De a poco van retornando las ganas de sentarme a escribir acá en el blog, reconozco que durante el último año y medio prácticamente en mas de una oportunidad estuve a punto de cerrar todo esto y dedicarme a otros menesteres, pero aquà estoy nuevamente dedicando algo de mi tiempo libre para compartir con ustedes […]
Flock of 30 Bimaculated Larks – Jebal Hamrah
Whilst birding the Jebal Hamrah pivot irrigation fields recently with Phil Roberts, we came across a flock of up to thirty Bimaculated LarksMelanocorypha bimaculateon the stony area around the pivot field. The birds were on the edge of the field in with a group of Greater Short-toed Larks and Eurasian Skylarks. We had planned our […]
Spring fun
Yesterday morning I worked in Wadi Bet Arif, very close to Ben Gurion airport. I had a productive morning – lovey spring atmosphere with flowers, beautiful weather, good breeding activity and fine migration. Among the priority breeding species, Long-billed Pipit was most prominent – it’s song was a continuous soundtrack of my walk. One of […]
Three Egyptian Nightjars – Judah
Whilst driving off-road along the edge of a large wire fence towards our main birding location at Judah we flushed a bird off the sand track just as it was getting light. We did not see the bird well and flew off and over the fence and could not be seen again. We were hoping […]
Gavilán Patas Largas ( Crane Hawk ) Geranospiza caerulescens (Vieillot, 1817)
Cuesta creer que me haya costado casi 9 años poder fotografiar a esta especie, particularmente recuerdo una jornada en el Parque Provincial Profundidad cuando estando con Fernando Bernasconi separados a no mas de 20 metros de distancia de el me perdà la oportunidad de fotografiar a este gavilán. Si bien antiguos integrantes del grupo lo […]
This Is My Land…For Bison and Buffalo
This is my land. This is where I stand. I am part of the rocks. I am one with the sand. I am borne of the mountain. My father is the sky. My spirit is endless as it soars way up high.
Winter birding – Haradh
Phil Roberts and I went for our normal winter birding trip to Haradh recently and saw a lot of good birds. Best was 14 Sociable Lapwings which I have already posted about but we also saw a number of other good winter visitors and early spring migrants. The first pivot field we stopped at had […]
Lesser Yellowlegs and Ruff in Dorset.
A trip with friends to Weymouth in Dorset, to visit Radipole Lake and Lodmoor RSPB reserves. The forecast was for warmth and sun but the sea mist didn’t clear all day and it was pretty cold, but good birds were seen including the expected Bearded Tit (though only the one male). Marsh Harrier ( I […]