This morning I birded West Pasco County with my new friend David Gagne. We had a fantastic time. My biggest hope was to see a Seaside Sparrow, and we found at least one at Werner-Boyce Salt Springs State Park. We heard several Clapper Rails, a Virginia Rail and a Sora. We then went to the […]
Red-shouldered Hawk (Buteo lineatus)
When I was down in Florida, the most common hawk that I saw was the Red-shouldered Hawk, while here in southeastern Massachusetts the Red-tailed Hawk is usually the Hawk that is seen. This late winter, however, the Red-shouldered Hawk is being observed by me more often. In fact, over my condominium complex. Here in the […]
Duck Romance
The duck couple I wrote about two weeks ago was mating on the pond in Brooklyn Bridge Park again today, Sunday, March 10, 2013. I photographed some of their courtship postures last time. Today I took a few shots of copulation, which is brief and happens in the water. They ended their courtship displays with […]
Carancho (Southern-crested Caracara)
Tanto calor hacía en horas de la siesta que hasta los Caranchos estaban con fiaca para moverse, cuando me bajé del auto para abrir una de las tranqueras este Carancho se quedó perchando en el poste a menos de 3 metros de distancia del lugar en donde yo estaba parado, lindo acercamiento para la foto.
New Day, New Hope…
The start of a new day on the plains of the Masai Mara – Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya. Nikon D3s. Nikon 200-400 mm. ISO 800. f4.8 @ 1/1500 sec. Lexar Media. © Dana Allen www.photosafari-africa.net www.facebook.com/DanaAllenPhotoSafari with Mara Plains Camp
The Banquet
Names(L-R): Handsome Sunbird (female, endemic), Plain-throated Sunbird (male, resident), Handsome Sunbird (male, endemic), Orange-bellied Flowerpecker (male, resident), Buzzing Flowerpecker (male, endemic), Metallic Sunbird (male, endemic), Purple-throated Sunbird (male, resident) Location: Picop Timberland Forest, Bislig City, Surigao del Sur Date Photographed: January 2011 Note: Composite of eight shots/photographs, merged together. One of 70 bird photos of […]
Chimango (Chimango caracara)
Con esta foto de este Chimago termino de publicar todas las imágenes que pudimos obtener en la Unidad de Conservación Cambyretá en Ituzaingó Corrientes, fueron un total de 84 especies de aves para las 8 horas que estuvimos en dicho lugar, está dentro de nuestros planes regresar nuevamente durante el otoño y la temperatura sea […]