Striking, beautiful, bizarre, fascinating – all are adjectives used to describe Florida’s iconic Roseate Spoonbill (Platalea ajaja). The pink color of it’s feathers is diet-derived, from carotinoid pigments. Spoonbills wade through the shallows, swishing their spoon shaped bills from side to side…feeding on crustaceans, aquatic insects, frogs, newts and small fish. Hunted almost to extinction […]
Sunspots
There’s been a marked decline in the number of sunspots over the past decade or so. That’s what NASA scientists say, and I have no reason to doubt their research findings. Luckily, I haven’t observed any reduction in the terrestrial version of this phenomenon. Hardly a day has passed lately when I’ve not been blinded […]
Bad Weather Morning at Kabashima…
As usual the forecasters got it wrong – rain during the night clearing by dawn with sunny skies from noon – alas, rain, rain and more rain. In fact, it’s still raining now at 19:45! Anyway, I left home at 03:30 in order to catch the dawn and see if any migrants were around at […]
The Last Wolf – A Review
I read a lot, both fictional and non-fictional books and have done since I was very young. I enjoy it and at the same time I learn, expanding my mind and my knowledge. So, why I ask myself, have I never written about books? I have never reviewed a book on paper, not counting middle […]
First Prize – Outdoor Photographer Photo Contest
I am pleased to report that my photo BLAST OFF! was awarded First Prize in the Outdoor Photographer Magazine’s 4th annual Great Outdoors photo contest. The image captured a sunrise blast off of a huge flock of snow geese at Bosque del Apache in New Mexico. Technical details: Tripod mounted Canon 7D with Canon EF […]
Saí común (Chestnut-vented Conebill)
Esta es otra de las joyitas que pude fotografiar en el monte de la desembocadura del Arroyo Garupá al costado de las vías mientras forrajeaba en un arbusto de Burro ka á, vuelvo a repetir, era impresionante la cantidad de pájaros que se acercaban a comer de esas pequeñas frutitas. En esta oportunidad junto al […]
Chalchalero
Es esta ocasión les muestro una especie bastante conocida por estas tierras, el Zorzal chalchalero (Turdus amaurochalinus). La foto fué tomada “cuerpo a tierra” o tumbing para desenfocar el primer plano de la hierba y fundirla con el fondo. El balance de blancos en flash resalta el verde con tonalidad esmeralda de la vegetación. imagenatural.com.ar […]
Tjäder / Capercaillie
Äntligen en natt i tjäderkojan vi har haft ett konstig spel i år, det började sent efter att snön smält och nu verkar hönorna redan var borta på spelet men jag kommer att gå ut igen kanske redan ikväll. Hoppas att den tupp jag bevakar kommer att finnas på plats lite mer av morgonen och […]