The Southern Right Whale (Eubalaena australis) has made a strong recovery since it’s initial protection from hunting in 1935. The population dropped sharply in the 1960s due to heavy illegal poaching (wiping out nearly half of its remaining numbers) but since that was stopped the population has exhibited a healthy upward trend. From an estimated […]
Huet-Huet Castaño (Pteroptochos castaneu)
ElHuet-Huet Castaño (Pteroptochos castaneus) – Chestnut-throated Huet-Huet fue hallado en Argentinahacia fines de 1999. Solo se lo encuentra en el norte de Neuquen, en las lagunas de Epulauquen y Vaca Lauquen, entre los 1450 y 1550 m.s.n.m. Es un ambiente de bosques caracterizado por la presencia de roble pellin, nires, lengas, caña cohiue, etc. Con […]
Red-tailed Hawk Within A Wintry Landscape
Our resident Red-tailed Hawk (Buteo jamaicensis) is a creature of habit. Early mornings and late afternoons I often sight this beautiful raptor perched on the same branch in more or less exactly the same location within a stately Oak.
Just another Kalahari morning
I’ve been putting this off for too long…so here it is. The story of the hunting lions in the Kalahari. Fasten your seatbelts – Date: 29 November 2012 – Location:Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park – It was a morning much like any other morning in the Kalahari. Yet it would turn out to be a morning so […]
Painted Lady
The Painted Lady (Vanessa cardui) is said to be the most widespread butterfly in the world – found in both North and South America, Europe, Asia and Africa – in both temperate and tropical environments. Butterflies and Moths of North America. This is a guest post from wife, Olivia, who shot these photos in Maine […]
Chiripepé cabeza verde (Reddish-bellied Parakeet)
La hora no era la ideal y la luz me jugaba en contra, tremendo contraluz tenía cuando apuntaba la cámara hacia mi vertical; en horas del mediodía en la Posada La Bonita una numerosa bandada de esta especie de loro se acercó al lugar; con lo bullangueros que son no me costó mucho trabajo encontrarlos […]
Kararah lake area
If you travel out of Riyadh on the Mecca road, its not too long, 30 kilometres or so, before you see brown recreational road signs to Kararah lake. Lou Regensmorter, first time birder George Darley-Doran, and I headed out that way on Thursday morning. Of course we knew the “lake” and the near-by “waterfall” would […]