It’s the staple of life! Water, birds need water every day, multiple days a day. They need it for both drinking and for bathing, both essential survival needs. In the summer, free water is scarce in many regions because pools evaporate. In the winter time free water freezes. Both scenarios remove water from the system. […]
Wendy’s Crows
Today I stood outside in the cold for a while watching this crow forage in the trash behind a Wendy’s fast food restaurant. I like the way it is puffing up its feathers. Another one flew over and then both left when I got too close, making dramatic silhouettes as they went. They are so […]
Cachudito Pico Negro-Tufted Tit-Tyrant / Anairetes parulus (Kittlitz, 1830)
Creo haber dicho con anterioridad que debía apurarme un poco para publicar todo el material fotográfico que se pudo obtener durante el pasado 2017. Por tal motivo hoy aprovechando las vacaciones me puse a revisar los archivos de las vacaciones de Luis Lugo el año pasado a la Localidad de San Carlos de Bariloche. Durante […]
Welney Whoopers
Yesterday I went to Welney Wetland Centre with my family. It was a lovely day after a very wet system passed through Norfolk. Much of the Ouse Washes were underwater, and aprt for the main hide all the reserved was flooded and closed off. This winter swan numbers are relatively low, yet. Still, Welney delivers […]
Pecho colorado (White-browed Blackbird) Sturnella superciliaris
En un momento de estos últimos días, este Blog alcanzó el 1.100.000 páginas vistas. Un número que cuando comencé con esto allá por el 2010 era una utopía. Es un número concreto porque ustedes pasan y leen. La exposición creció, y de la misma manera crecieron las responsabilidades. Sentarse a escribir dentro de los escasos […]
Two Spur-winged Lapwings – Jubail
Whilst biding the Jubail area I saw two Spur-winged Lapwings along the edge of a wet area. The species is still scarce in the Eastern Province although good numbers have been seen recently in the Haradh area including a bird this year that appeared to be defending a territory so may have been breeding. The […]
Christmas Geese
For my last post of 2017 it is more of the same!! Pink footed geese have definitely been on my menu this Christmas.Each time I have been out this holiday period I have come across some large flocks of pink footed geese. They were all in the Pilling area and I suspect that it is […]
Best ever DAY ONE count
With the better weather forecast for Norfolk that was our destination for the day one count. Starting with Barn Owl and ending wit a lovely Grey Male Hen Harrier we had a cracking day. Shore Lark at Holkham, Twite at Thornham, Snow Buntings at Salthouse and Cattle Egret at Stiffkey were the four main targets […]