Transcurrieron mas de tres años para volver a registrar en imágenes a la Viudita blanca en la zona del Arroyo Itá; el primer registro data del año 2010 cuando fotografié a un individuo en la desembocadura del arroyo en la zona de obras de la costanera. En el día de hoy Javier pudo fotografiar a […]
Petition: Don’t Let Farmers Kill Off Turtle Doves!
The iconic turtle dove referenced in “The Twelve Days of Christmas” is the fastest declining bird in England. Agricultural herbicides have damaged the bird’s habitat and food sources, and a spokesman for the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds fears that turtle doves may be lost in the next 10 years. Herbicides have destroyed […]
Savvy bar-tailed godwit equipped for climate challenge
The bird world’s long-distance champion is probably savvy enough to cope with climate change, researchers believe. The bar-tailed godwit makes the biggest no-stop migration, flying 11,000km from Alaska to New Zealand every autumn. It relies on the right type of winds to make this epic journey – winds that computer models indicate could become less […]
Battle to save barn owl after freak weather kills thousands
Ornithologists say 2013 will be viewed as the worst year ever recorded for one of Britain’s favourite farmland birds. They fear that there are now fewer than 1,000 breeding pairs of barn owls in England, following four years of extreme weather that have resulted in the population of the protected bird declining by more than […]
VOTE for the Best Photo of the Week 21 Dec 2013
During the last week our members have again entered some outstanding top-ranking wildlife images for the “Best Photo of the Week” competition. Click on the first image and then page through the slideshow. Please select the three images you like best of all and VOTE for them at the bottom of this page (to ensure […]
Summer Birds, Winter Birds
Some birds fly south away from us in winter. Others fly south to us. Osprey leave the Forsythe National Wildlife Refuge in New Jersey, where the above picture was taken, in early September. They spend the winter along the coasts of Central America and southern North America, and throughout much of South America. Northern pintail […]
First video footage of 2 EDGE amphibians in the Western Ghats, India!
The Zoological Society of London’s “EDGE (Evolutionary Distinct and Globally Endangered) of Existence programme is the only global conservation initiative to focus specifically on threatened species that represent a significant amount of unique evolutionary history” Mammals, Amphibians and Coral Reefs on a global scale have been prioritized in this manner. Of the Top 100 EDGE […]
Would you believe that crows can sledge?
To all those that think humans are so special because of our opposable thumbs, don’t forget that we are by no means the only creatures to communicate or use tools. In this case the crow is using what appears to be a lid, purely for pleasure without any practical purpose. Slide on crow!