Fidel Castro was the dictator of Cuba who was also known for his love of birdwatching. Although there is not much written regarding his passion for birding, it’s widely known that it was one of his passions. He probably had an interesting life list as there are several endemic bird species in Cuba and it’s …
James Bond is a fictional character created by novelist Ian Fleming in 1953. A British secret agent working for MI6 under the codename 007, he has been portrayed on film by actors Sean Connery, David Niven, George Lazenby, Roger Moore, Timothy Dalton, Pierce Brosnan and Daniel Craig in twenty-seven productions. From Ian Fleming, The New Yorker, …
The egg, certainly. The first animals on earth, probably the sponges, reproduced both sexually and asexually. They simply grew a bud that became a new individual or they produced eggs and sperm. So perhaps as far back as 500 million years or more, there were eggs. Chickens didn’t arrive on the scene until about 58,000 …
The swans, the largest of all waterfowl, are known for their beauty, elegance, and grace. Of six species of swans in the world, four are found in the northern hemisphere, mainly North America and Eurasia. and two in the southern hemisphere. The four northern species, the Tundra, Mute, Whooping, and Trumpeter Swans, have all white …
“Theo Decker, a 13-year-old New Yorker, miraculously survives an accident that kills his mother. Abandoned by his father, Theo is taken in by the family of a wealthy friend. Bewildered by his strange new home on Park Avenue,…… he clings to the one thing that reminds him of her: a small, mysteriously captivating painting….” Amazon. …
Halfords Group is the UK’s largest retailer of motoring and cycling products and services, providing maintenance and repairs in the United Kingdom. According to research from Halfords, bright red cars attract more bird droppings than vehicles of any other color. Green cars were found to suffer least, followed by silver, while white vehicles escaped more …
I’m often asked what it takes to become an ornithologist. See my careers page. There really is no one path and there is no university that I know of that awards a degree in ornithology. I received a PhD in Zoology. What made me an ornithologist is an undergraduate course in ornithology, two long graduate …
A few weeks ago I was sent a bird feeder, not just any old bird feeder, but one with a built in camera. It takes photos of any bird feeding at it and send the photo of the bird along with its identification. Sounds pretty good, huh? There are several bird cameras on the market …
I have received several emails lately from folks asking why the birds have disappeared from their feeder. Well, I could be a wise guy and say “How am I supposed to know?” because I often don’t know where they live, where the bird feeder is located, what kind of seeds they were feeding or any …
Here’s an award-winning grand prize photo. Photographers from all over the world entered more than 22,000 images into the Bird Photographer of the Year 2021 competition. Alejandro Prieto won this year for his poignant image of a Greater Roadrunner stymied at the U.S.-Mexico border wall. He took the photo at Naco, Arizona, a border town …
