We had a very peaceful nights sleep in our tents beside Kholboolj Lake (45°20’12” N 100°49’36” E) and awoke to the sounds of Pallas’s Sandgrouse commuting to the lake for their morning watering. After breakfast beside the lake watching Pallas’s Sandgrouse come and go plus two Pallas’s Gull fly-by we packed the Land Cruiser’s and […]
Cream Coloured Coursers – Jubail
Whilst birding Jubail with Phil we came across two juvenile Cream-coloured Courser Cursorius cursor a locally common breeding resident of all scrub desert areas, but a species not often seen due to its habitat preferences. This was the first time I had seen the species in Jubail although Phil had seen them there once before. […]
Bobito Chico (Cuban Pewee) Contopus caribaeus (d´Orbigny, 1839)
El 29 de Enero de este año me dispuse a madrugar para recorrer caminando por la playa desde el hotel Memories hacia el extremo de Varadero, salí antes del amanecer porque había que recorrer 4,5 kilómetros y aprovechando que ví el cielo estrellado no dudé, preparé mi equipo, cargué una botella de 1 litro con […]
A Bird Sanctuary In Killingworth, CT Pt. II
It was fairly quickly learned that the feeders used to attract wildlife didn’t entice just the birds. In mid-winter as the squirrels appeared to become more numerous, they became destructive and a disturbance to the winged creatures. Eastern Bluebirds briefly investigated a pair of bird houses that had been hung for them but the squirrels […]
Fox encounter
Although the Fox is a daily part of living on the edge of London it’s still nice when you bump into one and you have a camera to hand.
Gaviotín Real (Royal Tern) Thalasseus maximus (Boddaert, 1783)
Una de las primeras especies que pude ver por primera vez ni bien pisé la playa del hotel Memories en Varadero junto a la Gaviota reidora y al pelícano fué el Gaviotín real; este gaviotín solo se acercaba al agua para zambullirse si veía algún pez nadando cerca de la superficie del mar. Pude observar […]
Sinsonte Común (Northern Mockingbird) Mimus polyglottos (Linnaeus, 1758)
Durante mi estadía en Varadero pude conocer y fotografiar al Sinsonte común, pariente de nuestras calandrias e integrante del mismo género “mimus”; similar a nuestra Calandria grande con algunos detalles de la Calandria real porque al verlo en vuelo se destaca por las manchas blancas que tiene en las remeras y timoneras. Cuando esta volando […]
Pied Avocet – Jubail
Whilst birding the Jubail area in late June I found an adult Pied Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta. Records at this time of year are scarce and always a pleasure to see. The Pied Avocet is an uncommon migrant and winter visitor to all coasts. Locally common along the southern Red Sea coast. Scarce inland but recorded […]