Jamaica Research
November 5, 2009
November’s Bird of the Month
November 4, 2009
copyright Jerry Acton
Swamp Sparrow Song
November 3, 2009
copyright Gerhard Hofmann
Behold the glory of the male coastal plain swamp sparrow’s song from the female’s perspective! Caution: Rated PG-17
National Zoo Now Features Bird Friendly® Coffee from El Salvador
October 16, 2009
The coffee comes from the unique Santa Teresa Estate in El Salvador owned by Marco and Teresa Batres.
The Santa Teresa Coffee Estate, operated by the Batres family for more than a century, is really an active volcano turned into a coffee estate. It may be the only coffee plantation in the world surrounded by geysers and thermal springs.
October’s Bird of the Month
October 1, 2009
© George Jameson
Studying Birds and West Nile
September 23, 2009
Bird of the Month
August 31, 2009
Feeding Hummingbirds by Hand
August 17, 2009
Here is a picture of a hand-fed ruby-throated hummingbird taken at Lake Hope State Park in Ohio, August, 2009.
Read the article about feeding hummingbirds by hand in The Washington Post
Front Page News
August 5, 2009
Dr. Pete Marra’s research is featured on the August 2009 cover of the journal Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment.
