I’ve learned a lot while watching a group of loons on our pond this year. They are very social with one another and with me. They are very aggressive hunters and work as a group to catch their prey. This shot was taken from my kayak with a Canon 7D and Canon 300/2.8 lens. Parks […]
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Black Swallowtail Butterfly Metamorphosis
A striking male Black Swallowtail . . . the first of its kind to emerge in my barn studio last year. I was lucky early May to see this female attaching an egg to a Bishop’s weed leaf along the garden path. She may well have overwintered here in her pupa state. After she flies […]
Wood Frog, Boreal Forest vernal pool reptile
Wood Frog (Rana sylvaticus) lives in small vernal pools in Maine’s north woods. They are the first to breed in the spring…as their homes often dry up in summer and then they can only be found under logs and dead leaves. Wood Frog link Sometimes no more than a “puddle” in the forest, vernal pool […]
Demanding Answers
Two easily offended songbirds demand answers, incompatible on either side of a breeze. • Sparrow | Passer domesticus
Spotted Harrier | Circus assimilis
Three species of harrier are found in Australia, those being the Swamp Harrier, Papuan Harrier and the Spotted Harrier. The Spotted Harrier (also known as the Smoke Hawk) is in some respects a unique harrier and highlights the way species adapt to their environment by changing basic instincts so as to survive in a demanding […]
Kingfisher, Kotare, Halcyon sancta vagans
KingFisher Mill Creek is home to at least one pair of Kingfishers. The tidal stream flats being an ideal hunting zone. The nest banks are quite close, and the trees and powerlines make idealsurveillanceperches. Kingfishers are not particularly numerous around Stewart Island, but most tidal inlets and streams seem to have a resident pair. For […]
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[Passarinhando no Brasil] August 2012 – Exploring a piece of forest nearby
Recently a friend of mine invited me to bird in a piece of forest in his city, close to my city. The picture below shows the area where we went. Due to the size (about 3km extension, 500 meters in width), we believed we could find a few nice species in there. I’ve been there […]
Big Gulp
From Janelle: Roadrunners must swallow whole, too. I watched one in my driveway catch a finch or sparrow; it proceeded to hold it by the head and beat it into a pulp on the concrete border of the driveway. Once the bones were all soft enough, it threw its head up in the air and […]