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 perdí 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 […]
Just Kingfishers in Suffolk
Whilst visiting a local nature reserve in Norfolk we met another visitor who recommended a visit to Lackford Lakes. This is a reserve run by the Suffolk Wildlife Trust that has a good record of Kingfisher sightings. It is just across the border in Suffolk so not too far from our home. With the prospect of clear […]
First visit to Elmley of 2019
My first visit to Elmley this year and as an official friend of Elmley that’s a little sad but the place looks good with plenty of water on the reserve and with it plenty of birds and a few Hares.
Jumpshot fails
This morning I drove around northeast of Jerusalem with Shachar, the local INPA ranger, to prepare our upcoming effort this spring to map breeding birds in important Batha (open rocky slopes) habitats there. We didn’t do any point-counting today, just checked access points and point-count routes that we will repeat this spring. It is a […]