NerdsforNature.org - Nightlife @ the California Academy of Sciences (3.6.14)
Ready to do some fieldwork? The California Academy of Sciences is home to bountiful magnificent plants and animals... many are elusive and rare in the wild. See if you can level up on your scientific observation skills by finding and reporting all of following species.
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African Penguin
The African Penguin (Spheniscus demersus), also known as the Black-footed Penguin is a species of penguin, confined to southern African waters. It is also widely known as the "Jackass" Penguin for its donkey-like bray, although several related species of South American penguins produce the same sound. Like all penguins it is flightless, with a streamlined body, and ...more ↓
Saffron Finch
The Saffron Finch (Sicalis flaveola) is a tanager from South America that is common in open and semi-open areas in lowlands outside the Amazon Basin. They have a wide distribution in Colombia, northern Venezuela (where it is called "canario de tejado" or "roof canary"), western Ecuador, western Peru, eastern and southern Brazil (where it is called "canário da terra" or "native ...more ↓
