Sarah, Tobias and I had a few days booked at our cottage between St.Ives and Zennor and with the Grey Catbird, first found on 15th October, still present come 18th I was anxious to get on the road to try and see the bird. Sarah washeading down at around 11:00 with Tobias but I couldn’t […]
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Elephant Family Values
Ahead We do not know what lies Ahead of the trees But we will face it together As a family.
Arabian Spiny-tailed Lizard – Ash Shargiyah Development Company Farm
Whilst birding Ash Shargiyah Development Company Farm, Fadhili, in late August Phil spotted an Arabian Spiny-tailed Lizard sunning itself by its hole. This individual was not too large but was a bright yellow colour as it had obviously spent some time warming up in the hot sunshine. These lizards are relatively common and widespread across […]
Quiet morning at Minsmere
At the crack of dawn we’re walking the north bushes at Minsmere only to find a few Brambling and a Bullfinch for our effort. An Otter and four Red Deer showed as we walked the north wall and lot’s of Beardies pinged all around but despite the calm didn’t show that well. On the wader […]
Classic Sibe birding in the Negev
What an excellent morning I had with Rony and Re’a. We left at silly-O’clock to get to Nafha Vineyards at first light, a bit too early. We met up there with Eran who focused on lying on his belly to photograph the many ralids present in the small wetland. It was jam-packed with birds, but […]
Little Swift Nesting – Wadi Grosbeak
Whilst birdwatching near Wadi Grosbeak in the Bani Saad area south of Taif, Phil Roberts and I found a number of Little Swift Nests on a building. The Little Swift is probably a breeding visitor from Africa as it is very scarce in November and December. in the southern Red Sea, Asir, Hejaz and the […]
Blister Beetle – Wadi Grosbeak
The Blister Beetles (Coleoptera:Meloidae) are global distributed insects except for New Zealand and the Antarctic region and are also called Oil Beetles. The species seen near Bani Saad wasMylabris calidathat has a distribution in central Asia (east to China and Korea), Caucasus and Transcaucasia, southern Balkan Peninsula, Near East, Levant and Arabian Peninsula and northern […]
Golondrina patagónica (Chilean Swallow) Tachycineta leucopyga
Luego de casi dos meses sin publicar nada en el blog y estar bastante alejado de la fotografía de aves comparto hoy en el blog estas fotografías de un individuo de Golondrina patagónica que pude registrar durante la tarde del Viernes en el Aeropuerto de Posadas mientras tomaba un mate con mis amigos. Muchas golondrinas […]