Otro caso de lucha por el alimento, en esta ocasión un grupo de biguás (Phalacrocorax olivaceus) se estaba disputando la presa obtenida por uno de ellos hasta que la prescencia de esta Garza mora (Ardea cocoi) terminó con el pleito. Simplemente les arrebató el premio y se dedicó al consumir el banquete mientras los biguás […]
Behind the Frame: Forest King
How often do you get to see and photograph a lion in a forest? Most people who’ve been on safari in Africa see them either on grassy plains (think Masai Mara), in arid semi-desert (think Kalahari) or in thick bushveld (think Kruger Park). This photo was taken in Mana Pools National Park, Zimbabwe. What you […]
Monjita gris (Gray Monjita)
Dice nuestra amiga en Facebook Elsa Munzner… No siempre tiene que ser difícil obtener una buena imagen de una especie en particular. En este caso con la Monjita gris les aseguro que el resultado es pura cuestión de suerte, ya que luego de haber perdido un acercamiento espectacular con un Carancho porque me bajé a […]
Birds on the east coast
This is the second blog to look at Mansur Al Fahad’s trip two weeks ago to the east coast. He saw a very large number and variety of waders, some of which gave almost as many identification headaches as the gulls. However this blog looks at some of the non-waders he saw. All the pictures […]
New arrivals…
Like every year this time is very thrilling. Each day brings its surprises and there are plenty of new birds throughout and also a growing number of birders aretravellingaround and bring more updates from the field. Last weekend, the IBRCE ringing station has started its season operation and we have 2 new volunteers – Markus […]
Costa Rica Photo Journal by Don Getty – Part 1 of 3
I recently was in Costa Rica for nine full days of photography, putting over 7,000 clicks on my cameras. In order to give you a taste of the trip I decided to give you a daily photo journal of my experience in 3 parts. Day 1 was just photographing around the bird feeders at Selva […]
Espátula rosada (Roseate Spoonbill)
Otra especie infaltable en el ambiente de esteros en Cambyretá, no hay que hacer mucho esfuerzo para fotografiarlas ya que desde el auto se pueden obtener fotografías como esta. El individuo de la foto es un juvenil, pueden apreciar la diferencia de saturación del color rosado, el joven es mucho mas pálido que el adulto.