Frogmouths have another life that few people see: like vampires, they wake at sunset and night-hunt until dawn. These stolid creatures turn into zephyrs that silently swoop, catching prey on the ground and in the air.
I write about birds because I love them, others love them, and they inspire hope for conservation of the natural world. Habitat saved for birds also benefits insects, snakes, spiders, and plants. For me, slowing down and watching what birds do is wonderful, so I first wrote Slow Birding. That book espoused the joy of birding close to home. This book, The Social Lives of Birds, shares some of the most interesting things a slow birder might look for anywhere in the world.
A Spanish Maritime Rescue ship was called after the boats were rammed by orcas just minutes apart in the waters of Galicia. Rescuers towed an orca-damaged ship back into the harbour before they were alerted to another attack. The first attack occurred off the coast at O Grove, in which a pair of orcas, one estimated to be around seven metres long, rammed into the boat and destroyed its rudder.