10,000 Birds
SEPTEMBER 25, 2013
While the native apple snail continued declining, another species of apple snail native to South America began to appear in canals and ponds in South Florida. The baseball-sized “Island apple snail”, as this exotic snail is known, spreaded through South Florida. Snail Kites now favor these ponds and breed around them.
10,000 Birds
JULY 15, 2016
Chimney Swifts are dedicated, hard-working parents, and will not abandon their nestlings unless they think they’re gone for good. These fabulous birds fly all the way to South America for the winter, then return in the spring. How great to be able to turn a potential swift family disaster into a success!
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10,000 Birds
NOVEMBER 5, 2015
The Andean Flamingo ( Phoenicopterus andinus ) is one of the three flamingos occurring in the high Andes of South America. It is the largest and easiest to identify in all age stages. It is also the rarest of the flamingos of living in the high Andean. In fact, the Andean Flamingo is regarded as the world’s rarest flamingo.
10,000 Birds
JULY 22, 2014
But while their range expansion in the old world was made up of relatively short hops no one expected this species to move westward across the Atlantic Ocean to South America but it did just that! Cattle Egret is more closely related to herons in the genus Ardea then the species termed egrets in the genus Egretta.
10,000 Birds
MARCH 10, 2011
The vast majority of Baltimore Orioles that breed in North America return to the tropics between Mexico and northern South America for the cold half of the year. They are, for many birders in the eastern part of the continent, one of a short list of quintessential spring birds.
10,000 Birds
APRIL 30, 2011
As a youngster of 10-weeks old, it is abandoned by its parents and left to fend for itself. Its first flight will take it from its burrow, usually on the west coast of the United Kingdom, to the coast of South America, an extraordinary journey for an unaccompanied minor. You have got to admire the Manx Shearwater.
10,000 Birds
OCTOBER 8, 2015
The Brown Pelican occurs in both the Pacific and Atlantic coasts of North America and northern South America. Abandoned fishing line also threatens pelicans along with many marine animals. Brown Pelicans in non-breeding plumage. Photo: Lance and Erin (Creative Commons – Flickr).
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