The term “snowbird” is used a lot here in SW Florida, mostly meaning part time residents who spend the summer months “up north” and migrate back to the Sunshine State in the fall. Birds also migrate to warmer climes for the winter. Here is one of our favorites, the American White Pelican (Pelicanus erythrorynchos). Wealways […]
A Flash of Color
A Lilac-breasted Roller (Coracias caudata) displays the amazing variety of colors in his plumage. Okavango Delta, Botswana. With Wilderness Safaris. Nikon D3s. Nikon 200-400mm. ISO 800 f5.6 @ 1/4000 sec. Lexar Media. © Dana Allen www.photosafari-africa.net www.facebook.com/DanaAllenPhotoSafari
Results of the Best Photo of the Week Ended 07 Dec 2013
We are delighted to announce the RESULTS of our latest “Best Photo of the Week” Competition. First Prize is awarded to Dryzie for his outstanding photo ‘Catch’. Vijayendra Desai wins Second Prize with ‘Striated Heron’ and Third Prize goes to Jay van Rensburg for ‘Spotted Eagle Owl’ (see images below). Now that the results for […]
Black Kites of Kuwait
We have had some discussions about the possibility of Black-eared Kite in Kuwait, especially the wintering birds. We do understand that there is still much discussion and research going on with this taxa and of course there is the possibility of hybrids. I found an interesting article on Identification of Black-eared Kites by Dick Forsman […]
Hey, something’s hanging out of your mouth.
During one of those nicer days, I went back to the coast. Spent my birthday at Anahuac NWR. Weather wasn’t ideal (bad light and crazy wind) for photos, but I still had a good couple days. Birds were hungry! I’m pretty sure I don’t have any photos of birds with fish, and somehow I managed […]
Colombia’s endangered felines
We normally associate felines with large African or Asian cats such as lions, tigers, leopards or cheetahs, but little is known about felines from other parts of the world and, in particular, the Americas. A recent study by Instituto von Humbolt and Fundación Panthera bring into light information on the six species of felines that […]
Isle of Mull – story of the stack
It was early spring on ‘eagle island’ and on our marine excursions covering the north shore of Mull we were monitoring our local white-tailed eagle territory to see if nestingattemptswere taking place. After not seeing any clues in their traditional nest site high up in aconiferplantation, we noticed the female bird seemed to be hunkered […]
New Bush Frog species discovered from Western Ghats of India
Researchers have described a new species of shrub frog Raorchestes ghatei from the Western Ghats of Maharashtra, in India. According to them, the species differs from its close relatives based on a combination of characters including small to medium-sized adult males, snout slightly projecting beyondmouth ventrally, tongue without papilla but with a lingual pit, nuptial […]