Aug 15, 2018 | Birds, Kingfishers
Belted Kingfisher Pellet-casting shows a male kingfisher regurgitating a pellet. This interesting section from Kelly, J. F., E. S. Bridge, and M. J. Hamas (2009). Belted Kingfisher (Megaceryle alcyon), version 2.0. In The Birds of North America (A. F. Poole, Editor)....
Aug 15, 2018 | Birds, Kingfishers
Sculpins are hard to swallow shows a Belted Kingfisher beating a sculpin against a dock before swallowing it. This paragraph from the paper on the Belted Kingfisher from Birds of North America online explains the process: After capturing a fish, the bird flies to a...
Jul 9, 2018 | Uncategorized
Male Stickleback Defends its Nest shows an anadromous Three-spine Stickleback defending its nest from a Staghorn Sculpin. This video was taken in an intertidal slough in Juneau, Alaska on July 7, 2018. The stickleback was fanning the nest to provide circulation to...
Jul 2, 2018 | Uncategorized
Ghost’s Ears and Fool’s Huckleberry shows a fungus that occurs on Rusty Menziesia Menziesia ferruginea For information about this fungus look at /sites/default/files/ghost%27s%20ears%20and%20fools%27s%20huckleberries.pdf...
Jun 30, 2018 | Uncategorized
Pinesap and Indian-pipe is a video in progress. In over 50 years in Juneau I have only seen these plants a couple of times. It was mostly thought that these plants were self polinated although this...