Ett sångsvanspar har övervintrat i en liten damm och väntar på att våren skall öppna deras häckplats som är 6-7 km från dammen , jag ser dem från mitt jobb när de kontrollerar isläget på häckplatsen.
King Eider (Somateria spectabilis)
One of the prettiest ducks that winter in the Massachusetts area is the King Eider. Over the last few years, I’ve been looking for the King Eider, in order to obtain some decent photographs of this beautiful bird. A few years ago, on a birding festival on Cape Ann, I saw the bird and obtained […]
Kitty the Toon
A Brand new series of children’s books will be released in the UK in the coming years to help inspire the next generation about British wildlife. The first book is a story about Kittiwakes in the North-East of England which havecolonisedthe city of Newcastle during the breeding season and have become the first inland colony […]
Caracolero (Snail Kite)
Sobrevolando el sector aledaño a la toma de agua en la reserva Rincón Santa María este Caracolero se mantuvo a una buena distancia del lugar en el que estábamos apostados en la búsqueda de los esquivos Capuchinos para nosotros. En el suelo encontramos muchos restos de caracoles, pero el sujeto de la foto se resistía […]
The great migration – circle of life
Every year thousands of wildebeest moving to the Ndutu-Plains in the Ngorongoro Conservation Area in Tanzania to give birth of their calves. In the Ndutu-Plains they find best conditions, because the grass there has special minerals that are important in the first weeks for rearing the calves. Within 3 to 4 weeks up to 500000 […]
Mostrando la panza
Hoy me desperté con un poco de frío mas temprano de lo habitual, mientras me preparaba un mate escuchaba mucha actividad de picaflores en el patio, cuando abro la puerta me encuentro con un día Domingo nublado, ventoso y con la temperatura bastante baja para esta altura del año lo que hizo que las abejas […]
Endangered or Not, but at Least No Longer Waiting
Perhaps it does not seem cause for celebration that the Oregon spotted frog, a four-inch-long amphibian that prefers the Pacific Northwest’s dwindling marshy spots, is to be considered this year for federal protection as an endangered species. Tell that to the frog. It has been languishing for 22 years — since 1991 — awaiting its […]