Month: April 2013

Politics

Why Are Conservatives Pathological Jerks Who Hate The Environment?

April 30, 2013 by Corey 15 Comments

This is just ridiculous: With a fixed amount of money in their wallet, respondents had to “buy” either an old-school lightbulb or an efficient...

Birds

The Oriolest Oriole

by Nate 7 Comments

Icterus is a wide-ranging neotropical genus consisting of the technicolor blackbirds we call orioles. The two dozen species are, nearly to an individual, long...

Mammals

A Day Active Little Brown Bat in Queens

April 29, 2013 by Corey 2 Comments

On Saturday’s nature walk at Oakland Lake, a small park in Queens, Desi and I got to enjoy the antics of a very active...

Birding

Best Bird of the Weekend (Last of April 2013)

by Mike 8 Comments

No matter where you live in the world, you’ve probably noticed how interesting the unfolding of this season is becoming. True, many of you...

Birding, News

Now Joining the Twitterverse: David Attenborough

April 28, 2013 by Meredith Mann No Comments

If you are a fan of British broadcaster, naturalist, and “national treasure” David Attenborough, you won’t want to miss this. He’s signed on to...

I and the Bird

Call for I and the Bird: Vultures

by Nate 1 Comment

Vultures are weird. They like dead things. They don’t have any feathers on their heads. Despite filling mostly the same niche, their representatives in...

Birding

Black-tailed Native-hens

by Clare M 2 Comments

We rarely see Black-tailed Native-hens Tribonyx ventralis around Broome, but we did see them in several locations in Southern Queensland earlier this year. We...