Bird watchers in Idaho can explore numerous hotspots that attract both common and rare birds. One of the premier destinations is the Bear Lake National Wildlife Refuge, where you can spot majestic waterfowl like pelicans, herons, and swans. The Snake River Birds of Prey National Conservation Area...
universities, Michael Crow of Arizona State warns against throwing “the baby out with the bath water.’’ Elliott Davis Jr.April 3, 2025 ASU President Talks Innovation Is Tesla losing its charge? The electric car company dropped in value as its CEO ramped up his involvement in the Trum...
Common Poorwills, small nocturnal insectivorous birds found across western North America, are seemingly unique because of their alleged abilityto remain torpid for extended periods during winter. We used temperature-sensitive radio transmitters to assess patterns of torpor use at sites in the Sonoran ...
It's all about branding for this #1 rated beer named after a band of yellow furry birds. Brewer and owner Robert Leonard decided the Citra hops, blended with mango and papaya,should have a silly monikerthat would make men feel self-conscious when ordering it. "If [a name or design] mak...
Mallard Duck ©birdsdowntown.wordpress.com Mallard Duck Distribution Mallards are fairly widespread throughout the Nearctic. They live in palearctic ranging from Iceland to Kamchatka and south to the Mediterrean. During winters, mallards breed in much of the Pacific coast, Aleutians to California...
The birds soar in circles without flapping, letting the rising air carry them upward. These thermal updrafts are relatively weak; to lift your larger human body, you’ll need to find a stronger source of rising air. Some of the strongest updrafts near the ground happen near mountain ...
meal. The eastern saltmarsh mosquito’s scientific name isAedes sollicitans. In Latin, this means “vexing” or “disturbing,” which is quite appropriate as the females bite aggressively day or night and will feast on people and many kinds of animals, including birds, reptiles, and mammals....
Common kingsnakes, which occur in a rainbow of polished colors, rate near the top of the most beautiful snakes of the world. For instance, the Sonora mountain kingsnake of Arizona has narrow red and white rings separated by thin black rings. The common kingsnake of California typically has br...
vampire bat (Diphylla ecaudata), which is distributed mainly in cooler areas, up to the south of Texas historically and prefers bovine and equine blood; and the white-winged vampire bat (Diaemus youngi), the rarest species, found close to the equator, feeding mainly on birds (Nowak, 1999...
Tail-mounts performed only slightly better than glued backpacks, with only three of eight tail-mounts remaining in place at the conclusion of the study. Flight, feeding, and perching activities were not affected by the attachments; however, some birds showed initial annoyance toward the mock radio...