During the last week our members have again entered some outstanding top-ranking wildlife images for the “Best Photo of the Week” competition. Click on the first image and then page through the slideshow. Please select the three images you like best of all and VOTE for them at the bottom of this page (to ensure […]
Category: Wildlife
Tico-tico, Rufous-collared Sparrow, Zonotrichia capensis
Si bien en la Argentina el Nombre Tico tico es utilizado por otra especie de ave, en el Brasil a nuestro Chingolo se lo conoce como Tico tico. Estas fotos me las envió recién Javier Wioneczack desde Praia da Armação en Florianopolis.
From the steppe to central Spain, Europe echoes to the howl of the wolf
A twig snaps, a crow calls, but nothing moves in the dense pine forests of Spain’s Guadarrama mountains. Vultures and eagles soar over the snowcapped peaks and wild boars roam the valleys below, as they have for centuries. But for the farmers who work this land, a threatening and worrying comeback is taking place in […]
Results of the Best Photo of the Week Ended 04 Jan 2014
We are delighted to announce the RESULTS of our latest “Best Photo of the Week” Competition. First Prize is awarded to Silvestr Szabó for his outstanding photo ‘Lovers’. Roman Anselmo wins Second Prize with ‘Cara feliz’ and Third Prize goes to Aayush Duhdiya for ‘Imagined Flight’ (see images below). Now that the results for this […]
Snowy Owl (Bubo scandiacus)
A Snowy Owl Bubo scandiacus, sitting FAR back at the edge of a field in Deerfield, MA. A first sighting for me on 1/05/2014! I could use a larger glass! Still, it was such a thrill to see this marvel of an owl that I will share this blurred image anyway. The best my 70-300 […]
Good news: Refuge for last blue-throated macaws doubles in size in Bolivia
A reserve that is home to the world’s largest population of the critically endangered blue-throated macaw (Ara glaucogularis) has been more than doubled in size, reports the American Bird Conservancy (ABC), a group that helped fund the expansion. Barba Azul Nature Reserve now protects 11,000 hectares (27,180 acres) of savanna in Bolivia’s Beni wetlands after […]
POLL: Should the fox-hunting laws in the UK be relaxed?
A senior Liberal Democrat has called on the coalition to reconsider the fox-hunting law as it is being flouted with impunity and encourages young people in the countryside to think it is normal to break the law. Sir Nick Harvey, a former defence minister, described the fox-hunting law as “an ass” since it is routinely […]
Light buzzards’ colorations and migration – 03
Buteo buteo – Accipitriformes – Accipitriadae – This is the lightest buzzard I saw so far this winter. Easily recognizing individuals thanks to the plumage coloration of their breast and comparing them from one season to another has proven me that I have not seen again the birds from previous years, which implies that they […]