“Once upon a time, I dreamt I was a butterfly, fluttering hither and thither, to all intents and purposes a butterfly. I was conscious only of my happiness as a butterfly, unaware that I was myself. Soon I awakened, and there I was, veritably myself again. Now I do not know whether I was then […]
Coquerel’s Sifaka And The Magic of Madascar
Magic, endangered Soon to be lost, Another great species By “progress” Tossed Please sign and share for lemurs and all of that precious paradise. https://www.thepetitionsite.com/takeaction/543/353/808/?rz00m=30794787&redirectID=2724904372
Verdón (Great pampa Finch) Embernagra platensis
En esta entrada un Verdón correntino y un Verdón misionero, el de corrientes es de Javier, con un fondo desenfocado de color ocre que muestra el color característico de los pastizales del camino de entrada al Club Refugio Ombú. El de fondo verde es local, fotografiado por Nicolás en Nemesio Parma en un sector en […]
Plenty of endemic bird species in Wadi Thee Gazelle – Taif
Whilst birding the Wadi Thee Gazelle area of Taif we came across a good number of Arabian Endemic Species, seeing eight out of the twelve species. The high rainfall in the mountains in spring 2016 appears to have produced a good breeding season for many species and adults with juveniles of Arabian Wheatear and Arabian […]
Dog Day Cicadas
Dog day cicadas like the Neotibicen tibicen pictured below are chirping outside right now and have been at it for a few weeks. They are named for the dog days of summer when they appear. The dog days, traditionally early July to early August, are called that because the dog star, Sirius, appears in the […]
World Orangutan Day
We live in forests. Trees of safe Warm and green. Our livelihood Palace… This is where we Have always been. But each day it Gets worse for us As we forage for food. And play Our kingdoms erased Humans please go away!
Bottom of Raydah Escarpment in summer
I was at the bottom of the Raydah Escarpment in late June and the number of birds was significantly less than in May. There were a lot less African Grey Hornbill and Violet-backed Starlings but White-throated Bee-eaters had arrived that were not present in early May. The number of Bruce’s Green Pigeons remained high and […]