Greater Prairie Chicken Miracles Can Happen!
What’s Up? On Saturday, I suggested that we erect two perches on the lek for the Greater Prairie Chickens (GPCs). With Kevin’s help, we put one low driftwood perch in…
First Blood: Greater Prairie Chickens in South Dakota
What’s Up? Excitement on the Prairie On Wednesday afternoon the wind picked up considerably so Kevin decided to take a ride to our shooting location to check on the blinds.…
Greater Short-toed Lark – still present at Dale Airfield
I visited Dale Airfield this afternoon as the wind was beginning to die down. There was plenty of water on the runways, which had attracted 4 Mallard, and 2 Knot…
Greater Short-toed Lark
The Greater Short-toed Lark still on Dale Airfield this afternoon (c.14:30). Such a strikingly pale bird, got to be a good shout for it to be race hermonensis.
Bee-eaters breed in Greater Manchester
The pair first turned up at an undisclosed site in mid-June but news was withheld as it was felt that the site did not lend itself to public viewing, for…
Just like humans, more intelligent jays have greater self-control
A study has found that Eurasian jays can pass a version of the ‘marshmallow test’ — and those with the greatest self-control also score the highest on intelligence tests. This…