Critter News

JULY 19, 2012

Invading rats with bodies up to 8 inches (20 centimeters) long have begun eating eggs and chicks, and some experts fear that unless the rats are eradicated, they could tip the Humboldt penguin toward extinction. From the Huffington Post.

Penguins 100

Penguins Chile Rats Eating Eggs 100

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JULY 26, 2019

So, it just might be that pisco – the beloved South American grape brandy contentiously claimed by both Peru and Chile – is the only spirit named after birds. And for all those liquors without an aquatic etymology, their names tend to come from a principal ingredient or process: gin after juniper ( Juniperus spp.),

Peru 123

Peru San Francisco Parrots Chile 123

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JANUARY 5, 2019

Jamaica Bay, Big Egg Marsh. Jamaica Bay, Big Egg Marsh. Yellow-eyed Penguin – Megadyptes antipodes. Katiki Point Penguin reserve. Little Penguin – Eudyptula minor. African Penguin – Spheniscus demersus. Entrada Los Chiles (El Parque) hasta Caño Negro. Jamaica Bay, Big Egg Marsh.

2018 113

2018 Australia Woodpeckers Sparrows 113

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SEPTEMBER 3, 2016

Little Penguin – Eudyptula minor. Jackass Penguin – Spheniscus demersus. Stony Point–Penguin Colony. Los Chiles. Big Egg Marsh. Los Chiles. Dor-ha-Bonim Beach Reserve. 13 Feb 2016. Lesser Flamingo – Phoeniconaias minor. West Coast NP–Seeberg hide. 30 Aug 2016. Motuara Island.

2016 101

2016 Sanctuary Australia Ghana 101

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OCTOBER 1, 2016

Little Penguin – Eudyptula minor. Jackass Penguin – Spheniscus demersus. Stony Point–Penguin Colony. Los Chiles. Big Egg Marsh. Dor-ha-Bonim Beach Reserve. 13 Feb 2016. Lesser Flamingo – Phoeniconaias minor. West Coast NP–Seeberg hide. 30 Aug 2016. Motuara Island. 25 Mar 2016.

2016 154

2016 Sanctuary Australia Ghana 154

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JUNE 4, 2016

Big Egg Marsh. Little Penguin – Eudyptula minor. Los Chiles. Big Egg Marsh. Los Chiles. Black-thighed Grosbeak – Pheucticus tibialis. Cartagos 2. 14 May 2016. Silvery-fronted Tapaculo – Scytalopus argentifrons. Los Cartagos. 14 May 2016. Seaside Sparrow – Ammodramus maritimus. 13 May 2016.

2016 100

2016 Sanctuary Ghana Australia 100

10,000 Birds

JULY 2, 2016

Big Egg Marsh. Little Penguin – Eudyptula minor. Los Chiles. Los Chiles. Silvery-fronted Tapaculo – Scytalopus argentifrons. Los Cartagos. 14 May 2016. Least Bittern – Ixobrychus exilis. Sandy Hook. 14 May 2016. Seaside Sparrow – Ammodramus maritimus. 13 May 2016. Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge.

2016 100

2016 Sanctuary Ghana Australia 100