Los almuerzos en el Camping Monterrey del Parque Cambyretá se disfrutan por partida doble; compartir un buen asado entre amigos y con los pájaros es algo único. Mientras se prepara el asado unos trozos de pan en el pasto en las cercanías del quincho aseguran la visita de los Cardenales y los Pepiteros, quienes nos […]
Ghana – rainforest birding on the brink by Adam Riley
My connection with Ghana began rather unexpectedly (and as it turned out, rather humorously) more than ten years ago. I was in contact with a group of birders for whom I arranged and guided an annual tour to Africa. During each trip we would discuss a destination for the following year. We already had South […]
Early morning at Ghaftayn
On Wednesday morning, I got up early at Ghaftayn rest house to see what passage there had been over-night. These desert stops have highly variable windfalls of migrants during the passage seasons. One morning can be heaving while another can have virtually nothing. The same goes for the rarity of the birds. This was only […]
Short-toed Snake Eagle – Ash Shargiyah Development Company Farm
Whilst birding Ash Shargiyah Development Company Farm, near Jubail on 11 September 2015 I saw a juvenile Short-toed Snake Eagle over one of the spray fields. The bird dropped down behind the horizon and looked like it may have landed in the field. We drove around and saw the bird take off and fly away […]
Águila crestuda negra (Black-Hawk Eagle) Spizaetus tyrannus
El Águila crestuda negra (Spizaetus tyrannus), también conocida como el águila tirana, es una especie de ave Accipitriforme de la familia Accipitridae. Se trata de un ave rapaz neotropical ampliamente distribuida por la América Central y del Sur. Se puede observar desde México hasta la zona central del Perú, el sur de Brasil y en […]
Dowkah delivers again
My Eid trip lasted from Tuesday afternoon until Saturday evening. It involved 3500 kilometres of travel and took me to several birding locations. This and the next four blogs will chronicle the results.I headed north out of Salalah on Tuesday and reached one of my favourite birding locations, Dowkah desert farm, with time to bird […]
It is the end of September already!
I am on vacation. Here’s a poem by Sara Teasdale entitled September Midnight: Lyric night of the lingering Indian Summer, Shadowy fields that are scentless but full of singing, Never a bird, but the passionless chant of insects, Ceaseless, insistent. The grasshopper‘s horn, and far-off, high in the maples, The […]
Águila viuda (Black-and-white Hawk-Eagle) Spizastur melanoleucus
El Águila viuda fue otra especie de ave de presa que pudimos fotografiar durante el encuentro de cetrería en Posadas, el individuo de las fotos que comparto en esta entrada pertenece el centro de recuperación y recría Guirá Oga de Puerto Iguazú Misiones.