We were treated to some spectacular sightings of one of our rarest reptiles this month. We were able to watch and study Sand Lizards for quite some time. One of four species of Lizard seen on the Jurassic Coast Tour. Bookings for next year now open. https://www.wildlifetoursandeducation.co.uk/app/download/11123950/Itinerary+-+Birds++Wildlife+of+the+Jurassic+Coast+2020.pdf via Lizards Galore — Letter From Norfolk
Baby Flamingo’s Struggle to Stand on One Foot Is Basically All of Us — TIME
Spend enough time in Florida or Baltimore’s Hampden neighborhood and eventually you’ll see a plastic pink flamingo perched on someone’s lawn, standing in its usual one-legged pose. Despite what the plastic flamingo manufacturers have lead us to believe, flamingos don’t come out of the egg knowing how to strike that particular pose, though. It turns… via …
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BBC News: Big Butterfly Count: Which common UK species to look for
BBC News - Big Butterfly Count: Which common UK species to look for https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-49041006
Renegade Penguin Pair With No Respect for Authority Return to Favored Sushi Spot After Initial Removal — TIME
You can’t tell penguins that they can’t have something, because it will only make them want it more. And a pair of small mischief-making blue penguins proved exactly that. A sushi spot in Wellington, New Zealand became the unexpected site of a viral penguin hideout where the two birds recently hid beneath the foot truck… via …
A Very Chill Bear Follows His Bliss By Soaking Its Troubles Away in a Bath — TIME
A very chill bear took time out of his busy schedule to unwind in a relaxing bath, a very relatable activity whether you’re a bear or human. In an image Reddit post shared by user ZekouCafe, the bear can be seen sitting casually in an outdoor bath, presumably tuning out the noise of the world… via …
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Fugitive Alligator Chance the Snapper Finally Caught in Chicago Park, Makes Appearance at News Conference — TIME
Chance the Snapper, the elusive alligator who captured America’s attention when he slyly moved into Chicago’s Humboldt Park, is no longer at large. Chicago officials confirmed the reptile fugitive was caught early Tuesday morning. Chicago Animal Care and Control Executive Director Kelley Gandurski said during a press conference later Tuesday that the city believes the… via …
A few, perhaps unknown, facts about Ireland… — Stair na hÉireann/History of Ireland
The majority of people attribute the guillotine to the French, but there is evidence of it being used in Ireland almost 500 years before it made its way to France. A man named Murcod Ballagh seemingly used it for an execution near Merton in Co Galway on 1 April 1307. Dundalk Jail was built in… via …
Grand Tetons — Mike’s Look at Life
An image that might be familiar to many, Mount Moran in Grand Tetons National Park, from the Oxbow Bend turnout. via Grand Tetons — Mike's Look at Life
Playero Occidental/Western Sandpiper/Calidris mauri — Birds Colombia: 846 especies hoy
Nombre en español: Playero Occidental Nombre en ingles: Western Sandpiper Nombre científico: Calidris mauri Familia: Scolopacidae Foto: Jose Luis Pushaina/Samuel Aristizabal/Francisco Piedrahita Canto: Andrew Spencer El correlimos de Alaska (Calidris mauri o Erolia mauri) es una pequeña ave limícola de la familia Scolopacidae. Descripción Los adultos tienen las piernas oscuras y pico corto, fino y …
‘Escalante’s Dream’ Retraces The Steps Of The ‘Spanish Lewis And Clark’ — News : NPR
After a cancer diagnosis, author and noted mountaineer David Roberts sets out on the trail of Atanasio Domínguez and Silvestre Vélez de Escalante, remaining dutiful to the route some 240 years later.(Image credit: W.W.Norton & Co. ) via 'Escalante's Dream' Retraces The Steps Of The 'Spanish Lewis And Clark' — News : NPR
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