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Shorebird Clock = Right Tide And Right Time
Last weekend when I checked visited the Westbrook shoreline early in the morning. Right from the start I knew it was the right tide and right time for seeing shorebirds. As I started to walk up the beach a yellowlegs seemed to be leading the way. This may not look like the ideal place […]
Dolphin In Freedom
My eyes reflect the blue of the sea When they are in freedom, naturally I can jump up so high Chase and play Catch my food This is the dolphin way But when in a small space Entrapped and alone Or even with others All I can do is moan The blue sea reflection Flickers […]
6th and 13th August – Pennington Marsh
A free Saturday morning on 6th August and I couldn’t resist the pull of Pennington Marsh but a few beers the night before meant a slightly later start so I wasn’t in the car park at Lower Pennington Lane until 08:00 by which time the dog walking hordes had descended. I wandered a short way […]
Butterfly Dream
“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 […]