04/17/2025 | Picture of the month
APRIL 2025 Allen’s hummingbirds are one of the most common hummingbirds in California. The males often display their bright bronze and orange colored chest feathers to impress females and to chase away intruders. Like most hummingbirds it feeds on nectar and...
03/14/2025 | Picture of the month
MARCH 2025 Gaur are the largest wild cattle of the world, large bulls can weigh up to 1500kg. They feed on a wide variety of plants, leaves, grass and fruits in the tropical rainforests. Gaur are native to the Indian Subcontinent and Southeast Asia and are listed as...
02/13/2025 | Picture of the month
FEBRUARY 2025 Golden eagles are the most widely distributed eagles in the Northern Hemisphere. These large raptors mate for life and build large nests in cliffs and other higher elevated areas to which they return for years to breed. With their powerful claws they are...
01/08/2025 | Picture of the month
JANUARY 2025 Prairie dogs are herbivorous burrowing ground squirrels native to the grasslands of North America. Their distribution ranges from Northern Mexico to Southern Canada, in the US mainly west of the Mississippi. They are considered as a keystone species...
12/29/2024 | Picture of the month
DECEMBER 2024 When thinking of wildlife in Spain your first thoughts aren’t about red foxes but yet, they are widely distributed throughout the country. From the coasts to the high mountains these higlhy adaptable omnivores can be found almost everywhere. This...
11/20/2024 | Picture of the month
NOVEMBER 2024 Short-eared owls are widespread across grasslands in North America, Europe, North Africa and Northern Asia. In South America and Southern Asia some subspecies can be found too in various countries. Mostly active at dusk and dawn they hunt inflight with...
