A trip to the al Khobar Wader Roost South at the weekend was not very successful as the tide was about as far out as it could be. My timing was limited as I had to drop the family off at friends and this was the only time I could visit. There were still a […]
Category: Wildlife
The Future of Us
The future of this little guy will say a great deal about the future for our species. Celebrate World Rhino Day – Help save some horns!
Pelagic Trip from Black Point Marina, 9/20/2014
Sunday I went with some friends on a pelagic trip out to Miami. I’ve never birded in Miami-Dade County before, so I was hoping for some lifers. We had west winds all day, though, so birds were sparse. We didn’t see a single shearwater the whole day, and we saw only a handful of Sooty […]
Collared pratincole twitched at Raysut
I finally saw collared pratincole in Oman yesterday. It became bird number 295 on my Oman list. Thanks are due to Jens Eriksen for tipping me off that four were at Raysut settling pools. It wasn’t easy as I was at work at the time the message came through. I left work at the close […]
Halconcito colorado (American Kestrel) Falco sparverius
Regresando del Club Refugio Ombú el 5 de Julio pasado como es habitual nos demoramos unas dos o tres horas en ocasiones para recorrer los kilómetros del camino de tierra hacia la Ruta 12. Siempre aparece algo interesante o como en este caso alguna especie en particular se queda perchando en alguno de los tantos […]
Just Chillin’ in Africa
Chacma Baboon (Papio ursinus) in deep thought. Hwange National Park, Zimbabwe. With Linkwasha Camp.
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Picaflor copetón (Black breasted-Plovercrest) Stephanoxis loddigesii
Durante nuestra última recorrida por caminos vecinales del Sur de nuestra provincia, en cercanías de Fachinal nuevamente encontramos actividad del Picaflor copetón en el mismo lek que habíamos encontrado el año pasado. Nos turnamos entre Javier, Luis yo para sacar las fotos para que nuestra presencia no afecte el movimiento de estas aves en su […]