birdwatching

On the road leading to Vigía Chico, in Quintana Roo, a birdwatcher noticed the bad practices that a group of birdwatchers carried …

Learning about waterfowl bills with tongue spikes, teeth-like ridges, and taste buds were probably a shocker in last month’s column.* I have …

Doesn’t this title sound like cooking utensils found in a kitchen? Instead I will discuss tools for food gathering by duck-like bills …

Enjoy this short photo essay of birds with “blue” plumage. While three are winging the blues, at the end is a bird …

BIRDIE BABIES PHOTO ESSAY Enjoy this short photo essay of baby birds with a glimpse of how they may metamorphose into an …

Tricolored Heron, Egret tricolor, Garza Tricolor (Spanish) Wading birds use different feeding strategies to capture their prey. But I think the more-than-three-colors …

Thirty-four chicken-sized birds emerge from cattails to engage in a dodge-ball dance in an open, flat wetland of southern Florida. Usually the …

BURROWING OWL, Athene cunicularia, “Tecolote Llanero” (Spanish) Time for some light heartedness and whimsy! I chose the expressive Burrowing Owl, a tiny …

Begin this New Year with new hope, discoveries. I found something new to ponder. IMAGINE my surprise when I enlarged an image …

New scientific research has shown that asexual reproduction or “virgin births,” a process typically associated with microscopic organisms, is occurring all over …