NORTHERN PARULA: GEMSTONE WITH WINGS
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BIOMIMICRY: NATURE INSPIRED DESIGN AND ENGINEERING
Biomimicry: Learning from and emulating nature’s forms, processes, and ecosystems to create solutions for problems in the human-made world. There are many examples of biomimicry in practice, e.g., sharkskin and antifouling ship hulls, termite mounds and efficient building ventilation, humpback whale fins and low drag wind turbine blades, burdock plant burrs and Velcro, ,,, the […]
Read MoreTRI-COLORED HERON FEEDING DANCE
Herons, like Great Blue, Green, Night, Little, are known for their slow and deliberate hunting and fishing styles. Then there are the Tri-colored Herons. Tri-colored Herons frenetically ‘dance’ when fishing. Their signature first move is the Canopy. They form a canopy by spreading their wings to create a large shadow on the water’s surface. When […]
Read MoreRED-HEADED WOODPECKERS: STRIKING LOOKS, STRIKING POPULATION DECLINE
Red-headed Woodpeckers are striking North American woodpeckers. But their gorgeous looks have not kept them off the Partners In Flight’s Yellow Watch List, the list of species that require constant monitoring and long-term assessment to prevent further declines. In their case, further declines from the current 1%\year or 54% in total since mid-1960s. They are […]
Read MoreWINTERING SANDHILL CRANES ARE CALLING MIDDLE GEORGIA HOME
Large flocks of ‘Fall’ migrating Sandhill Cranes are no longer just using the farm fields of middle GA as a stopover, some are staying for the winter. Historically, eastern Sandhill Cranes fly to the Florida prairies for the winter. One exception is a population that winters near the Okefenokee Swamp & the Grand Bay Wildlife […]
Read MoreCOMMENSAL FEEDING: NATURE’S CO-OP
Different species of birds often stop their territorial bickering and competition to cooperatively forage together and improve one or both species’ success rate. This cooperation can take a variety of forms. For waterbirds it is often commensal, that is, one species benefits and the other neither benefits or is harmed. A common form of commensalism […]
Read MoreWINGS OVER WATER WILDLIFE FESTIVAL, OUTER BANKS, NORTH CAROLINA
“The annual Wings Over Water festival is held each October to celebrate the wildlife and environment of coastal North Carolina. This wildlife festival includes over 90 trips & programs involving birding, paddling, photography, art, and natural history, and helps raise funds for local National Wildlife Refuges.” Ann and I attended the 2022 festival. Even though Ann […]
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