by Rich Leighton | Oct 23, 2019 | Birds, Interesting Nature Facts, Natural History, Nature & Wildlife
You can find 50 species of warblers in North America. Most warblers are specialized to eat insects. They migrate to the tropics for winter. A few, like the yellow-rumped warbler, can shift their diets to berries during winter in the United States. MORE PHOTOS OF BIRDS...
by Rich Leighton | Jul 16, 2019 | Birds, Interesting Nature Facts, Natural History, Nature & Wildlife, Pacific Northwest, Washington
Mergansers feed mostly on fish and have serrated edges to their long and thin bills that help them grip their prey, hence the common name “sawbills”. MORE PHOTOS OF BIRDS MORE INTERESTING NATURE FACTS Interesting Nature Facts is a series about the flora,...
by Rich Leighton | Jul 11, 2019 | Birds, Interesting Nature Facts, Natural History, Nature & Wildlife
Hummingbirds are the only birds that can fly backwards and their wings can beat at up to 80 times per second. Also a hummingbird’s heart beats at over a 1,000 times a minute! MORE PHOTOS OF BIRDS MORE INTERESTING NATURE FACTS Interesting Nature Facts is a series...
by Rich Leighton | Jul 6, 2019 | Birds, Florida Nature Photography, Interesting Nature Facts, Natural History, Nature & Wildlife
The killdeer has a clever strategy to keep intruders and unwanted predators away from its nest. It will mimic an injured bird while sounding like it is in distress and hopping clumsily to lure potential threats away from its hidden nest that it builds on the ground....
by Rich Leighton | Jun 21, 2019 | Birds, Interesting Nature Facts, Natural History, Nature & Wildlife
Black skimmers “skim” the surface of the water with black-tipped, bright red bills that allow the bird to cut through the water and grab small fish near the surface. MORE PHOTOS OF BIRDS MORE INTERESTING NATURE FACTS Interesting Nature Facts is a series...
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