Category: Extinction

• The Stunning Courtship Behavior of The Great Egret, an Unmissable Spectacle!

  

  The great egret has a behavioral repertoire that includes over 16 different displays. And only some of them are more prominent during courtship with the aigrettes, the spectacular scapular plumes, playing a critical role in helping magnify the optical effects of the displays.

  Perla Copernik

  July 17, 2021

  Birds, Conservation, Ecosystem, Extinction, photography

  bird courtship behavior, Birds, Conservation, courtship behavior, egrets, great egret, Nature, photography, wildlife

• Are we doing enough to protect the magnificent hornbills?

  

  Although the snake does not fly, it has caught the hornbill, whose home is in the sky Apparently not enough, especially in some African countries like Ghana and Cameroon where uncontrolled hunting and habitat degradation is decimating the hornbill population. If you don’t know what hornbills are, I encourage you to read my previous two…

  Perla Copernik

  July 4, 2018

  Birds, Conservation, Extinction, Hornbills, Nature, photography, wildlife

  African birds, animal photography, Asian birds, Conservation, conservation photography, endangered birds, Extinction, Hornbills, photography

• Can we stop the relentless spread of Bd, the infamous frog-killing-fungus?

  

  It is odd that we have so little relationship with nature, with the insects and the leaping frog and the owl that hoots among the hills calling for its mate. We never seem to have a feeling for all living things on the earth. Jiddu Krishnamurti Early this month an article in National Geographic prompted…

  Perla Copernik

  May 25, 2018

  amphibians, Conservation, Extinction, Frogs, Nature, photography, wildlife

  amphibians, chytrid Fungus, Conservation, Frogs, Macro photography, wildlife, wildlife photography