It is clear from Why You Haven’t Seen Any Painted Buntings that the Painted Bunting’s behavior is affected by its physical characteristics. There are risks associated with flamboyance. “Somewhere along their evolutionary path, male Painted Buntings had to choose between bright colors for better sex or more obscure colors for longer life. Speaking for males […]
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Our friend, April Kirkendoll, just finished a book about beekeeping, “Thinking Outside The Box,” and included several of Nancy’s photographs (which, in this case, were created specifically for this project with April’s beehives). As you may remember, we introduced April in what is now our blog post Notes About Bird Flamboyance And Behavior three years […]
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Trinidad & Tobago Pictures
We were in Trinidad & Tobago from June 14th through June 24th with Brian Rapoza and the Tropical Audubon Society. I’ve added 96 pictures to the new Trinidad & Tobago page. This page has a slightly cleaner, more efficient look. It took me about two weeks of work, and just about triples the size of […]