This morning I drove to the Seminole Ranch Conservation Area. The parking area for it is right across the street from Orlando Wetlands Park. If there’s no hunt planned for the day, you can get there as early as you like and walk to the St. John’s River. The trail takes you to the St. […]
Category: Wildlife
Whew, It’s Hot…
Finishing off the year with an average temperature above the freezing point, you bet it’s hot. Yet another record month for warm temperatures is keeping the Arctic Sea Ice at an all time low. Polar Bear (Ursus maritimus) on ice. Somewhere above the Arctic Circle in the Barents Sea.
Cuclillo canela (Dark-billed Cuckoo) Coccyzus melacoryphus
Durante los últimos meses varios fueron los encuentros que tuvimos durante nuestras salidas de campo con el Cuclillo canela. Sin lugar a dudas el que tuvo las mejores condiciones para fotografiarlo fue Willy en el paraje Nemesio Parma el día 4 de Noviembre pasado. Estas esquivas aves son de mostrarse poco, y cuando lo hacen […]
VOTE for the Best Photo of the Week 24 Dec 2016
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. […]
Always Wary…
Even while taking a brief drink from the Mara River, this Leopard (Panthera pardus) is ever alert. Mara Triangle, Masai Mara, Kenya With Governors’ Camps
Phillby’s Partridge
Philby’s Partridge Alectoris philbyi is a rare resident of the south-west highlands. The best sites for locating the species are the terrace fields near Tanoumah, the dry scrub covered hillsides on Jebal Souda plateau and the area around Al Baha. They prefer juniper dominated habitats where rocky knolls & clearings occur and ocurs from 1500 […]
Day’s End…
A Western White-Bearded Wildebeest (Connochaetes taurinus mearnsi) experiences a welcome quiet break in the never-ending cycle of the great migration. Serengeti National Park, Tanzania
Birds in the Holy Land – book by Thomas Krumenacker
In this post I want to present a beautiful new book published recently by my dear friend Thomas Krumenacker. This is not a book review (I write book reviews for Dutch Birding); it is rather a celebration of this wonderful creation by my friend. I am too involved in the book, and too close to […]