Bubble-gum pink legs. That’s how the limbs of the Black-necked Stilt, Himantopus mexicanus, were first described to me, and that’s what I’m going with for 10,000...
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Of course Africa could not to be left out of the pink weekend so I have researched all African species whose official or alternative...
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The bill of the Greater Flamingo is a marvel of nature that would make any baleen whale turn pale with envy. Indeed, they are...
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It’s Mother’s day today in the U.S.A and down here in Australia-actually it will be almost over when you all arise in the U.S.A....
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Pink-footed Shearwater image by Felonious Jive What do all these birds have in common? They’re (at least partially) pink. And they’re making the news,...
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