Everytime I go to Mexico I love seeing Great Kiskadees. They’re beautiful birds, and they’re always calling, it seems, so you always know they’re around. But there are other species of flycatchers that look very much like them. The Social Flycatcher has a smaller bill and a slightly different facial pattern. I’ve seen those in […]
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A common and a not so common Moorhen
This week I received a question from one of my Facebook friends. He spotted a strange white bird and asked me what it could be. I promised him to have a look and the next morning I went to the location to see if I could find the bird. As soon as I arrived at […]
Collared Pratincole and other interesting birds
Phil Roberts and I went to Haradh in late April to look for migrants and other birds. We set off at 03:00 hrs and arrived at 06:00 hrs. Birding was not exactly stunning but a few good birds were seen in our day out. Birds we do not see often in the Eastern Province included […]
African birds at the bottom of the Raydah Escarpment – Abha
Whilst birding the lower areas of the Raydah Escarpment in late March I saw a number of African species. Birds seen included African Grey Hornbill, Violet-backed Starling, Black-crowned Tchagra, Bruce’s Green Pigeon and White-browed Coucal. Bruce’s Green Pigeon is an interesting species as it only eats the fruit of a single type of fig tree. […]
7 años cumplimos
7 años cumplimos ya desde aquel 2010 en que arrancamos con el blog, mucha agua corrió debajo del puente, muchas historias compartidas entre amigos y son tantas que no pienso entrar en detalles eligiendo alguna en particular para escribir al respecto en esta entrada. En lugar de ello voy a escribir acerca de alguien que […]
Taguató común (Roadside Hawk) Rupornis magnirostris
Durante los últimos dÃas en varias oportunidades regresé durante mis momentos libres entre horas de clases a la Reserva del Arroyo Itá, entre lo habitual de observar y fotografiar allà elegà esta serie de fotografÃas para mostrar a dos individuos de Taguató común. En las primeras fotografÃas pueden apreciar a un individuo joven que sobrevoló […]
Laughing Dove and other interesting birds
Whilst in the Asir Mountains recently I went down the Raydah Escarpment early in the morning. This is the best place and best time to try to locate Arabian Partridge and as normal I was not disappointed with a number of birds calling and a couple seen on the roadside. A stop at the disused […]
Arabian Spotted Eagle-Owl – Tanoumah
Whilst in Tanoumah in early April Phil Roberts and I saw an Arabian Spotted Eagle-Owl. Initially Phil found it sitting on some overhead wires but it soon flew off. It was seen a few times catching what looked like large moths around some very powerful lights on a house and was then lost from view. […]