Since moving to Florida, I’ve had the opportunity to see some pretty enormous spiders. Golden-silk Orbweavers and Black and Yellow Argiopes are pretty large, and they’re spectacular-looking as well. Of course, not all our spiders are huge. But whenever I have the chance to get close enough to them for photographs, I’m always struck by […]
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European Rollers
Coracias garrulusCoraciiformes – Coraciidae This pair has established their nest at 1.50m high in an old tree trunk of which the main branches have been cut off. I dearly hope the landowner will leave what’s left for these birds and for the different species of sparrows nesting in its heart. Cette paire a fait un […]
Summer Scenes of Critters at the Pond
A couple of weeks ago I kept hearing a simple, three pitched call from the yard. I went out to investigate and it was the Black-headed Grosbeak fledgling calling to be fed. Click on photos for full sized images. It was a familiar song but I hadn’t heard it since last year and it is […]
Vid mosstjärnen
Ute på mossen vid tjärnen så finns det lite fågel som rör sig om man sitter stilla ett tag då kan de komma riktigt nära, här bilder på Grönbena och ett gäng Krickor.
Cinereous Warbling-Finch (Poospiza cinerea)
The Cinereous Warbling-Finch is a endemic bird of Brazil. His situation is vulnerable, according to IUCN.
Yellow-legged Tinamou (Crypturellus noctivagus)
The Yellow-legged Tinamou is a tinamídeo endemic of Brazil, where it is known as Jaó do Sul. Is threatened by hunting and habitat reduction. Listed by IUCN as Near Threatened in http://www.iucnredlist.org/details/100060034/0
A Bestiary: Songbirds ~ Common Yellowthroat Warbler
Common Yellowthroat Warbler Geothlypis trichas, is featured in a new installment of my ‘A Bestiary: Part Twenty ~ Songbirds: Warblers’ and it is up over at Native Plants and Wildlife Gardens. Female and Male Yellowthroat Warbler
Tero real (South american stilt) Himantopus melanurus
DÃas atrás mi amigo Amado Martinez publicó en Facebook unas fotografÃas y un video que mostraban la abundante variedad y cantidad de especies de aves acuáticas que se comenzaron a observar en la zona del Arroyo Mártires de la Ciudad de Posadas donde se están realizando las obras del tratamiento costero; que lindo nombre le […]