My day started in gloomy weather at Wallasea this morning where four Marsh Harriers and a single Ring-tail Hen Harrier entertained me. With the Shorties staying down I headed off in search of a bit more light and found some in Cambridgeshire and the Short-eared Owls came out to play at this venue too. A […]
Three-toed Woodpecker and a bit of Piney
I just had to go searching for the Pine Grosbeaks again. I have really fallen in love with this area of Lillomarka. Despite being closer to the city than the areas of Nordmarka that I usually visit there are far fewer people here, the forest seems to be richer and it is also a lot […]
One of the best places to see Grizzlies in B.C.
About a 40minute flight from Campbell river is Glendale cove situated, on the longest fjord on the B.C. coast, and home to a fabulous floating lodge, which was our base for our short stay. The Lodge is surrounded by spectacular scenery with forested slopes and rocky cliffs plunging into the clear cold water of the […]
13th Annual Sanibel Lighthouse Hawk Watch
The Sanibel Lighthouse Hawk Watch with Vince McGrath has been an anticipated event for a number of years prior to leaving the state of Florida for what you might not believe a move of mine to the great white north. The Osprey above (image 1) was photographed at the Sanibel Island Lighthouse in October 2016. […]
The Horned Larks Are Back In Town
Over the last couple of years I’ve spending a lot of time along the shore during the winter months. There are a lot of birds I get to see at the shore during the winter that I don’t see other times of the year. The Horned Lark is one such species. They stay mostly on […]
Eurasian cranes
The weather getting at last better I decided to go see if the “grandes mademoiselles” were present. They are very shy birds and migrate south to winter in Africa, Spain and the south of France. The counts were up to 5000 very recently in the Magnoac region at the Puydarrieux lake, France. The water levels […]
Burrito común (Rufous-side Crake) Laterallus melanophaius
Días atrás nos preguntaban al respecto de esta especie frecuente de observar en la Reserva del Arroyo Itá, mas precisamente como hacíamos para poder fotografiarla. Con respecto a lo último no hay nada en especial mas que dedicarle algo de tiempo para localizarlos cuando vocalizan, luego acercarse al lugar desde donde provienen los cantos y […]
Winter is here – Jubail
I went birding to Jubail in mid-November and came across a number of winter visitors most of which I failed to photograph. I saw hundreds of Greater Cormorants of a flood sabkha area. This species was previously uncommon in Jubail but the last few years thousands of birds winter here and on the coast. Other […]