We are delighted to announce the results of our latest photo competition. Candy McManiman wins First Prize for her outstanding image ‘Cats Like Water’. Tjie Poo wins Second Prize with his breathtaking image “Portrait Horned Puffin’, and Third Prize goes to Bob Swan with “Sisters”. Please give kudos to the photographers by leaving a comment […]
VOTE for the Best Photo of the Month October 2020
Welcome to the “Best Photo of the Month” competition showcasing and celebrating the biodiversity of Planet Earth. Voting is easy and lots of fun. First click an image and the slideshow will start automatically. Then select the three images you like best of all and click the VOTE button at the bottom of the page. […]
The Lore of Swans
If swans we be So loyally As we swim And create Our family. Our love a Flower To weather What may. Together we Share Each brand New day. And now you want to hunt us down. Humans we don’t want you around!
Haradh is Heating Up! Prime Fall Birding in Saudi’s Eastern Province
Yesterday Adam Harris and I made the two-hour run from Al Ahsa to one of the best areas in the Eastern Province for finding an interesting array of desert, grassland, and migratory birds. We arrived to Haradh just past seven and headed directly to the pivot field where last year we had seen our primary […]
World Octopus Day!
What am I? I am one of the octopi. I am smart like you. And a problem solver, Too! Octopitober 8th
Results of the Best Photo of the Month September 2020
We are delighted to announce the results of our latest photo competition. Eduardo Delgado wins First Prize for his outstanding image ‘Asio Flammeus’. Brian Burnett wins Second Prize with his breathtaking image “Backlit Bear’, and Third Prize goes to Paamul Jack with “Monarchs on a Limb”. Please give kudos to the photographers by leaving a […]
Massacre on Cyprus. Researchers call for a crack down on poachers who lure millions of birds to their deaths on the Mediterranean island with recordings of their own songs.
Millions of birds like the Sardinian warbler (above) and the Blackcap (Sylvia atricapilla) have been migrating through the region for a long time. And, each year for many years, poachers on Cyprus have been trapping and killing them illegally. The slaughter is now said to have reached “industrial levels.” A study just published by The […]
VOTE for the Best Photo of the Month September 2020
Welcome to the “Best Photo of the Month” competition showcasing and celebrating the biodiversity of Planet Earth. Voting is easy and lots of fun. First click an image and the slideshow will start automatically. Then select the three images you like best of all and click the VOTE button at the bottom of the page. […]