Un encuentro con el Surucuá amarillo siempre se disfruta por varios motivos, por su belleza, por su pasividad, por ser mas escaso que el Surucuá común entre otras cosas. Estas fotografías de un macho de esta especie las obtuve durante la tarde del pasado 18 de Mayo al costado del camino de acceso al parque […]
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Squacco Heron breeding? – Sabkaht Al Fasl
During the last few summer trips to Jubail I have found a few Squacco Herons in full breeding plumage as well as some is less pristine plumage. The species is very common here on spring and autumn migration as well as in the winter but is scarce in summer. Birds do occur here year round […]
Mongolia – 18th May (Day 11) – Barig Mountain to Sangiin Dalai Lake
We were up at 05:15 to the sound of screaming Saker Falcon, packed our bags and after a quick coffee headed back up Barig Mountain at 06:00 for a last try for Hodgson’s Bush-chat. After climbing the steep grassy and rock strewn slopes of the mountains in the vehicles we parked at the summit and […]
Lucky Video Action Shot of two Chamois (Rupicapra rupicapra)
On my recent 2 day hiking trip to the breathtaking Plateau of Fuorcla da Rims (Google Maps) near Scuol in the canton of Grisons, Switzerland, I was very lucky in coming across a chamois and being able to focus my video camera on it in time. To my pleasant surprise, a second chamois, to me […]
Bee Eaters at East Leake Nottinghamshire
A day off work gave me the opportunity to travel up the M1 where a party of Bee-eaters have set up home and look like trying to produce some little Bee-eaters with a little luck. The RSPB has set up safe viewing with the help of a local farmer and the quarry owners. We paid […]
Anderson’s Rock Agama – Tanoumah
Whilst birdwatching in the Tanoumah area, in the mountains of southwest Saudi Arabia, I came across a very well camouflaged Anderson’s Rock Agama. This species is endemic to the Arabian Peninsula, where it is found in west and south Arabia, from Taif (Saudi Arabia) in the north to Dhofar (Oman) in the east. It is […]
Mongolia – 17th May (Day 10) – Kholboolj Lakes and Barig Mountain
We had a very peaceful nights sleep in our tents beside Kholboolj Lake (45°20’12” N 100°49’36” E) and awoke to the sounds of Pallas’s Sandgrouse commuting to the lake for their morning watering. After breakfast beside the lake watching Pallas’s Sandgrouse come and go plus two Pallas’s Gull fly-by we packed the Land Cruiser’s and […]
Cream Coloured Coursers – Jubail
Whilst birding Jubail with Phil we came across two juvenile Cream-coloured Courser Cursorius cursor a locally common breeding resident of all scrub desert areas, but a species not often seen due to its habitat preferences. This was the first time I had seen the species in Jubail although Phil had seen them there once before. […]