by Rich Leighton | Mar 19, 2022 | Birds, Natural History, Nature & Wildlife, Nature Photography, Texas
I’ve been trying to get a decent shot of a northern cardinal (I grew up calling them red cardinals in Florida) on camera for decades! Last week I was in near Weslaco, Texas and this handsome male dropped out the trees and landed right in front of me and stayed...
by Rich Leighton | Jun 18, 2021 | Birds, Florida, Interesting Nature Facts, Natural History, Nature & Wildlife, Nature Photography
The endangered and endemic Florida scrub jay is a cooperative breeder. When the offspring leave the nest, they stay with their parents and help them raise next year’s brood instead of going off to raise young on their own. MORE PHOTOS OF BIRDS MORE INTERESTING...
by Rich Leighton | Dec 18, 2020 | Birds, Interesting Nature Facts, Natural History, Nature & Wildlife
One of the very smallest of all of North America’s songbirds, the desert-loving, black-tailed gnatcatcher weighs about the same as a nickel. MORE PHOTOS OF BIRDS MORE INTERESTING NATURE FACTS Interesting Nature Facts is a series about the flora, fauna and places...
by Rich Leighton | Dec 8, 2020 | Birds, Florida Nature Photography, Interesting Nature Facts, Natural History, Nature & Wildlife
When you think of birds feeding their babies in the nest, we immediately think of hungry little chicks gobbling up insects dutifully foraged in the surrounding environment. House finches do things a little bit differently, and feed their chicks a nearly 100%...
by Rich Leighton | Nov 17, 2020 | Bird of Prey, Birds, Interesting Nature Facts, Natural History, Nature & Wildlife
Prairie falcons may look very similar peregrine falcons and do share a common extinct ancestor, but live in very different habitats and rarely come in contact with each other. The prairie falcon prefers nesting in the hot dry deserts and scrublands and ca sometimes be...
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