Why Evolution is True is a blog written by Jerry Coyne, centered on evolution and biology but also dealing with diverse topics like politics, culture, and cats.
Did you spot the hummingbird in Athayda Tonhasca Júnior’s photo this morning? Well, here’s a photo and and video reveal. This one was fairly easy, I thought:
The first video reveal we’ve had:
His ID:
The bird looks like a planalto hermit (Phaethornis pretrei), but I don’t put any money on it. This group is notoriously difficult.
Athayde Tonhasca Júnior sent a photo with a hummingbird in it. He says it was taken near the town of Lençóis, Bahia (12.5623° S, 41.3886° W), Brazil. Can you spot the bird? We’ll have a photo reveal AND a video reveal at 11 a.m. Chicago time.
Did you spot the cat in this morning’s photo from Shanghai? Well, here it is–circled:
. . . and enlarged: 
Matthew took this picture at the Yu Garden in Shanghai. There’s a cat in it. Can you spot it? Click to enlarge. I consider this “middling easy”.
The reveal will be at at 11 am Chicago time.
Did you spot the locust in this morning’s post? I thought it was a hard one. Below is the reveal as well as an enlargement. Gary, who sent the photo, says this:
Best guess, Trimerotropis pallidipennis, the pallid-winged grasshopper. It looks like the critter. They are a very common grasshopper in the SW and have a huge range, from B.C. to Argentina.
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Here’s a color picture taken by Gary Roemer, a wildlife ecologist, in the foothills of the Organ Mountains, outside Las Cruces, New Mexico. Can you spot the locust? (Locusts are grasshoppers.) I would rate this “pretty damn hard.”
The reveal will be at 11 a.m. Chicago time. If you spot it (click photo to enlarge it), just say you found it in the comments, but please don’t give clues for other people. Enjoy!
Did you find the moggy in this morning’s “spot the cat” post. It’s pretty much where you’d expect a cat to be in hot weather, and the reveal (and an enlargement) are circled below.
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