Birds

Leucistic Limpkin

September 29, 2021 by Faraaz Abdool No Comments
Conceptualizing a plumage aberration such as leucism, where pigments are prevented from reaching some (or all) feathers (in the case of birds) may be...
Birding

What’s in a Name: Readers Respond

December 4, 2015 by Carrie No Comments
Some updates from the comments sections! On the Limpkin, the ever-sagicious Rick Wright points out that the ‘gait’ explanation may well be a folk...
Head of a Limpkin
Birds

What’s in a Name: Limpkin

August 28, 2015 by Carrie 2 Comments
A friend was in Florida, and as people in Florida are wont to do, he taunted me with pictures of some good birds that...
Birds

Fighting Limpkins

January 31, 2013 by a Guest 5 Comments
Phil McGrew is a nuclear engineer turned currency trader. He moved from Florida to California 3 years ago and in the process, gave up...
Birds

The Limpkin and the Snail

January 31, 2012 by Corey 4 Comments
Limpkins are Apple Snail specialists.  That is, they eat snails of the genus Pomacea to the exclusion of all else, provided the snails are...
Trips

Snail Kites, Limpkins and Escargot

February 15, 2011 by James 14 Comments
I ate escargot for the first time a few months ago. That I didn’t enjoy it probably had to do with the fact that...
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