Esta es la especie que me faltaba para completar las 3 del género “Aramides” que habitan en la Argentina; anteriores avistajes de esta especie resultaron en intentos infructuosos por obtener buenas imágenes para publicarlas en el blog. Los pude observar en varias oportunidades en Paso de la Patria Corrientes y en Formosa cuando viajamos con […]
Cabecitanegra común, Hooded Siskin, Carduelis magellanica
Individuos machos juveniles de Cabecitanegra fotografiados el día 26 de septiembre en la Reserva del Arroyo Itá, estas fotos las tomé en la zona del talud que da a la Avenida Tomás Guido, un lindo lugar de la reserva para sentarse a observar a las aves semilleras alimentándose de las semillas de los tallos de […]
VOTE for the Best Photo of the Week 16 Nov 2013
During the last week our members have again entered some outstanding top-ranking wildlife images for the “Best Photo of the Week” competition. Click on the first image and then page through the slideshow. Please select the three images you like best of all and VOTE for them at the bottom of this page (to ensure […]
Mediterranean Tree Frog
Hyla meridionalisAnura – Hylidae – Hylinae Shot in reeds next to a canal in the south of France. This species is close to the European tree frog, the 2 essential differences being: the shorter dark brown spot behind the eye and the hing legs practically not webbed.Aren’t they as cute and attractive as apple candy?!! […]
Bladder control, mild hypothermia and kinglets
It’s approximately 23 degrees in the library right now, so since I’ve lost the feeling in my hands and I’m banging around on the keyboard like a camel or something, I can’t write you up another novel this blog around. So here are just a few quick and very important notes: I saw The Waterboys […]
Results of the Best Photo of the Week Ended 09 Nov 2013
We are delighted to announce the RESULTS of our latest “Best Photo of the Week” Competition. First Prize is awarded to Kai Helge Andersen for his outstanding image ‘Bohemian Waxwing (Bombycilla garrulus)’. Nitin Jain wins Second Prize with ‘Small Hunter’ and Third Prize goes to Bob Falconer for ‘Learning to hunt’ (see images below). The voting for all entries can […]
Loggerhead Shrike Feasts on a Mole Cricket
I found several Loggerhead Shrikes on Brumley Road not far from my house. This one had impaled a Mole Cricket on the barbed wire fence. As I drove by it flew up and perched on the fence by the cricket. After a few seconds, it pulled it off the barbed wire, held it for a […]
Become a Better Photographer in 3 (not so) Easy Steps
Occasionally, an aspiring (or frustrated) photographer will ask for my advice about which new camera body or lens to buy. My first response is with a question: “Why do you want to buy a new lens (or body, or flash, or tripod, etc.)?”Most of the time the answer is some form of “I want to […]