El pasado 20 de Julio durante la última visita hecha al Complejo Don Rodolfo con Nico, Willy, y Lucho el Pioró no nos defraudó. Al igual que en anteriores registros de esta especie para este lugar volvimos a fotografiarlo en su habitual sector de tacuaras detrás de la cabaña principal del complejo. Tuvieron que pasar […]
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Sooty Gulls – Jizan Fish Market
As I am very interested in gulls, we stopped at the fish market in Jizan where we knew from past experience that photography was possible. We only managed to get there late one evening and again in the early afternoon but saw plenty of gulls at both times. Many wait around on the ground for […]
Woodchat Shrike at Sodbury Common
With the Jims needing the Woodchat Shrike for a life tick we headed off up the M4 this morning in search of that tick. Arriving on Sodbury Common at 7ish we got lucky as we pulled up next to the finder and received detailed advise on where to look as he walked on to work […]
International Vulture Awareness Day 2017
The first Saturday in September each year is International Vulture Awareness Day. Vultures are an ecologically vital group of birds that face a range of threats in many areas that they occur. Populations of many species are under pressure and some species are facing extinction. The International Vulture Awareness Day has grown from Vulture Awareness […]
A Purple Patch
A purple heron has been present at Leighton Moss for a couple of weeks or so and as I had never seen one I was keen to add some images to my portfolio. Mike and I arrived at the Grizedale Hide where the heron had been showing well. We did see it but all too […]
Closest African Elephant sighting in Amboseli National Park
As we drove through the Amboseli National Park for another morning game drive, we spotted an African Elephant at a fair distance. Our guide pointed out that it was a Tusker and we drove towards it to get a closer look. As we got closer, we realised that this was a huge male Elephant (below). […]
Saira de antifaz (Fawn-breasted Tanager) Pipraeidea melanonota
La Saira de antifaz era otra de las especies que me debía una buena oportunidad para poder lograr buenos resultados fotográficos, siempre inquieta, enramada, esquiva y movediza nunca me dio el tiempo necesario para poder acomodarme y elegir alguna percha interesante para que ella se luzca en las fotos. Reconozco que al principio mi ansiedad […]
Plenty of Arabian Wheatears – Tanoumah
Whilst birding the Tanoumah area I saw plenty of Arabian Wheatears at many different sites. The Arabian Wheatear Oenanthe lugentoides is a rather scarce resident of the south-west highlands, but is also found in Oman, Palestine and Yemen, mainly in rocky, bushy sites. It is widespread on the Jebal Souda plateau, Raydah Escarpment, Wadi Talea’a […]