Written by Brad Parker | June 17th, 2011
That is a beautiful bird. Flickr user LaDora Sims saw this roseate spoonbill in Merritt Island, FL, and then shared this image through The Nature Conservancy’s Flickr group. Thanks LaDora! See all of The Nature Conservancy’s featured daily nature images—submitted to the Conservancy’s Flickr group by people like you—at my.nature.org. And get inspired to take your [...]
Written by Margaret Southern | February 19th, 2010
A Roseate Spoonbill comes in for a landing at Florida’s Ding Darling Refuge. This image was taken by Flickr user Leslie_Scopes_Anderson and shared through The Nature Conservancy’s Flickr Group. Check out all The Nature Conservancy’s featured daily nature images — submitted to the Conservancy’s Flickr group by people like you — at my.nature.org.
Written by Dave Mehlman | March 24th, 2009
Despite what you might think from my earlier posts, the U.S. State of the Birds Report does contain some good news. Perhaps the most encouraging is the status of wetlands birds (ducks, geese, swans, shorebirds, herons, egrets, etc.) whose indicator shows a dramatic increase starting in the late 1980′s, with current populations far above our base [...]