There are “elk” pictured in this video when the narrator is referring to “deer.” This is because the narrator is British and the British word for “elk” is “red deer” or “deer” for short. The scientific report this is based on refers to elk so we wanted to be accurate with the truth of the […]
Green Heron, 9/27/2014
About a week ago I drove down to Viera Wetlands, hopefully to find a Lark Sparrow that had been seen a couple days earlier. We missed that, and we hardly saw anything else either. And the wetlands were closed off. However, there were many Green Herons there, and one in particular posed for photos.
France: LPO takes direct action to liberate poached Ortolans
Every year in France, thousands of Ortolan Buntings are poached, mutilated and killed in breach of EU and national laws. On Thursday 4 September, the Ligue pour la Protection des Oiseaux (LPO, BirdLife in France) members went on the offensive, to liberate captured birds and make formal accusations against poachers to the French authorities. The […]
Bahian Mouse-Colored Tapaculo: New Bird Species Discovered in Brazil
An international team of ornithologists led by Dr Marcos Bornschein of the Mater Natura-Instituto de Estudos Ambientais in Curitiba has described an endangered new species of bird from the montane Atlantic Forest of southern Bahia, Brazil. The new species belongs to Scytalopus, a genus of small passerine birds in the family Rhinocryptidae. Its isolated populations […]
Alilicucú común, Tropical Screech-Owl, Megascops choliba
El compañero infaltable en las horas de la noche en Rincón Ombú chico, siempre está presente en las cercanías de la casa de Luis mientras preparamos la cena en la parrilla, su voz nos indica su presencia aunque no lo veamos. A veces se acerca a menos de 5 metros de distancia y desde su […]
VOTE for the Best Photo of the Month October 2014
Welcome to the “Best Photo of the Month” competition sponsored by Vanguard Optics. Voting will close on 31st Oct 2014 and the winner will receive a Vanguard Spirit ED 8 x 42 binocular valued at £269.99 RRP (inc VAT). Voting is easy and lots of fun. First click an image and browse through the slideshow. […]
Cacholote castaño, Brown Cacholote, Pseudoseisura lophotes
Cuando hay muchas fotos las palabras molestan, es el caso de esta entrada en la que comparto imágenes del Cacholote castaño en el posadero que armó Angel a 3 metros de distancia de una de las ventanas de la casa. Fondo natural (el pasto del piso), luz del sol a nuestras espaldas, muchos líquenes de […]
Let’s Stop Vulture Poisoning Now – Video
BirdLife is fighting to stop vultures from slipping towards extinction. Thanks to everyone that has supported our campaign so far, we are now 79% of the way towards our urgent target of £20,000. Nearly there! But like the vultures in Africa and Europe, we need some more help. So we are launching a video, and asking for your […]