Category: Reptiles

Amphibians, Birding, Birds, Bugs, Lists, Mammals, Reptiles

My 10 favourite Side Quests while Birding

August 22, 2024 by Jochen 2 Comments

We are birders. All of us are, or we wouldn’t be meeting here on 10,000 Birds quite so frequently. Birds rule our world. The...

Birding, Mammals, Reptiles

Birding – An Extreme Sport

January 20, 2024 by Peter 9 Comments

In his book Tales of a Tribe, author Mark Cocker describes an unfortunate event befalling a friend. One night while camping in the Himalayas,...

Reptiles, Reviews

Turtles of the World: A Guide To Every Family–A Book Review by a Turtle Lover

February 1, 2022 by Donna 1 Comment

Turtles are the reptile everybody loves. At the very least appreciated for their hard-shell adaptation, the way they quietly survive in ponds, rivers, oceans,...

Birds, Reptiles

Everglades Long-Legged Birds Feed Their Young To Alligators, Everything is Good.

April 19, 2016 by Greg 1 Comment

You know the famous novel about rabbits, wherein among other things the traveling bunnies find themselves in a warren where everyone is well fed...

Reptiles

Sea Snakes and other creatures of the beach

January 31, 2016 by Clare M 10 Comments

Although I usually write about the birds that we observe we are always encountering other creatures along our coastline around Broome and it has...

Conservation, Reptiles

African Pythons Targeted for Removal

January 29, 2015 by Alfredo Begazo 6 Comments

The invasive Burmese Python (Python molurus) is well established in the Florida Everglade. Another species of Python, the African Python (Python sebae) has established...

Reptiles

Gulf Coast Ribbon Snake

November 22, 2014 by Redgannet 1 Comment

Positive reinforcement tells me that I should be finding snakes in Houston, TX. The first one was found simply by accident, but consistent herpetological...