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Guacamayo rojo (Green-winged Macaw) Ara chloropterus
A mi me resulta imposible describir en palabras la emoción que tuvo la suerte de vivir el amigo Luis Krause durante su último viaje al Pantanal cuando se encontró frente a frente con este imponente Guacamayo y pudo fotografiarlo por primera vez en estado silvestre; creo yo que es algo inigualable como experiencia para todo […]
Three Citrine Wagtails – Jubail
An early morning trip to Jubail was rewarded with the sighting of three different Citrine Wagtails together in an area of flooded track. We met Phil Roberts after packing up early from ringing due to the hgh winds and he kindly informed us of two birds presence. As a result we went to look for […]
A few more migrants return
Today saw me on a solo run up to Minsmere with a quick stop at Dunwich Heath on the way in and Abberton on the way home. I ticked Dartford and Cetti’s Warbler on the heath before making my way to North Hide at Minsmere where I quickly found a drake Garganey and smart pair […]
Yellow-headed Blackbird
I’ve been chasing sightings of Yellow-headed Blackbirds in Florida for years. I’ve gone to Palm Beach County, where they are regular in the winter time, I’ve gone up to Alachua County, where they’ve been seen the day before and the day after I was there. I’ve chased them around Lake Apopka, where they’ve always eluded […]
Equinox Eve
Tonight is the last night of winter! Doubtless these two raccoons I saw sitting in a tree last week looking down on snow-covered Central Park in New York City, will welcome the warmer season. Here’s my favorite welcome spring poem “When the Hounds of Spring” by Algernon Charles Swinburne: For winter’s rains and ruins are […]
El Caburé de la casa de don Kusnik
Nuestro sur misionero está lleno de sorpresas para quién esté dispuesto a detenerse algunos momentos del trajín cotidiano a contemplar la naturaleza. Recuerdo allá por el 2010 cuando comenzamos con este hobby las sorpresas y las emociones que nos producían cada uno de los nuevos hallazgos ornitológicos para nosotros cuando ampliábamos el radio de acción […]
Another Black Scrub Robin – Sarrar, Eastern Province
Whilst birding the Sarrar area of the Eastern Province Phil Roberts and I found two Black Scrub Robin Cercotrichas podobe a species that has only been recorded five times in the Eastern Province making this sixth record as posted about earlier. Amazingly we then found a third bird some kilometres further down the main road […]