Rachel and Steve have three fluffy new chicks on their Audubon Osprey Nest! As part of explore tradition, we’re leaving it to you to help name them!
Name Heddy’s Hummingbird Chicks!
Heddy the hummingbird has made herself right at home at explore.org, nesting with her two chicks in the ivy hanging off a bottlebrush tree. Her name is inspired by that very ivy, Hedera Helix, and she’s quite happy with it. Now it’s up to you and two elementary school classes to give her chicks their
What’s in a Name?
The Osprey’s scientific name (Pandion haliaetus) comes from the mythical king of Athens, Pandion, whose daughters were turned into birds, and by the Greek words halos, referring to the sea, and aetos, or eagle. Ospreys, commonly called fish hawks or fish eagles, are neither a true hawk nor eagle. The species is of ancient lineage
