Oncidium Leleui

Oncidium leleui Oncidium leleui   By Eduardo Villegas May 17, 2025 Orchids are the largest family of plants, with more than 28,000 species identified so far by scientists. Although the variation in size, color and texture is enormous, its flowers have a basic structure: three sepals and three petals, but one of them is different […]

West Mexican Euphoni

West Mexican Euphonia West Mexican Euphonia Euphonia godmani   By Biól. Nat. Eduardo Villegas May 17, 2025 Did you know that bird watching is an increasingly practiced nature tourism activity in this region of Mexico? Specifically in Banderas Bay, this activity has become increasingly popular, since we have more than 300 species of birds, both […]

Cypripedium Irapeanum

Cypripedium irapeanum Cypripedium irapeanum   By Biól. Nat. Eduardo Villegas May 17, 2025 The name of this orchid comes from Kripis (Venus) and pedilon (shoe). For its part, the term irapeanum comes from the first place where the orchid was found: Irapeo, Michoacán. Although it is also distributed on the Mexican Pacific slope, from Chiapas […]

Bronzed Cowbird

Bronzed Cowbird Bronzed Cowbird Molothrus aeneus   By Biól. Jesús Ángel Barajas Fragoso May 27, 2025 Did you know that there are parasitic birds? We are referring to a species that feeds and develops at the expense of another. This is the Bronzed Cowbird, which lays its eggs in the nests of other birds. This […]

Encyclia cordigera

Encyclia cordigera Encyclia cordigera   By Biól. Jesús Ángel Barajas Fragoso May 17, 2025 From Mexico to South America, blooming between January and May makes its appearance this beauty. Encyclia from Greek έγκυκλέομαι encycleomai, girdle, to encircle, from the labellum encircling the column; cordigera from cor, cordis: heart, and from gero: to carry, from the […]

Zone-tailed Hawk

Zone-tailed Hawk Zone-tailed Hawk Buteo albonotatus   By Biól. Jesús Ángel Barajas Fragoso May 10, 2025 The Zone – tailed Hawk (Buteo albonotatus) is a species in the bird family Accipitridae that lives from the southern United States to Bolivia, Paraguay, and Brazil. In both sexes the plumage is almost all black except for the […]

Birdwatcher Kids in Las Juntas y Los Veranos

Birdwatcher Kids in Las Juntas y Los Veranos Birdwatcher Kids in Las Juntas y Los Veranos By Biól. Dr. Cristóbal Sánchez May 10, 2025 As part of the Bird Watchers Project that we started in March of this year, the 4th and 5th grade groups of the “Benito Juárez” primary school had a visit from […]

Prosthechea sanchezii

Mexican OrchidProsthechea sanchezii Mexican Orchid Prosthechea sanchezii   By Biól. Jesús Ángel Barajas Fragoso April 08, 2025 Orchids are the most diverse group of plants in the world, and proof of this is the continuous discovery of new species in recent years. Such is the case of Prosthechea sanchezii, which was published in December 2024. […]

Ornate Hawk-Eagle

Ornate Hawk-Eagle Ornate Hawk-Eagle Spizaetus ornatus   By Biól. Jesús Ángel Barajas Fragoso April 07, 2025 This majestic and powerful bird has a beautiful distinctive crest. It soars between morning and midday, earlier than any other raptor. It hunts deep in the forest using stealth and ambush, and cancapture prey twice its weight. The Ornate […]

Indigo Bunting

Indigo Bunting Indigo Bunting Passerina cyanea   By Biól. Nat. Eduardo Villegas April 06, 2025 The Indigo Bunting is a small but striking bird belonging to the Cardinal family. This species gets its name from the bright blue color of the male’s plumage during the breeding season. The female is much more inconspicuous, with brown […]