Bilder er fra sørvest kysten av Norge. Disse strendene reiser jeg til flere ganger i året. Dette er et godt sted for å se waders / shorebirds på trekk .Data : EOS 1D MK III , 500mmL F4,0 IS , 1/800 , ISO 500 , F 4,5 , beanbag , Lightroom.
The European sparrowhawk digesting his latest meal!
Accipiter nisus male – Accipitridae – Accipitriformes – He remained at 3 meters from me for exactly 22 minutes, calculated on the timing from the first pic to the last! Il s’est écoulé 22 minutesentre la première et la dernière photo de cet épisode où il est resté là!!Il digérait tranquillement son dernier repas… il […]
Ross’s Geese at Klamath National WIldlife Area, Miller Island Unit
A few weeks ago I took a ride up to the California/Oregon border to visit the Klamath Basin National Wildlife Refuge Complex. You can read my posts on two of these refuges over at the Wildlife Conservation Stamp website. This state wildlife area is just south of the town of Klamath Falls, Oregon, and is […]
Great Bustard: the great show in the plains
The Great Bustard (Otis tarda) is one of the largest and most spectacular European birds. Mature males can attain a wingspan of 2,4 meters and a weight of 18 kg, and are among the world’s heaviest flying birds; only its African relative the Kori Bustard and the Mute Swan can dispute that title. Females are […]
Loggerhead Shrike
The Loggerhead Shrike is perhaps my favorite bird. Not only do they know how to make black, white and gray look quite handsome, but they have a habit of impaling their prey on barbed wire fences and thorns. I see them all over Central Florida, most frequently where there’s a field and a barbed wire […]
Väntan på våren
Ett sångsvanspar har övervintrat i en liten damm och väntar på att våren skall öppna deras häckplats som är 6-7 km från dammen , jag ser dem från mitt jobb när de kontrollerar isläget på häckplatsen.
King Eider (Somateria spectabilis)
One of the prettiest ducks that winter in the Massachusetts area is the King Eider. Over the last few years, I’ve been looking for the King Eider, in order to obtain some decent photographs of this beautiful bird. A few years ago, on a birding festival on Cape Ann, I saw the bird and obtained […]