Otra especie infaltable en el ambiente de esteros en Cambyretá, no hay que hacer mucho esfuerzo para fotografiarlas ya que desde el auto se pueden obtener fotografÃas como esta. El individuo de la foto es un juvenil, pueden apreciar la diferencia de saturación del color rosado, el joven es mucho mas pálido que el adulto.
Category: Blogs
Birds of prey near Riyadh
Early spring is a good time to look hard at the birds of prey in the Riyadh area. The wintering eagles gather and seem to be reinforced by others on passage before moving on. Different types of other birds of prey pass through too. Last weekend saw some of these events. For example a fulvescens […]
Duck Date
Last February I wrote about a pair of interesting puddle ducks I saw in Brooklyn Bridge Park. She was a mallard,Anas platyrhynchos. He was an American black duck, Anas rubripes. She would normally mate with a green-headed male mallard duck. But they appeared to be a couple. I think I saw the same pair today […]
Long-billed Curlew with Crabs
Long-billed Curlews are crazy awesome birds. It’s pretty amazing to see them at work. They can get those bills down pretty far into the sand in search of crabs and other food. I found this one at Fort De Soto yesterday. It was actively probing the sand, and I saw it catch at least two […]
Don’t call him hummingbird.
Hmm, I thought I had put these up already. Apparently not. Sphinx moths. You love them, right? As you should. They’re sort of fancy-pants. This is a White-lined Sphinx (Hyles lineata) unless someone tells me otherwise. Not really the easiest photo subject. These shots aren’t all that sharp but I like ’em anyway. My attention […]
Round up of Al Hayer in February
Last year I visited Al Hayer south of Riyadh almost weekly and it became what we birders call my local patch. This year I vowed to make trips more widely within Saudi Arabia and I have been doing so. However last weekend I returned to Al Hayer for the first time in over 6 weeks. […]
Ipacaá (Giant wood-Rail)
Hasta cuando estás alejándote te mantienes atento a nuestra presencia pero no me importa; igual yo estoy atento a tus movimientos y espero el momento oportuno en el que me regalás poses como esta aunque me mires de reojo sobre tu hombro para poder sacarte una foto !!!!!
Common Raven (Corvus corax)
Ravens are found in many countries around the globe. They are well-known for their intelligence and complex social dynamics, as they seem capable of learning innovative solutions to newly encountered problems. Famous Austrian zoologist Konrad Lorenz credited the Raven as having the “highest mental development” of any species in the bird world. Hunters often notice […]