Yes I’m a year older and with some of the battles I’ve faced over the years each birthday is something to celebrate believe me. So after answering a few text messages, opening a few presents (mostly bird related with a sprinkling of Springsteen) seeing my parents, eating cake and enjoying a garden tick when a […]
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More Scaup
As usual with weather forecasts the actual weather today wasn’t quite as expected. The snow has yet to come although temperatures are below zero and ice has formed on puddles. In Maridalen there was a change in the sea duck population. Scaup were down to 5 which were actively feeding in the same area as […]
Torcacita escamada (Scaled dove) Columbina squammata
Hace unos dÃas atrás integrantes del COA Tangará de Posadas fotografiaron individuos de Torcacita escamada en el Paraje Nemesio Parma de la Ciudad de Posadas por primera vez, y nuevamente volvieron a hacerlo el dÃa Sábado Pasado. Esta especie y otras mas están expandiendo su área de distribución hacia el sur ocupando nuevos espacios. HabÃa […]
Desert birds and migrants – Haradh
Whilst birding the NADAC Farm area of Haradh 14 October I saw some good desert birds and migrants. One of the first birds seen was an Eastern Morning Wheatear, which was good as birds have only just started returning for the winter and I have not seen one at this location before. Other migrants included […]
Zambezi Crossing…
A Bull Elephant (Loxodonta africana) crosses a shallow channel of the Zambezi River to gain access to the island reeds. With Ruckomechi Camp, Mana Pools Zimbabwe
Issy Wheatear and more
Yesterday was my birthday but I couldn’t go birding. So today I cashed in on my birthday credit, and went out with James (AKA The Driver), Dave, Phil and Will to Burnham Overy Dunes. Weather was looking good and we hoped to find Norfolk’s first Sibe Accentor. But when we got there we started complaining […]
Crested lark
Galerida cristata – Everybody knows the Disney cartoon character Beep beep inspired by the American Roadrunner… well to me this is the bird that resembles it the most in Europe!! It is usually common in Spain but this summer it seemed they were fewer. Cochevis huppé – A mon avis voici l’oiseau qui s’en approche […]