What an excellent morning I had with Rony and Re’a. We left at silly-O’clock to get to Nafha Vineyards at first light, a bit too early. We met up there with Eran who focused on lying on his belly to photograph the many ralids present in the small wetland. It was jam-packed with birds, but […]
Little Swift Nesting – Wadi Grosbeak
Whilst birdwatching near Wadi Grosbeak in the Bani Saad area south of Taif, Phil Roberts and I found a number of Little Swift Nests on a building. The Little Swift is probably a breeding visitor from Africa as it is very scarce in November and December. in the southern Red Sea, Asir, Hejaz and the […]
Blister Beetle – Wadi Grosbeak
The Blister Beetles (Coleoptera:Meloidae) are global distributed insects except for New Zealand and the Antarctic region and are also called Oil Beetles. The species seen near Bani Saad wasMylabris calidathat has a distribution in central Asia (east to China and Korea), Caucasus and Transcaucasia, southern Balkan Peninsula, Near East, Levant and Arabian Peninsula and northern […]
Golondrina patagónica (Chilean Swallow) Tachycineta leucopyga
Luego de casi dos meses sin publicar nada en el blog y estar bastante alejado de la fotografía de aves comparto hoy en el blog estas fotografías de un individuo de Golondrina patagónica que pude registrar durante la tarde del Viernes en el Aeropuerto de Posadas mientras tomaba un mate con mis amigos. Muchas golondrinas […]
The three most intelligent animals
Looking at some of the animals inhabiting the earth, you would have to concede that humans, by contrast, are not as physically durable to the elements or confrontation. Yet, for all our vulnerability, over the last few centuries humans have emerged as the dominant species on the planet. So, why is this? The most important […]
Tiger leads us to siblings in Ranthambore
On this afternoon safari in Ranthambore National Park, we decided to go in search of Noor, a popular Tigress. The special interest in this Tigress was because she had four grown up cubs with her that were soon to go their different ways. Noor and her cubs had not been seen for a few days […]
First Autumn European Turtle Dove – Jubail area
The European Turtle Dove is a long-distance migrant breeder across much of central and southern Europe, Central Asia, the Middle East and North Africa, wintering mainly in the Sahel zone of Africa. The species is in serious decline because of loss of suitable habitat in both the breeding and non-breeding range, unsustainable levels of hunting […]
Wolf Awareness Week Starts Today
Wolves are as vast as the sky. They cover our earth Raise our spirits, high. There are many species. This week we all can Celebrate This beautiful canid, So powerful and Great… Ethiopian WolfManed Wolf