The Northern Harrier (Circus cyaneus) was also known as the Marsh Hawk in the United States and is known as the Hen Hawk in Eurasia (click on photos for full sized images). It breeds in the northern part of the northern hemisphere. On this Wikipedia commons map, the light green denotes breeding summer visitor, the […]
Category: Wildlife
State Bird of Karnataka – Indian Roller (Coracias benghalensis)
This lovely bird below is the Indian Roller. It also happens to be the state bird of Karnataka. The Indian Roller gets its name because of the ‘rolling’ display of the male during breeding season. They have a huge variety when it comes to prey ranging from small insects such as crickets , grasshoppers, bees, […]
Black-chinned Hummingbirds (II)
These Black-chinned hummingbirds are from this summer, since I’m a slacker. I finally figured out all it took was a a bit of patience to get hummingbird flight photos and gave myself one of those pats-on-the-back kind of things once I realized this. (Patience is not really my thing, which is a problem with bird […]
Isle of Mull – Eagle Country
It was the first week of March on the wintry island of Mull and I was out in the field to focus on a local pair of Golden Eagles to monitor their early season behaviour. The usual persistence was required to see these elusive birds and once the snow eased off, in classic Mull fashion, […]
Hypocolius and the Diplomatic Quarter
Just how do you count very large numbers of birds? I had this problem when I visited the Diplomatic Quarter (DQ) of Riyadh on Friday to see a couple of friends and do some birding in the landscaped grounds. The bird in question was hypocolius. They were all over the northern side of the Quarter. […]
The 113th Audubon Annual Christmas Bird Count Begins December 14th
The 113th Audubon Christmas Bird Count begins December 14th and runs through January 5th. The Audubon Christmas Bird Count is the longest-running citizen science wildlife survey in the world. The count will undergo several significant changes beginning this year as Audubon builds on the program’s success to entice birdwatchers to lend their eyes and ears […]
White-tailed Deer
It was a slow morning for bird photography today, but three White-tailed Deer were kind enough to walk by as I was looking for sparrows at Marl Bed Flats. Two of them allowed me to take their picture. So I thought it would be fitting today to expand my wildlife galleries here to include mammals. […]
Golondrina doméstica (Gray-breasted Martin)
Este año volvimos a encontrar a las Golondrinas anidando debajo del nuevo puente sobre el Arroyo Garupá en la Ruta Provincial 204 hacia Profundidad, a diferencia con el año anterior en el que estaban solas, este día también pudimos fotografiar en el mismo lugar a un grupo de Golondrinas ribereñas compartiendo la estructura del puente. […]