I’m so behind in the blog-world these days: my peace offering is a chat in a bath (yellow-breasted chat)
Eastern Towhee
I always hear towhees before I see them. In spring, males sit conspicuously in treetops singing what birdwatchers think sounds like: “Drink your teeeeeeee!” The first note is sharp and the last is a musical trill. Click here to watch and listen to a towhee singing the famous towhee song. Or I hear them scratching […]
Into Macro
Afgelopen weken een paar keer op pad geweest om macro-foto’s te maken op een meer creatievere manier dan ik normaal meestal produceer. De eerste keer met Trui Alink (kijk ook eens op haar website www.thebeautyofnature.nl). Deze dag heeft Trui me een aantal technieken/creatieve inzichten proberen mee te geven om mijn foto’s wat minder registrerend te […]
Pilgrimsfalk, ringmärkning
Då var det dax att ringmärka pilgrimsfalksunge (tyvärr bara ett av 4 ägg kläckt), detta paret har lämnat många okläckta ägg efter sig genom åren, men stammen växer och fler falkar kommer ut på vingar för varje år.
Osprey at Cameron Wight Park
This morning I drove out to Cameron Wight Park hoping to find a Brown Pelican for my June Challenge (finding as many birds as possible in my county during the month of June). I didn’t have any luck with that, but it was fun to see this Osprey going to work on a fish. He […]
A Bestiary ~ Songbirds ~ Yellow-rumped Warbler
‘A Bestiary . . . Tales from a Wildlife Garden’ continues with songbirds, featuring warblers that visit and breed here at Flower Hill Farm. The Yellow-rumped Warbler Setophaga coronata is in the spotlight this month. You can see additional photos and learn more about this uniquely marked warbler over at Native Plants and Wildlife Gardens.
Me quedo por acá a pasar el invierno
Desde tiempos remotos son conocidos los movimientos de las aves, desde las Sagradas Escrituras, y desde los 3000 a.c. el hombre utilizaba la orientación de las Palomas mensajeras, existiendo monedas Mesopotámicas que ilustran esto desde el 4500 a.c. Fue Aristóteles el primero en afirmar que el movimiento de las aves era incentivado por el invierno […]
More Japanese Reed Buntings
I had planned a longer photography trip this weekend, specifically to look for Pleske’s Grasshopper Warbler, however the typhoon that was supposed to pass across from the Japan Sea to the Pacific Ocean promptly decided to turn itself into a depression and sit just off the western coast of Kyushu! After a bit of procrastination, […]