There’s an old saying that you never stop learning and that’s never more true than when you start looking at the natural world. Earlier this year I saw a Dunnock busily collecting insects for its chicks. In the UK it’s a bird often seen in the garden and is known for its secretive behavior of […]
Results of the Best Photo of the Week Ended 15 Oct 2016
We are delighted to announce the results of our latest photo competition. Bob Shepardson wins First Prize for his brilliant capture “Get Out of the Way”. Dana Allen wins Second Prize for his outstanding composition “First Breath”. Third Prize goes to Paamul Jack for his excellent photo entitled “Mommy!!! – (Mockingbird Hatchlings)”. See detailed […]
Sibe Accentor
Like half of the UK, I left home early with my Norwich mates Dave, Phil and Mikee and headed towards Spurn. Thanks to road closures on the A16 we got there about an hour after dawn when there was positive news of the bird but negative news about the scene – the words ‘henious’ and […]
Black Bears in the Tongass Forest
Whilst in Ketchikan my wife and I took the opportunity to visit, be it briefly, the Tongass forest in the hope of seeing black bears. We didn’t know a great deal about the Tongass before our trip, but its reputed to have one of the has the highest density of black bears and brown bears in the world and […]
Baby Cardinal poses for the camera
Maybe it was the cold windy rain on Sunday, or maybe he’s now old enough to recognize a friend, but the normally elusive baby cardinal that’s been coming to my porch for seeds and has always flown away before when I pointed a camera at him, finally sat still for photos. […]
Kingfishers At Titchwell RSPB Reserve
After many, NO dozens of visits to the Fen hide at Titchwell and enviously looking at the days sightings board only to see that earlier in the day kingfishers had made an appearance. I finally managed to visit on a day when one was allegedly making regular visits, so there was at last a chance of getting some […]
Piojito común (White-crested tyrannulet) Serpophaga subcristata
Los chiquitos también merecen nuestra atención de vez en cuando, siempre nos regalan su presencia en el Itá, y para aquellos que estén enfocados con todos sus sentidos inclusive un pequeño Piojito nos brinda interesantes momentos para registrarlos con nuestras cámaras. Ya lo dijo un sabio chino hace muchos años…. “Cada cosa tiene su belleza, […]