The Northern Gannet (Morus bassanus) is a truly impressive bird. It is the largest seabird in the North Atlantic as well as being the largest member of the Gannet family, Sulidae. Whilst on a family holiday to my native Scotland, we took a nostalgic boat trip from town of North Berwick, sailing around the Bass […]
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White-tailed Eagle reintroduction into England – Will the next choice be Cumbria ?
In many ways, we are living in a remarkable age of progress for nature conservation. Raptors driven to extinction in Britain long ago by Man’s ignorance and intolerance are being brought back into our modern word by a welcome programme of reintroduction, turning what was once considered to be an impossible dream into a reality […]
Anna’s Hummingbird at the Sunflowers and Waterfall
Anna’s Hummmingbird (Calypte anna) Female by Larry Jordan When temperatures reach into the triple digits, birds need lots of water. We’ve had a pretty mild summer up until a few weeks ago. Now we have temperatures over 100 degrees every day and birds are flocking to the water feature. Click on photos for full sized […]
Anna’s Hummingbird Male Defends His Feeder
Almost every day I enjoy the company of a maleAnna’s Hummingbird(Calypte anna). He perches on a metal fence I put up to protect a bed of sunflowers we planted outside my home office window. Click on photos for full sized images. He is protecting a hummingbird feeder that hangs from the eves about 12 feet […]
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Mark Zuckerberg would not be one of 100 wealthiest and most influential people in the world without the help of wasps. I mean the six-legged kind (whether or not two-legged WASPs should get any of the credit is something for attorneys to discuss and will not be addressed here). It’s a lengthy timeline but easy […]
Silent Straightjacket
No defenses against her tricks, she leads the quietest of lives, enchanting you with her silent straightjacket. • Chinese mantis | Tenodera aridifolia sinensis
Avian Action at La Janda
As the sun set over Vejer de la Frontera in Cadiz province, Andalucía , the surrounding area below this white village or ‘pueblo blanco ‘ known as La Janda had been receiving thousands of new migrant birds that arrive in the southern tip of the European mainland and feed up in preparation for their onward […]