It’s been another busy week here down on The Strait of Gibraltar. As the summer slowly comes to an end and autumn weather and shorter days signal birds to move slowly south, the skies above Cadiz province have all kinds of bird species flying over or stopping off to feed before crossing the narrow stretch […]
Category: Wildlife
Beija-flor-preto (Black-Jacobim) Florisuga fusca
Dos imágenes mas del picaflor negro o Beija-flor-preto como se lo conoce en el Brasil, obtenidas durante el mes de Julio en el Jardín de los picaflores en Puerto Iguazú. Picaflor que no presenta dimorfismo sexual entre macho y hembra lo que dificulta identificar a los sexos, salvo las manchas de color marrón que presentan […]
August Migrant Shorebirds
I visited Daijyugarami, Saga prefecture, last Friday to see what birds had started migrating through. The highlights were a solitary juvenile Asian Dowitcher, a Long-billed Dowitcher in breeding plumage, a Red Knot also in breeding plumage, a Broad-billed Sandpiper, a Long-toed Stint, four Black-faced Spoonbill, one Saunders’s Gull, a few Black-tailed Godwit and plenty of […]
Early Autumn Migration in Kuwait
Early August is the anticipated start of the annual Autumn migration when birds have completed their breeding season in Europe and both adult and juvenile birds start moving south to various parts of Africa for the second part of their endless summer. Kuwait is fortunate to be situated on two of the key migration flyways; […]
Egypt’s ‘spying’ stork and other incidents of animal espionage
A swan has been detained in Egypt on suspicion of being a spy. Except it looks – in pictures released by the Egyptian authorities, who kept referring to it as a “swan” – like a stork. Perhaps it was wearing a disguise. The bird, allegedly working for the French government, was captured in a heroic […]
Wake me up when September comes
Green day punk band have almost got their lyrics right as it should have been – wake me up when September comes! After a long and hot summer it is very refreshing to see many migrants arriving on a daily basis with many juv individual among them.Eilat area is not at its best during Autumn […]
Barn Swallows
This past week I decided to go to the Little Big Econ State Forest to look for migrants. As I pulled into the parking lot, I found about 50 or so Barn Swallows perched on the utility lines. I decided to walk over to see if I could find any Cliff or Bank Swallows among […]
Pato gargantilla (White-cheeked Pintail) Anas bahamensis
Hola amigos !!!!! reapareciendo nuevamente luego de tres días ausente debido a que este fin de semana festejamos los 15 años de mi hija Agustina y estuve bastante ocupado con la organización del festejo, aparezco hoy con estas imágenes del Pato gargantilla obtenidas por Willy el día 20 de Julio en el Arroyo Mártires de […]