According to the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (USFWS), in their 2011 National Survey of Fishing, Hunting and Wildlife-Associated Recreation report, there are approximately 13.7 million hunters in the United States and nearly 71.8 million wildlife watchers. Of those 13.7 million hunters, only 2.6 million hunt migratory birds and only about 1.3 million hunt waterfowl. […]
Results of the Best Photo of the Week Ended 29 Jun 2013
We are delighted to announce the RESULTS of our most recent “Best Photo of the Week” Competition. First Prize goes to Wayne Vaughn for his outstanding image “White Egret with Reflection” . Mike Ihpl wins Second Prize with “Indian Parrot” and Alain Pascua wins Third Prize with “Crested Sunbird” (see images below). The voting for […]
Nattskärra på gren
En syn man ofta får då man besöker nattskärran, på en gren mot himmel. Den sitter ofta så här då den spelar. Nu är det hannen som ligger på (vid) ungarna dagtid så honan har förhoppningsvis påbörjad sin andra kull, så nu blir det till att söka upp vart den kan ligga.
Snail Kite at Orlando Wetlands Park
Snail Kites don’t frequently come into Orange County, but with all the rain we’ve been having, I guess water levels are high, and this one decided to look for a better place to find Apple Snails. What a beautiful bird! I watched this one for almost an hour. It spent a lot of time just […]
Free-tailed funnel cloud (reprint from June 2011)
When Doppler radar first arrived in the area known affectionately to Texans as the Hill Country, the local television station meteorologists were understandably eager to show off the weather forecasting capabilities of their newest toy. Unfortunately, they got off to a less than impressive start. Night after night that summer, evening thunderstorms were forecast but […]
UAE Pelagic Summary
Been a while since I posted, to be honest I have travelled a lot recently, taken a lot of pictures, been working hard and just not had time for the blog. However I find myself with 5 minutes to put together a small blog on a summary of some recent Pelagics I have been on […]
Mount Norikura, Gifu Prefecture
Last weekend I decided to go up to central Honshu island and search out some personal “firsts” seeing as I had a total of four days. I was planning to visit both Mt Ibuki (Shiga prefecture) and Mt Norikura (Gifu prefecture), the first location for Golden Eagle and the second for alpine birds such as […]
Federal (Scarlet-headed Blackbird)
Esta es un ave emblemática de nuestro país Argentina. El Federal (Amblyramphus holosericeus), ha sido y es perseguido y capturado por los cazadores furtivos ya que su comercialización como ave ornamental es alta lo que ha producido una gran merma en sus poblaciones y coloca a la especie en peligro con calificación de VULNERABLE. Esto […]