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Today, June 8th is World Ocean Day. World Ocean Day was officially declared by the United Nations as June 8th each year beginning in last year 2009. The purpose of having World Oceans Day, to give us an opportunity every year to honor the world’s ocean. To celebrate the inherent value to us of the [...]
Florida Sandhill cranes are akin to the heron, standing 4ft tall. They are gray in color with a patch of bald, red skin on top of their heads. Males and females are identical in markings but the male is larger, they are monogamous breeders with the young sandhill cranes called colts staying with their parents [...]
The Roseate Spoonbill is a large wading bird of the ibis and spoonbill family, it has pink plumage and a distinctive spatulate bill. The color of the spoonbill is derived from red algae ingested along with the crustaceans. Hence, in the absence of crustaceans, their color is diminished. The spoonbill is 30 36 inches tall [...]
