This common desert woodpecker replaces the closely related ... in North and Middle America; birds north of Mexico are cactophilus). Length 7". The barred black-and-white back pattern of the ...
When I arrived at the desert field station and stepped out onto the gravel, I was hit all at once by the heat, the quiet, and a thrilling sight: a slender jet-black bird, perched on a twisted tree.
The curve-billed thrasher—the common thrasher of the rich, cactus-laden Sonoran Desert—can be very conspicuous ... particularly in eastern birds. Tail has pale tips, the extent of which ...
It is native to "mountainous slopes between Turkey and the Gobi Desert ... to end up on Colyford Common, which was its home between December and 14 January. The bird's extended stay makes ...
The most commonly spotted birds include various species of eagles, vultures, falcons, harriers, kestrels, larks, shrikes, buzzards, etc. Desert national park is home to some of the rarest species ...
Parks Stewardship Forum, Vol. 36, No. 1, CLIMATE CHANGE AND PROTECTED PLACES: ADAPTING TO NEW REALITIES (2020), pp. 20-30 (11 pages) Climate change has caused deserts, already defined by climatic ...
Deb Haaland: Learn from the past | Miyoko Chu: Desert birds at risk | Scott Weidensaul: Changes in migration | Clay Henderson: Bird count warnings | Rodney Siegel: The value of parks | Amy Davis ...