Month: March 2011 - Page 12

Reptiles

Sea Snakes of Northern Australia

March 13, 2011 by Clare M 9 Comments

A little bird told me this week that you are all rather interested in the sea snakes that we come across on the beaches...

Birds

Most Wanted Birds in Brazil

March 12, 2011 by Corey 5 Comments

Brazil is an amazing country loaded with a huge number of species of bird that birders the world over desperately want to experience. As...

competitions

Winner of the Wildlife Conservation Society Birds of Brazil Giveaway

by Corey No Comments

There were many excellent entries in the Wildlife Conservation Society Birds of Brazil: The Pantanal & Cerrado of Central Brazil giveaway. As promised, one...

News

Bird Banding Codes Demystified

by Mike 2 Comments

Ever run into trouble trying to assign a 4-letter code to a North American bird? Did you even realize that not every bird has...

Birds

Quetzals of Ecuador

by Renato 11 Comments

Ecuador has three types of Quetzals, one in the Amazon basin and two in the east and west slopes. The Quetzals in the...

Birds

Meet Suliformes, one of the newest orders of birds

by David 7 Comments

There I was (I’ve been reading Thurber) on board a boat off Baja California, reveling in cormorants (three species!), Brown Pelicans, and the northernmost...

Birds

What is the National Bird of Nicaragua?

March 11, 2011 by Corey 8 Comments

The national bird of Nicaragua is the Turquoise-browed Motmot. Nicaraguans, however, call it Guardabarranco, which translates to “ravine-guard.” Whatever its common name Eumomota superciliosa...

Birds