefty Raptor Savanna Hawk

The Savanna Hawk is a hefty raptor found in open savanna and swamp edges. It was formerly placed...

Golden-shouldered Parrot (Psephotus chrysopterygius)

Due to their rarity and elegance, Golden-shouldered Parrots (Psephotus chrysopterygius) have become so highly sought after by collectors they are smuggled out of Australia...

Crested Tern (Sterna bergii)

Crested tern is the second largest of Australia's terms, and it is also one of the most familiar and abundant, frequenting shores and inshore...

Asian Koel: Nature’s Musical Marvel

Family: The Asian koel (Eudynamys scolopaceus) is a member of the cuckoo family Cuculiformes in the genus Eudynamys. Habitat: Asian Koel is normally called common...

The Herring Gull (Larus argentatus)

Herring Gull is a medium-to-large-sized sea bird with long pointed wings, a stout, slightly hooked bill, and webbed feet. They are plentiful in temperate...

Upcher’s Warbler (Hippolais languid)

The size of Upcher’s Warbler (Hippolais languid) is 13-14 cm in length. It is a larger and grayer than Olivaceous, particularly in comparison with...

American Woodcock (Scolopax minor)

This inland member of the sandpiper family has a stocky build, long bills, and short legs. However, their habitats and diet are distinct. Woodcock...

American coot (Fulica Americana)

American coot (Fulica Americana) size is about 32–37 cm; in length with a wingspan of 60–70 cm. The American coot is a transatlantic vagrant...

Scarlet-chested Parrot (Neophema splendid)

Scarlet-chested Parrots (Neophema splendid) have been exhibiting spectacular irruptions and disappearances for long periods that have left ornithologists puzzled. The birds appear to follow...

Grey-headed Honeyeater Call

Grey-headed Honeyeater call is single chek, chek in-flight; weak 'alarm-clock' trill. The song of Grey-headed Honeyeater is kwoyt-kwoyt-kwoyt, repeated rapidly on the same pitch. Grey-headed...

The Spotted Sandpiper (Actitis macularia)

Description The spotted sandpiper is a member of the family, Scolopacidae. It includes numerous species of shorebirds, e.g., sandpipers, tattlers, knots, godwits, curlews, yellowlegs, willets,...