Author Archives: Alfredo Begazo

It has been a great 2014 I participated in another fantastic Birding Rally Challenge in Northern Peru. Birded the famous…

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has listed the “Rufa” population of Red Knot (Calidris canutus rufa) as a threatened…

Black vultures (Coragyps atratus) are among the most polarizing birds. They fulfill and important ecological and sanitary role by consuming…

As it turned out the month of October brings some of the common migratory waterfowl to our local water treatment…

Fall migration comes and goes, in Florida, a little too fast. The first Semipalmated Sandpiper and Sanderling along the shores…

New World vultures of the genus Cathartes (Greater Yellow-headed, Lesser Yellow-headed and Turkey Vultures) look much alike. Greater and Lesser…

Mating systems and parental care patterns can be odd among birds. Male-female role reversal, happens in some familiar birds, but…

The White-winged guan (Penelope albipennis) was thought to be extinct for 100 years. The Guan had never been seen in…

The use of tool by animals is surprisingly rare. Among birds the Egyptian Vulture uses rocks to crack Ostrich eggs,…

The end of July marks the end of the Least Tern’s (Sterna antillarum) nesting season in Florida. Young Least Terns,…