First stop this morning was an easy Red-necked Grebe at Camber although with temperatures of minus six as we arrived the small lake was frozen forcing the Grebe to the far side. Next stop was Scotney where we failed to find the wintering Black-necked Grebe and with the Geese not present we decided to walk […]
Four Black-throated Thrushes in Deffi Park – Jubail
Phil Roberts and I went to Deffi Park on 20 January to see if we could find any displaced birds. Weather to the north of us has been very severe with lots of snow and we were hoping the cold weather may have moved birds south. Deffi Park is a large urban park in Jubail […]
Lechuza de campanario (Barn owl) Tyto alba
En un nuevo aporte escrito para el Blog compartimos estas fotografías de otra de las hermosas lechuzas que pudimos observar junto al amigo Nicolás Pavese; la Lechuza de campanario, Chuinda en mbyá-guaraní. Espectacular cerrar el año de esta manera, increíble poder ver y fotografiar a esta especie, pensar que hasta comienzos del 2016 solo había […]
Capuchino canela (Tawny-bellied Seedeater) Sporophila hypoxantha
El pasado 20 de Diciembre aprovechando las vacaciones nos fuimos a la siesta con Nico hasta Ituzaingó a pescar un rato y a aprovechar para fotografiar algo de aves. Tuvimos la suerte de encontrarnos con algunos Capuchinos y este juvenil Capuchino canela fue el que mas colaboró con nosotros para poder fotografiarlo. Pese al alto […]
White-crowned Wheatear – Haradh
Phil Roberts and I found a juvenile White-crowned Wheatears Oenanthe leucopyga at Haradh on 13 January 2017. The bird was seen along a roadside with scattered rocks as well as fences to keep people away from the pivot irrigation fields. This species had not been recorded in this area previously according to Mike Jennings, but […]
Tersina (Swallow tanager) Tersina viridis
Del pasado 22 de Octubre día en el que se llevó a cabo el evento de observación de aves del cono sur organizado por ebird comparto este registro de una Tersina macho fotografiada por Luis Lugo en el Parque Provincial Salto Encantado en la localidad de Aristóbulo del Valle / Misiones. Llevaba ya un poco […]
VOTE for the Best Photo of the Month January 2019
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. […]
Sociable Lapwing wintering in Eastern Saudi Arabia – Haradh
On 13 January Phil Roberts and I travelled to Haradh an area of extensive pivot irrigation fields three hours drive from Dhahran. We were primarily looking to see if we could prove Sociable Lapwing wintered in the area as we had seen birds here in February 2016 but were uncertain if these were wintering birds […]