Articles from May 2007
The Nature Notes archive is where you'll find my past writings and natural history notes. You are currently viewing a list of articles that were published in May 2007.
Celebrate World Turtle Day · 23 May 2007
Today, World Turtle Day, is all about turtles! World Turtle Day was initiated in 2000 by the American Tortoise Rescue, a California-based non-profit turtle and tortoise rescue organization founded in 1990. The purpose of World Turtle Day...
A Journey Back to the Reefs of the Bahamas · 16 May 2007
I recently read Gordon Chaplin's article A Return to the Reefs at Smithsonian.com. In it, the author tells of his return to the coral reefs he explored as a child growing up in the Bahamas and describes...
New Hummingbird Discovered in Columbia · 14 May 2007
A new species of hummingbird has been discovered in the montane cloud forests of south-west Colombian. The gorgeted puffleg (Eriocnemis isabellae) is named for its brilliant, bicolor throat patch (of iridescent blue and green feathers) and the...
