As the days grow shorter and cooler, many animals are beginning to look for a safe place to spend the winter. The best way to cater for most hibernating animals is simply not to tidy your garden too much – a pile of leaves at the back of a flower bed provides a great place [...]
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Excerpts from the forthcoming Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles
The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles Following the success of 2003′s Whose Bird? Men and Women Commemorated in the Common Names of Birds, and 2009′s Eponym Dictionary of Mammals, authors of the first two books Bo Boelens (AKA the fatbirder) and Michael Watkins, and joint third author of ‘Mammals’ Michael Grayson, have returned with this [...]
Four great books for wildlife gardeners
With wildlife conservation high on everyone’s agenda, here are some recommendations to introduce you to the natural diversity of your garden, and help you to create a haven for wildlife on your doorstep: Guide to Garden Wildlife, by Richard Lewington, is a field guide to all the wildlife you might expect to encounter in the [...]
Red Eyed Tree Frog
You will not have too much trouble spotting the new background image on The Hoopoe… these stunning eyes belong to the Red Eyed Tree Frog Agalychnis callidryas. These beautiful frogs inhabit humid lowland and premontane forests distributed from Mexico’s Yucatán Peninsula to Panama, including Costa Rica, where this photograph was taken by Carey James Balboa. [...]
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