Oddest of all is theBoat-billed Heronof Central America. The species superficially resembles aBlack-crowned Night Heron, one of the world’s most cosmopolitan heron species, expect for the massive bill stuck to the front of its head like a backhoe shovel. That bill was odd enough that the ...
Any bird of the family Gruidae, large birds with long legs and a long neck which is extended during flight. Crank A device for transmitting rotary motion, consisting of a handle or arm attached at right angles to a shaft. Crane Ardea herodias, the great blue heron. Crank A clever turn ...
I saw a Great Blue Heron fighting an unidentified hawk in the San Bernard National Wildlife Refuge on the Texas Gulf Coast between Galveston and Freeport on Nov 16. The Heron is pretty intense. But, I can't ID the hawk. There is a light white line above
8. Overall, it was a slow year for ducks, which is disappointing considering ducks are my favorite type of bird to watch. My best “duck day” came during the Christmas Bird Count when I got close-up views of long-tailed ducks and American wigeons. I need to do better on my ducks ...
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A bat is a small fur-covered mammal that has wings, and is the only mammal capable of true flight. There are two major types of bats, megachiroptera and microchiroptera. Megachiroptera is a group of bats that are large and eat fruit and nectar, and microchiroptera are smaller insect-eate...
The first, Another Field Guide to Little Known and Seldom Seen Birds of North America, is divided into three parts. The opening section provides the novice birder with useful illustrations of habitat type (i.e., twigs, water, ground, and air) and...
The temple consists of 83 buildings. » Its name “White Heron” reflects the resemblance of its shape with a bird’s silhouette. » The lines «…the landscape is reflected in a drop and exists until it drips» conveys the magnificence of the old building. Imperial Palace, ...
That would be an impossible task; even among the vertebrates, there are more than 5,000 other species of mammal, more than 8,000 species of bird, about 28,000 species of teleost fish, and numerous members of other classes to consider; and then there are the uncountable numbers of inverteb...
If we wanted to characterize the County a bit more via the use of open data, we could use e.g. osmdata to get land-use information via OpenStreetMap: instead of bird hides/blinds as in the first post we could get elements related to agriculture for instance. Conclusion Characterizing...