Today is global tiger day! Let us honor and protect these marvelous big cats. Stealth, beauty, grace, ferocity, this and so much more … Striped magic! Please sign every and any petition out there to help them. Tiger, Denizen of jungles, deep. If your species dies, The earth shall weep.
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World Orca Day!
Orcas dream We dream of oceans, Not swimming pools. Where we can live by Our own, Not human Rules. We dream of our pods. Our unbreakable bonds, That spread over the seas, And far beyond. Happy world orca every day as we send props to these giant dolphins!!!
Kazakh steppes
The final days of the Rockjumper tour I was leading were spent in the steppes and wetlands around Nursultan (until recently Astana…). Together with our sharp-eyed local guide Andrey, we birded one day west of the city, and another day south. Birding was fantastic, with non-stop action both in quality and in numbers. Insect load […]
The Dale continues to deliver
This week has not only been about reminiscing about the weekend and I have been out in the Dale although with lots of rain my visits have been short. There has still been lots to see though. The Three-toed Woodpeckers seem to have failed with their breeding as a 70 minute vigil at the nest […]
Crested Honey Buzzard in Alheefah Park – Tanoumah
We went to look for Eurasian Griffon Vultures at the lookout point in Alheefah Park and were rewarded with a female Crested Honey Buzzard that flew along the escarpment before disappearing. The species has only been seen five times previously in the summer in the Kingdom but this record being mid-may could be a late […]
World Giraffe Day
No I am not one of mother nature’s gaffes I am basically, a baby giraffe So you still do not get it, Ah what the heck I am also a life support system For my long legs and long neck Leave us alone I know you can Stupid selfish hunter “man”.
Good News and Bad News
First the bad news, currently the weather is very unsettled with plenty of rain and very cold for June. This recent bad weather brought disaster to the local nesting great crested grebes. They had constructed their nest and were incubating three eggs as previously reported. A subsequent visit found no sign of nest or eggs. […]