Lake Eola also has several Whooper Swans. These swans are native to Europe, but here they are in Orlando, FL. They resemble Trumpeter and Tundra Swans to me, but with much more yellow on the bill. These birds can way over 25 pounds, making them one of the world’s heaviest flying birds.
Best Photo of the Week Ended 09 Mar 2013
We are delighted to announce the winners of our most recent “Best Photo of the Week” Competition. Frank Comisar wins First Prize for his outstanding photo “Great horned owl and owlets”. Ron McCombe wins Second Prize with “Golden Eagles on the move” and Raj Dhage wins Third Prize with “Reflection of a Kingfisher”. The voting […]
Black-necked Swan
Lake Eola in Orlando contains several exotic species of waterfowl, but I’d never gone there to see them . I had to drive near there today, and wasn’t sure what to expect, but I thought I’d see what I could find. I was surprised to find a Black-necked Swan, a swan that is native to […]
Slowly but surely
Spring is moving on and so does the birding in the area. At the IBRCE ringing station, numbers are stillmoderate but nevertheless some nice species are being caught (see Markus write up below) and there are growing numbers of Sylvia’s ticking throughout and new arrivals like Red-necked Phalaropes, Marsh Sandpipers, Greater Sand Plovers and more […]
Angry Mother
Esta es una especie muy común en las zonas lacustres de la Argentina, aquí la llamamos Coipo (Myocastor coypus). En esta ocasión la toma muestra el verdadero carácter de la hembra en posición de defensa de las crías que estaban en la cercanía de la zona desde donde conseguí la fotografía y a quién (el […]
Rough-legged Hawks Wintering at Klamath Basin NWR Complex
Rough-legged Hawk (Buteo lagopus) photos by Larry Jordan – the Rough-legged Hawk is a true arctic species having an extensive panboreal breeding range, with populations in taiga and tundra regions of both the Old World and the New World1. Green is their summer range, blue is winter. In North America this raptor breeds in arctic […]
Compartiendo la sombra
Pájaro bastante común y muy fotografiado por nosotros, en ocasiones también es mi despertador porque muchas veces suelo despertarme con el canto de una bandadita que frecuenta el barrio en donde vivo y reciben al sol cantando entre cuatro o cinco perchando en el poste del frente de casa. Mientras recargábamos nuestras baterías en el […]
Ipacaá (Giant wood-Rail)
Tan concentrado estaba siguiendo a las Jacanas a través del visor de la cámara que me perdí a este Ipacaá caminando muy cerca del auto. Afortunadamente desde que hay dos cámaras en el grupo se divide un poco la tarea y lo que se me escapa a mi lo fotografía Willy.