The cooper’s hawk is about the size of a crow. Immatures are mottled brown on top with brown-streaked creamy breasts and yellow feet. Adults are slate-gray above with reddish barred light breasts and red eyes. They are found year-round in all but the coldest parts of the lower 48 United States. Birdwatchers call them coopies. […]
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Garcita azulada, Striated Heron, Butorides striatus
Esta Garcita azulada juvenil la fotografié en la Reserva Itá el 10 de Enero gracias a Graciela Lopez Torres que me avisó; ya habÃa recorrido varios lugares de la reserva cuando llego a la oficina y Graciela me mostró la foto y me indicó el lugar en el que estaba la garza. Caminé hacia la […]
Garcita blanca, Snowy egret, Egretta thula
Transcurrió mucho tiempo desde la última vez que compartà fotografÃas de la Garcita blanca en el blog, dese el año 2012 mas precisamente, hoy comparto esta serie de fotografÃas obtenidas por Willy en Torres / RÃo grande do Sul / Brasil durante sus vacaciones; allà pudo fotografiarla alimentándose de peces en los charcos dejados luego […]
Signs of hope
The current monitoring work which was designed, is aiming to give some more specific insight about migration along the Arava but also to check target breeding species. Over the last 10 years numbers of Arabian Warblers have dropped dramatically in the Arava and in fact in the last breeding season, I could not locate even […]
The Final Solution: Peregrine ‘holocaust’ looms on England’s Northern Uplands.
We would like to think our treatment of wildlife has improved since 1947 when Bowland’s only breeding pair of peregrines were shot at the nest and their clutch of 4 eggs destroyed. The reality is the situation today on England’s moorland uplands is almost as bad as it was all those years ago. In the […]
Viera Wetlands, 1/18/2014
Yesterday I made it out to Viera Wetlands for a little bit during the afternoon. I much prefer to go in the morning, but even though family commitments kept me home in the morning, afternoon birding proved to be all that I’d hoped. My biggest goal was to see an Ash-throated Flycatcher that’s been seen […]
Argyll eagle action – Scotland’s soaring reputation could be shot at?
I used to dream of seeing the bird that has the sunlit eye. You will never forget the first time you see one fly. The sight of a soaring eagle over a Scottish landscape is one to admire. An iconic symbol of courage and strength that has the power to inspireEwan Miles. White-tailed eagles in […]
Kite Launch
One of the most common raptors to be sighted all over Southern Africa is the Black-shouldered Kite. They are often seen sitting on telephone poles and fence lines in the countryside, or hovering over grasslands as they scan for prey. I have seen them very close to urban areas on a number of occasions too. […]