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Boat with 1430 Pounds of Cocaine Washes Ashore in Marshall Islands

17 Dec 2020 1 minute read 0 comments AverageVancouverite

Police in the Marshall Island has discovered their largest drug haul ever after a resident of the Ailuk atoll reported finding an abandoned 5.5 meter-long (18 feet-long) boat that washed ashore. Residents of the atoll initially tried to move the boat...

Orange-Fronted Conure - Central Mexico Pacific Coast

7 Mar 2019 1 minute read 0 comments kennbmondo

The orange-fronted parakeet or orange-fronted conure (Eupsittula canicularis), also known as the half-moon conure, is a medium-sized parrot which is a resident from western Mexico to Costa Rica. It is found in lowlands and foothills on the Pacific s...

Brown Pelican - Heermann's Gulls

27 Feb 2019 1 minute read 0 comments kennbmondo

Brown Pelicans breed from Anacapa Island, California south to Chile and from Maryland to Venezuela and Trinidad. They are the only species of pelican that is strictly marine in habitat, never found more than 20 miles out to sea or inland on fresh wa...

The Streak-Backed Oriole

28 Mar 2019 1 minute read 0 comments kennbmondo

The streak-backed oriole (Icterus pustulatus) is a medium-sized species of passerine bird from the icterid family (the same family as many blackbirds, meadowlarks, cowbirds, grackles, and others, including the New World orioles). It is native to Cent...

Hemigrapsus nudus - Banderas Bay, Mexico

13 Mar 2019 1 minute read 2 comments kennbmondo

Common name(s): Purple shore crab, Naked shore crab