As we started this particular afternoon safari, the thought that crossed my mind was that after the spectacular sighting of the Tigress with cubs the previous evening, what more could I sight in Ranthambore? As we entered the park, we spotted a pair of Collared Scops-Owl roosting in a tree hollow. A little further, a […]
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Cotswold Weekend – 9th and 10th June
We spent the weekend at our cottage in Cowley in the Cotswolds with our good friends Trevor and Julie Codlin. Trevor and I ran the moth trap on both Friday and Saturday night recording a good range of spring and early summer species. On Sunday we headed out looking for butterflies. First we visited Daneway […]
Chupadientes (Rufous Gnateater) Conopophaga lineata
El Chupadientes siempre se porta bien conmigo cuando lo fotografío, se acerca bastante y se queda quieto lo que me permite lograr muy buenas imágenes de este pequeño habitante del sotobosque de la selva misionera. Las fotografías de esta entrada las obtuve durante la recorrida que hicimos el pasado Domingo 10 de Junio al sendero […]
Pennington Marsh and Denny Wood – 8th June
After dropping Tobias at school I spent a short amount of time at Pennington Marsh and Denny Wood. At Pennington it was fairly quiet with most birds settled down to breed. I recorded eight Reed Warbler and six Whitethroat on territory around the loop that extends from Lower Pennington Lane car park to the Jetty […]
Lechuzón Negruzco (Stygian Owl) Asio stygius
Este fin de semana que pasó luego de mucho tiempo sin viajar por Misiones para fotografiar aves nos fuimos hacia San Pedro Roby, Willy, Nico y yo. El Lechuzón negruzco era uno de mis objetivos a fotografiar y el mismo se cumplió con creces porque ni bien llegamos al lugar y antes de descargar nuestro […]
Yemen Rock Agama – An Namas
Whilst birdwatching the An Namas area of the Asir Mountains, 150 kms north of Abha, I came across a Yemen Rock AgamaAcanthocercus yemensis. The Yemen Rock Agama occurs in northern Yemen and adjacent Saudi Arabia, but the limits of its distribution in Saudi Arabia are currently not well known, although I have seen it as […]
Arabian Woodpecker – An Namas
Whilst birding the An Namas area of the Asir mountains, 150 kms north of Abha recently I photographed a pair of Arabian Woodpecker Dendrocopos doraeat at their nest hole. The hole was positioned in the trunk or major branch of a large tree about five metres above ground level and comprised of a small freshly […]
Little Owls – An Namas
Whilst birding the An Namas area of the Asir mountians 150 km north of Abha we came across two Little Owl Athene noctua. This was a new species for me in the Kingdom and both birds were found sitting on dry stone-walls where one bird entered when disturbed. The second bird did not allow close […]