On Day 7 we were off to Arenal Observation Lodge, but stopped along the way at Las Iguanas restaurant for lunch and photographing Iguanas – both were quite good. The restaurant is along a river where the Iguanas congregate in the trees along the river banks and often come onto the restaurant property, just outside […]
Migration across to Europe
It’s quite a long photo post this week and please scroll down and enjoy the views we’ve been having. I’ve been quite busy and wanted to write up more but I was out in the field most days and had lots of emails and other office work to do. Black-eared Wheatears continued to show up […]
Corbatita dominó (Rusty-collared Seedeater)
Afortunadamente todavía los podemos disfrutar a estos Corbatitas en la desembocadura del Arroyo Apepú en cercanías del nuevo Puerto de Posadas, hasta cuando no se porque nos encontramos con caminos abiertos en este lugar, se realizó movimiento de suelo para entoscar estos caminos, hay algunos que llegan hasta el agua y realmente desconozco que estarán […]
Mirror-mirror…
Papilio machaon – Papilionidae – The Old world Swallowtail In copula: This position is called “in wheel” when it comes to dragonflies but for anything alse, butterflies included it is simple copulation or mating! Anyway aren’t they magnificent?! Miroir de Machaons – On appelle la copulation de la libellule un “cœur copulatoire”….. expression très raffinée, […]
Mangrove Skipper, Phocides pigmalion.
The Mangrove Skipper (Phocides pigmalion) is a member of the Spread Wing Skippers of the Hesperidae family of butterflies. Found in the Mangrove forests of Florida, this large (48-70mm wingspan) skipper is a strong flyer and is often seen perching upside down with spread wings. The iridescent blue markings are beautiful and, along with it’s […]
Flamingo’s in Holland
Last week I had a day off and take the time to get a nice picture of some wild Flamingo’s here in the Netherlands. They are are for a few weeks allready but I had no time to go there. So I started early that morning, it’s a 1.5 hr ride, because I wanted to […]
A Quiet Morning…
This morning I thought I would check out a few places for spring migrants. Firstly I went to Kabashima and later to Karako, both in Nagasaki prefecture. Although there were a lot of birds calling at Kabashima, very few were showing well – most were either skulking or very flighty. That said, there seemed to […]
Curutié colorado (Yellow-throated Spinetail)
El Sábado 16 de Febrero partimos temprano hacia la Ruta provincial 204 camino hacia la Localidad de profundidad, las condiciones climáticas de las primeras horas de la mañana presagiaban poca actividad de aves pero igual decidimos ir hacia el lugar que mencioné ya que hacía un buen tiempo que no íbamos a los bajos del […]