Primera especie nueva que pudimos fotografiar en la margen izquierda del Arroyo Garupá el dÃa 6 de Abril, como es habitual en estos casos al tener frente a la lente de la cámara a una especie nunca antes vista por nosotros surgen todas las dudas al respecto, el inconveniente se agrava como en este caso […]
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Orlando Wetlands Park, 4/19/2013
We had a pretty good morning at Orlando Wetlands Park. We didn’t see anything terribly unusual, but there were some fun photographic moments. Well, not so fun for rabbits. One of the first sights we saw was a Red-shouldered Hawk with a rabbit (perhaps a Marsh Hare). We also saw several Purple Gallinules, and one […]
Fort De Soto, 4/21/2013
My father and I had a fantastic time at Fort De Soto this morning. We went hoping for some nice migrants, and we came home with twelve species of warbler, including my first Black-throated Green. Here’s a list of all the warblers we saw in the park: Black-and-white Warbler, Tennessee Warbler, Common Yellowthroat, Hooded Warbler, […]
Feeding in the Rain
Yesterday afternoon was very wet and while photographing Grey-headed Lapwing at Koga, Fukuoka, we observed dozens of Barn Swallow flying among the flowering clover and other seeding grasses. At first I was mystified by this behaviour, but photographs confirmed our suspicions that the birds were feeding on insects. The heavy rain must have prevented insects […]
Mosqueta estriada (Bran-colored Flycatcher)
Un hermoso bichito que desgraciadamente no se ve tan seguido, este individuo de Mosqueta estriada fue fotografiado a metros de las antiguas vÃas en la costa del Arroyo Garupá el 06-04-2013 mientras caminábamos con Willy la primera vez que salimos a recorrer estos caminos, por exquisito perdà la foto, le falta la punta del pico […]
A Flash of White…
That oblique flash of white puts an entire species at risk. Keep it where it belongs… on an elephant. Nikon D4. Nikon 200-400 mm. ISO 800. f4 @ 1/250 sec. Lexar Media. © Dana Allenwww.photosafari-africa.net www.facebook.com/DanaAllenPhotoSafari With Xigera Camp
Carpinterito en el cementerio
No será el mejor lugar para ir a observar aves pero….. como el parque está muy lindo y hay muchos árboles hoy me llevé la cámara a la tarde para ver que encontraba. Hace un mes habÃa visto un Milano blanco sobrevolando el lugar y yo habÃa ido sin la cámara, hoy no volvà a […]
The Lesser flamingo
Phoeniconaias minorPhoenicopteriformes – Phoenicopteridae It is the smallest species of flamingo; it lives in sub-Saharan Africa with another population in India. It mainly breeds at Lake Natron in northern Tanzania andfeeds primarily on a cyanobacteria or Spirulina, algae which grow only in very alkaline lakes and contains the photosynthetic pigments that give the birds their […]