Birds

Well, it’s unlikely Allisa is going to cover this one during her Seattle Audubon Master Bird Classes.  This is the Hoatzin, a resident of the Amazon Basin and Orinco Delta in South America.  The genus Opisthocomus comes from the Greek meaning “wearing long hair behind”.   Ok then.  This refers to the punk hairdo – or crest.  This […]

From Arroyo de Elmedio to Arroyo de Pabon, fifteen miles. From Arroyo de Pabon to Mananciales, ten miles. As we pursued our journey late in the evening, we saw large flocks of ostriches (Rhea), which had come forth from the long grass to refresh themselves with water. On the following day some of our attendants

Q: Why do birds fly south?   A: Because it’s too far to walk.  –unknown It’s autumn and time for many birds to pick up and head south for warmer digs during our winter.  One of the champions of migration is the golden plover, which breeds in western Alaska and the Siberian tundra during June – July, typically

Occasionally the plaintive note of a white tufted tyrant flycatcher may be heard, concealed neat the summit of the most lofty trees, and more rarely the loud strange cry of a black woodpecker with a fine scarlet crest on its head (this being worn by adult males only)  June, 1834 Journal entry – Charles Darwin

Though she be but little, she is fierce.  William Shakespeare, A Midsummer Night’s Dream This is a small, common songbird that ranges from Alaska and east across Canada, south to New Jersey, Missouri, New Mexico, and Northern California.  Some populations will shift southward into Maryland and Texas but the bird is a year-round resident throughout its