by Rich Leighton | Aug 12, 2018 | Birds, Interesting Nature Facts, Natural History, Nature & Wildlife
With roughly 20 species of native woodpeckers and their sapsucker relatives found across North America, woodpeckers are nature’s loudest headbangers. Woodpeckers slam their beaks against wood with a force 1,000 times that of gravity. That’s 20 times more force...
by Rich Leighton | Jul 28, 2018 | Birds, Interesting Nature Facts, Natural History, Nature & Wildlife
Owls don’t have eyeballs. Rather, they’re more like eye tubes. They’re elongated and held in place by “sclerotic rings,” a bony structure in the skull. Because of this, owls can’t really move or roll their eyes. That’s why...
by Rich Leighton | Jul 23, 2018 | Birds, Florida, Florida Nature Photography, Interesting Nature Facts, Natural History, Nature & Wildlife
The roseate spoonbill is a beautifully plumed wading bird with a long bill shaped like a spatula. They were almost driven to extinction by plume hunters at the turn of the century. Still rare, but recovering, they can be seen wading in coastal areas. MORE PHOTOS OF...
by Rich Leighton | May 9, 2018 | Birds, Florida Nature Photography, Interesting Nature Facts
Sandhill cranes mate for life, and have one brood a year. Chicks are able to leave the nest 8 hours after hatching, and stay with their parents for 9-10 months including migration. MORE PHOTOS OF CRANES & LIMPKINS MORE INTERESTING NATURE FACTS Interesting Nature...
by Rich Leighton | Mar 25, 2016 | Birds, NANP, Natural History, Nature & Wildlife, Nature Photography, Pacific Northwest, Washington
For the past couple of years there has been a red-breasted nuthatch that lives near my house that is almost always visible until the moment I have a camera in hand, and it’s been driving me crazy. It was funny at first, but after months stretching into years, it...
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