On my 3 day hiking adventure in the national park of Switzerland and it’s surroundings, I was lucky enough to video capture two wild chamois (Rupicapra rupicapra). My journey includes the beautiful Val Mora. A pristine valley sitting between two high rising mountain ranges in the canton of Grisons, Switzerland. The Chamois (Rupicapra rupicapra) is […]
Category: Wildlife
VOTE for the Best Photo of the Week 10 Jun 2017
Welcome to the “Best Photo of the Week” competition showcasing and celebrating the biodiversity of Planet Earth. Voting is easy and lots of fun. First click an image and browse through the slideshow. Then select the three images you like best of all and click the VOTE button at the bottom of the page. […]
Yapú (Crested Oropendola) Psarocolius decumanus
De la última vez que fuí al Club Refugio Ombú con los amigos, ocasión en la que compartimos el fin de semana con los amigos santafesinos Terán y Galfione, elegí estas dos fotografías de uno de los Yapúes que se acercan al comedero de la casa de Luis. Tan acostumbrados están a la oferta de […]
Guacamayo azul y amarillo (Blue-and-yellow Macaw) Ara ararauna
El guacamayo azul y amarillo (Ara ararauna), también conocido como papagayo amarillo o paraba azul amarillo, o Guacamayo canindé, es una especie de ave psittaciforme de la familia de los loros propia de América del Sur. Su área de distribución comprende desde Panamá hasta el norte de Paraguay pasando por toda la cuenca amazónica. En […]
Microsoft pulls the plug on Skype-certified phones
Many people with Skype-approved telephone handsets woke up last Thursday morning to realize that their phones were no longer receiving incoming calls. It seems that thousands of people all over the world who rely on Skype-approved handsets as their only telephone connection have been left in the lurch and forced to bid adieu to their […]
Fledgling Tawny Owls
I have and will be so busy with guiding (20 hour long trip to Hedmark and Oppland yesterday and tomorrow and Sunday in the Beitostølen area) that I haven’t had time for blogging so here is one I prepared earlier. I have lots to tell from yesterdays trip and expect to have much from the […]
Suffolk Warblers
We parked up at Lakenheath this morning at 6am and took the long walk out to Joist Fen. On arrival there was another guy listening and looking for DB’S Marsh Warbler which we heard as we approached and saw straight away sitting up belting out it’s full repertoire which seemed to include a little Nightingale […]
A Bird Sanctuary In Killingworth, CT Pt. I
The creation of a sanctuary for birds with a few feeders offering a variety of food to sustain them in the winter months was actually an afterthought. The Eastern Bluebird above (image 3) was photographed at Casa Almeida in January 2017. The Brown Creeper above (image 1) was photographed at […]