This spring has been very strange. After such a rainy winter with 4-6 floods in the southern Arava, we all expected that the desert will be filled with migrants. Then came March and by the end of it we were still looking hard to find birds in the Arava. Nevertheless there were many quality species […]
Category: Wildlife
Picaflor de barbijo (Blue-tufted Starthroat)
Mas fotos de esta especie de picaflor obtenidas en mi casa durante el feriado largo de Semana Santa; limpié los bebederos y los acomodé en lugares distintos, ahuyenté las abejas y me senté a disfrutar del show, a pesar de ser siempre las mismas especies que frecuentan el patio siempre trato de experimentar distintas opciones […]
Swainson’s Warbler at Mead Gardens, 4/5/2013
This morning I drove by Mead Gardens hoping to find one of the Swainson’s Warblers that were seen there yesterday. A friend of mine was there too, and we ended up finding both Swainson’s Warblers, plus 12 other warbler species: Ovenbird, Worm-eating Warbler, Black-and-white Warbler, Orange-crowned Warbler, Common Yellowthroat, Northern Parula, Palm Warbler, Pine Warbler, […]
Calandria grande (Chalk-browed Mockingbird)
Comedero puesto en funcionamiento nuevamente al finalizar los fuertes calores del verano por ahora con fruta únicamente, alternando bananas con manzanas y naranjas han comenzado a bajar las Calandrias nuevamente al patio, estas no se resisten a las manzanas y muy de vez en cuando le dan algún que otro picotazo a las bananas. No […]
Wood Duck with Ducklings
The Wood Ducks on Grassy Lake, the pond by my office parking lot, are now the proud parents of four little ducklings. This morning I saw the mom with the four ducklings, and as she swam around thelilypads, the ducklings would walk on top of them following her around. It looked like they only entered […]
Azamidani, Mount Unzen
This morning I tried Azamidani to see if any migrants were passing through. Seems a bit early still, as the Grey-bellied Bullfinch and Red-flanked Bluetail were still there, however all the wintering thrushes had gone. It seems likely that migrant warblers should be passing through any day now. Among the Grey-bellied Bullfinch was one male […]
Lesser Yellowlegs
This past Saturday, I was at Merritt Island NWR (Blackpoint Dr) and at various times a Lesser Yellowlegs flew by and sometimes landed not too far from me. Usually when something like this happens, I don’t have time to check my camera setting and get the shot. So I sometimes shoot with the setting I […]
Eagles and Harriers
March seemed to be a good time for Marsh Harriers and Greater Spotted Eagles down in the Dubai Pivot fields. Whilst I am used to seeing many Harriers this time of year, Greater Spotted Eagles are a different story. Whilst fairly common down the road at the Ras Al Khor sanctuary, in my experience this […]