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Vireo Cubano (Cuban Vireo) Vireo gundlachii (Lembeye, 1850)
Este Vireo cubano fue el pájaro que mas me costó fotografiar durante mi viaje a Cuba; lo escuché cantar durante todos los días de mi estadía en el hotel pero nunca se hacía ver. Para que ustedes tengan una idea acerca de su comportamiento puedo decir que es casi lo mismo que intentar fotografiar a […]
Close encounter with a Bonelli’s Eagle
Had a great experience with a pair of Bonelli’s Eagles during my last UAE Bird Watching tour in February this year (2017). We basically surprised each other as we came through from under a tin roof, the birds had been hawking very low over the building unbeknown to us. As we appeared the two birds […]
Suckling African Lion cubs in Amboseli National Park
On one of our evening game drives at the Amboseli National Park, we spotted a couple of Lion cubs sitting close to the road. There was not a single Lioness in sight. I guess most of them were on a hunt. The cubs looked hungry and listless, so we left them to mind their business […]
Playerito Blanco – Sanderling – Calidris alba (Pallas, 1764)
Siempre cuando finalizaba la jornada en la playa cuando caía el sol, al irse la gente aparecían las aves. Los Pelícanos, Gaviotines y Cormoranes se animaban a pasar un poco mas cerca de la costa, y junto a ellos aparecían también estos playeritos. Verlos correr sobre la arena mojada cuando se retiraba el agua del […]
Pennington Marsh and Woodchat Shrike at Chipping Sodbury
Another beautiful sunny morning at Pennington Marsh and I decided to walk my normal circuit in reverse, first out past Fishtail and to Keyhaven and back past Butts and Jetty Lagoon and finally past Pennington Lagoon and Shoveler Pools. I had much of the morning to spare after dropping Tobias off so my birding was […]
Harlequin Quail – Near Jizan
Whilst birding the area just north of Jizan on 7-8 July 2017 I saw at least six Harlequin Quail Coturnix delegorguei with many other birds calling. This species had not been recorded in Saudi Arabia for many years, until I found some in the same area in 2015. On the 6 July Phil Roberts and […]