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Great spotted woodpecker
Comparing 2 females – Very easy to tell one from the other: Rose has curious discolored wing tips…. she is quite familiar with the place but remains shy towards other birds: 2 femelles Pic épeiche fréquentent assidûment le jardin, l’une étant plus blanche et l’autre plus marquée de rose, je les ai surnommées tout naturellement […]
Regal Eagle
There are many amazing birds of prey in Africa, but there is one that is undoubtedly the “king of the African sky” due to its beauty, splendour and hauntingly evocative, distinctive call. I am talking about the African Fish Eagle, of course. During our recent Wild Eye photographic safari on the Chobe river that lies […]
North Ilocandia’s Visiting Japanese Yellow Bunting
They breed in Japan, but are uncommon there, and winter mainly in the Philippines, particularly in Ilocos Norte where the windmills are. Also called the Japanese Yellow Buntings, they have been classified by IUCN and Birdlife as Vulnerable because they have a small and declining population, probably resulting from a combination of habitat loss, pesticide […]
Rödhalsad gås (Branta ruficollis)
En rödhalsad gås siktades på Visingsö tidigt på morgonen och den var kvar till sen eftermiddag, stannar troligtvis till morgonen imorgon. Den var tillsammans med 35 vitkindade gäss.
Pied-billed Grebe in Golden Light
The Pied-billed Grebe has the widest distribution in the Americas of any grebe, breeding from northern Canada through the West Indies and Central America to southern South America1. I photographed these grebes recently at Lema Ranch, one of the better birding hot spots in Northern California. The Pied-billed Grebe is an aggressive bird, threatening, chasing, […]
Great Kalaw Rising
I first saw the Great Rufous Hornbill in Quezon National Forest Park in Pagbilao, Quezon in 2009 in a birding trip sponsored and organized by TeaM Energy Foundation and the Wild Bird Club of the Philippines. It was still dark when I saw them, so I was not able to even get documentary shots. By […]
Forster’s Tern on Lake Monroe
A couple weeks ago I was at the marina on Lake Monroe looking for (and not finding) a Royal Tern that had been seen there earlier. So I occupied my time photographing other terns. I shared photos of Caspian Terns in another post, but there was also Forster’s Terns patrolling the marina area. Most of […]