| April, 2011
Vol. 11, No. 9
 Take The Bird Call Challenge Can you tell a twitter from a tweet? A chirp from a cheep or a buzz from a trill? eNature’s Bird Call Challenge will test your knowledge of your local birds or those of any other zip code you choose. And you can choose to quiz yourself on just songbirds or every species of bird in the area. Click here to take the Bird Call Challenge to test your knowledge!
 Follow eNature on Twitter Join the flock who’s following eNature on Twitter and get the latest fun facts and interesting stories about wildlife. You’ll learn something every day from our “creature of the day” tweet. And we’ll send you other fun and interesting stories to enjoy. It’s easy. Click here to get started!
 Explore Our National Parks With eNature’s ParkGuides Our ParkGuides have detailed visitor information and wildlife data for over 300 National Parks, Wildlife Refuges and National Monuments throughout the U.S.
And even if you can’t get there yourself—you can always visit the Park of the Day while you’re visiting eNature.com.
 Chesapeake Bay Field Guide App Avaliable Our free field guide app covers the animals and plants of the entire Chesapeake Bay watershed. Created for the Chesapeake Bay Trust, this free app is an amazing resource for anyone who lives in the Bay’s 6 state watershed.
 Saved Any Screens Lately? eNature.com has over a dozen stunning, free screensavers for you to download. Your choices run from Winter Wildlife to Coral Reefs and everything in between. Click here to get your FREE screensaver.
| Casting Call: Want To Be A TV Star?
Our friends at Icon Films are casting a new TV show about the unexplained and mysterious creatures in your neighborhood. And they need stories to tell. If there are strange animals or unexplained noises in your backyard, they’d love to send a team of crack investigators to search for explanations. Click here for more details….. | 
Icon Films produces hit series such as River Monsters, Beast Hunter and Mutual of Omaha's Wild Kingdom for National Geographic Wild and other networks. Join them for your chance to be a star. |
Snakes are able to ingest all sort of prey-- often of amazing proportions. This Corn Snake is eating a small rodent, which is a common part of its diet. | The Real Story: Why Snakes Can Open So Wide
Never eat anything bigger than your head. That’s just good advice. Unless you are a snake, of course. Experts (who often seem to have had a bit too much time on their hands) tell us that a snake can eat an item so large in relation to its own head that it would be the equivalent of a human swallowing a watermelon whole—and without using its hands. So how does a snake do it? Not the way many of us have been told. Click here to get the whole story. |
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The female Pale Snaketail lacks an ovipositor, an organ common to many insects that assists in laying or depositing eggs, so she flies alone over the water, striking the tip of her abdomen through the water surface, each time discharging many eggs. | Mysterious Migration Of The Dragonfly
Like many birds and some butterflies, dragonflies migrate. But unlike other migratory creatures, naturalists have been unable to determine where or even why these insects migrate. Regardless, at speeds of up to 60 miles per hour, they’ll get there in a hurry! Dragonflies have been around a long time—they’ve roamed the earth for over 300 million years and are one of the more common insects found trapped in ancient amber. To learn more about these common, but still mysterious creatures, read on….. |
Follow The Flock With Our Migratory Bird Tracker
We often take for granted the remarkable annual ritual of bird migration. One morning, the bushes and trees around you are suddenly filled with singing birds that were not there just the day before. But there’s an incredible story in their long, often hazardous journeys. Use our Migration Tracker to follow your favorite migratory bird species week by week as they journey north through our parks and backyards to their summer breeding grounds. You can find and follow the birds whose summer homes are in your town as well as those “just passing through” as they fly further north. | 
Many migrants such as the male American Goldfinch arrive at the height of mating season, displaying their bright mating plumages. |
The Park Guides app is comprehensive — all native birds and animals are included, along with photos, in-depth descriptions, audio, field marks and more. | National Parks Field Guide App Now Available
Created for the National Parks Conservation Association, our National Park Field Guides will help you get the most out of your visit. You can find out what species of bird you just saw on the beach in Cape Cod, learn what grizzly bears eat for dinner in Denali, know when porcupine mating season begins in the Shenandoah or who to call to reserve a camp ground in Yosemite. It’s free and available in the Apple Appstore. Click here for a link or search “Park Guides”. |
Who’s Living In Your Garden? Our Zip Guides Can Tell You
Our own backyards are full of exotic creatures with stories just as fascinating as that of any Endangered Species. eNature’s ZipGuides are comprehensive local field guides to the animals and plants of your own backyard—or any other place you might visit. So take some time now to get to know the birds, mammals, reptiles, butterflies and other living things that share your environment. You can also use ZipGuides to find the Threatened or Endangered Species in your area, learn to identify local mammals by their tracks, and lots more. Click here to get started…. | 
Hares and rabbits, such as this Eastern Cottontail, are common visitors to our yards and gardens. Find out who's visiting your yard by using a ZipGuide to make your own local field guide. |
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