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Category: Blogs
Trafficking on an Unprecedented Scale
Pangolins top the list for the most trafficked mammal on the planet. Help protect these endangered creatures across the globe. #KillTheTrade now. Okavango Delta, Botswana. With Ngamiland Adventure Safaris.
Zorzal colorado ( Rufous-bellied Thrush) Turdus rufiventris
El partido Argentina Chile transcurrÃa sin novedad a diferencia con los pájaros que frecuentaban el comedero de la casa de Luis en Ombú, entre Urracas y Palomas comenzaron a aparecer los zorzales. Yo mate en mano esperaba la mejor oportunidad para lograr una buena foto y luego de perder una buena chance de Fotón con […]
Bigfoot Sighting
A young African Jacana (Actophilornis africanus) demonstrates the advantages of being big footed in the flooded wetlands of the Okavango. Okavango Delta, Botswana. With Wilderness Safaris. Nikon D3s. Nikon 200-400mm – ISO 800 f4 @ 1/6000 sec – Lexar Media – © Dana Allen www.photosafari-africa.net
Lake Apopka Wildlife Drive, 8/21/2015
This past Saturday I visited the wildlife drive at Lake Apopka. I was hoping to get some nice migrant activity, and I was not disappointed. Yellow Warblers were everywhere! I estimated 20 of them, but I think I underestimated. In one little spot along the lakeshore there were perhaps 10 Yellow Warblers, 2 Prothonotary Warblers, […]
Laughing Gull Season is Almost Over
I keep noticing laughing gulls, Leucophaeus atricilla, around New York and thinking about how they will soon be gone for the year. Laughing gulls that breed in the northeast fly south for winter to the southern Atlantic and Gulf coasts, and to Central and South America.I bet they are beginning to feel the pull. We […]
Bite Force
A Great White Shark (Carcharodon carcharia) demonstrates his tremendous bite force as he feeds on a Southern Right Whale (Eubalaena australis) by consuming masses of the high-calorie whale fat. False Bay, Cape Town, South Africa. www.facebook.com/DanaAllenPhotoSafari
Acapulco Birding, Aug. 2015
Yesterday I returned from my service project in Acapulco, Mexico. We were working with an orphanage there, and my time was pretty filled up with that. However, in the mornings I was able to walk along the streets around the campus and see what birds I could find. I found four new life birds on […]