Funny, a new species of bird was discovered in Costa Rica last month and I’m writing about it today. The fern-crested kingfisher is a bird that scientists are saying is monogamous. Mates for life!

Coincidentally, I just ended it with this guy today. I found out he was married. I should've learned my lesson by now. But this one, I don't know. I thought there was something. Mainly because I believed him when he said he was basically separated, just living with his wife still for the sake of the kids. Thing is, I just found out he has NO kids and there's no reason he's still with his wife except that he WANTS to be.

I thought the bird was cute. If you looked at a picture of this new fern-crested kingfisher, you’d think it was beautiful with a large blue and teal crest on its head. You’d never stop to think that it raids other bird’s nests for their young, in order to feed its own. Kinda sociopathic, no? I’ll try to get a picture of it to put up here. But I’m not sure that’s allowed on blogs.

I’m beginning to think I appeal to married men for whatever reason. Just last week in line at the creamery, the mother took her son to the bathroom to change his diaper. While she was in there, the husband begins to hit on me with questions like: what’s your favorite flavor? I mean come on! Why not just ask me my sign and hold up motel room keys. Instances like that are not flattering. I felt bad for the mother.

Hello world. My name is Sonia and since my friend introduced me to blogging, I’ve been thinking about getting on this thing and writing about what interests me and hopefully writing about something that interests all of you. I love animals so I thought I might gear this blog towards the discovery and extinction of animals. While discovery of a new species is an exciting step forward for our planet and humankind, the extinction and endangerment of any species trumps those advancements, causing us to step back and take a look at the reasons associated with the animals’ demise. In most cases, attributed to us humans. But I’ll get into that later.

A little bit about myself: I’m working on my PhD and currently assist with research projects at a major medical laboratory. I’m single but I date a lot. I’m actually seeing this guy right now but he’s never available. I’m a sucker for romance, but always find myself talking too much. But I take life in strides. I have thick skin and I’m not too sensitive.

By the way: ever since the West-African black rhino has been considered extinct, I’ve thought about how long it’s been on the planet and how that transcends all of us as a species because we weren’t even close to existence when they roamed and grazed much of Africa in healthy numbers. Anyway, food for thought.