Reddish Egrets are one of my favorite birds. There was one feeding on Blackpoint Wildlife Drive this past Saturday. He put on quite a show. The best thing about watching these birds is their “canopy feeding.” They dart around like they’re crazy, and then they lift their wings over their heads and jab their bills […]
Up and down and again…
This Spring is surely the one to be reminded as one of the least stable migration we had for years down in the Arava. While some morning start in full swing and there seems to be birds on every bush in the Arava and the sky are filled with migrating raptors, we have many mornings […]
Migrating Over a Carpet of Flowers
The last few weeks have been pretty busy for me with lots of tours and finding lots of migratory birds. This year’s early rain through the month of March was extreme but all along we knew that it would be a spectacular spring and hence have been rewarded with carpets of amazing multicoloured blooms covering […]
Snapping Turtle!
I saw this big snapping turtle sunning himself on the shore of The Reservoir in Central Park on one of the first warm sunny days of the year last week. The snapping turtle is New York’s official state reptile. Big ones can grow to around 18 inches long and weigh about 35 pounds. Wild snappers […]
El detalle del cuello de la Torcaza (Eared Dove)
Revisando la guía para copiar el nombre en inglés de la torcaza para el título de la entrada me saqué una duda que apareció cuando editaba la foto, veo unos reflejos dorados en el cuello de esta torcaza que fotografié en el cementerio y fue algo que me pareció raro. Luego de comprobar el detalle […]
Roseate Spoonbill Landing
Yesterday my father and I went out to Merritt Island. We saw nothing terribly unusual (we went in part to find a Neotropic Cormorant that was seen the day before, but we never located it), but there were several photographic moments. We went first to Black Point Wildlife Drive, and the lighting was pretty good. […]
Siempre con el pico sucio (Field Flicker)
Sería una ardua tarea intentar obtener una fotografía de un Carpintero campestre con el pico limpio ya que la mayor parte del tiempo se la pasan en el suelo rompiendo los típicos Tacurúes de esta parte del país para alimentarse de las hormigas que los habitan, mientras estaba sentado a la sombra en el cementerio […]
Tricolored Heron Preening
You gotta love the way wading birds can contort their bodies to preen. Every once in a while, the poses they strike just strike me as fun and amazing. This Tricolored Heron decided to put on a preening show on Saturday when I was at Merritt Island. Pretty fun. There’s now he’s all settled again. […]