From Janelle: Roadrunners must swallow whole, too. I watched one in my driveway catch a finch or sparrow; it proceeded to hold it by the head and beat it into a pulp on the concrete border of the driveway. Once the bones were all soft enough, it threw its head up in the air and […]
Category: Wildlife
Bird Fight!
Eurasian Tree Sparrow (right, flying) and Paddyfield Pipit (left, with food) photographed in an apparent fight over food at the University of the Philippines, Los Banos, Laguna, August 2012… Canon EOS 7D + EF 400mm f/5.6L USM.. 1/1000, f/6.3, iso800, Evaluative Metering, Aperture Priority +2/3, Handheld,Isolation with background in grayscale (Docu Shot). The Eurasian Tree […]
The Magic of Mana Pools
Wow, has it been a while since I wrote a proper blog post! I’m afraid this one will also be short-ish. I still want to do a proper write-up or trip report as it were about my recent maiden trip to the magical piece of Africa that is Mana Pools, but I thought for now […]
Burrowing Owls at Wildhorse Golf Club
Burrowing Owls(Athene cunicularia) are active both day and night but they nest in underground burrows making them sometimes difficult to spot. If you are out looking for thesecharismatic little owls you may expect to see something like this, just a head sticking above the rim of the burrow entrance(click on photos for full sized images). […]
Great Horned Owlet
I followed a family of Great Horned Owls during the spring of 2011 near my home in Atlantic Beach, Florida. I was so fortunate to photograph the two owlets from little white fuzz balls to young adults flying off with the parents to hunt.
Eastern Bluebird
This male was photographed at the Arthur Langford nature reserve in Frogmore, Ontario last June. He and the female had a successful brood in a bluebird box located on the property.
Best Photo of the Week Ended 04 Aug 2012
We are pleased to present the winners of our most recent “Best Photo of the Week” Competition. First Prize is shared by Don Getty with “Say’s Phoebe” and Angad Achappa with “Blue-tailed Bee-eaters”. Third Prize goes to Rick Lieder for “Below the Stars”. See images below with links to the original articles. The voting for […]
Birding in Ontario by Glenn Bartley Part III
The next morning I woke up and decided to try to track down my main target bird for the trip. Walking around the campground I faced two immediate problems. The first was that the habitat wasn’t right. The forests were dominated by coniferous trees and the understorey was pretty open – definitely not right. The […]