Having not posted a blog for a year so I thought it was about time I get back into the swing of blogging. So my New Year’s resolution is to do just that ! If I can remember how to do it of course ! Here’s a few images to get us going. I had […]
Eurasian spoonbills bathing
Nikon 500 mm + convert 1/4 – Platalea leucorodia This series of pictures was taken near the Arcachon basin at Le Teich. The preserve extends on 110 hectares of wooded areas, reed beds, meadows, saltmarsh and water stretch out between the mainland sector right up to the coastline. This wide variety of natural habitats is […]
Common Goldeneye
A friend of mine found a Canvasback in a little retention pond in Sanford, so I drove up this morning to see it, but I struck out. I went to work dejected, but then a little after lunch I received an eBird alert that a Common Goldeneye was seen in a retention pond at a […]
VOTE for the Best Photo of the Week 03 Jan 2015
Welcome to the “Best Photo of the Week” competition showcasing and celebrating the biodiversity of Planet Earth. This week’s featured image: Fernandinas Flicker (Colaptes fernandinae) perched on a branch in Cuba by Glenn Bartley Voting is easy and lots of fun. First click an image and browse through the slideshow. Then select the three images you […]
Fuerteventura Tour – Limosa Holidays
Fuerteventura, The Canary Islands 3rd – 9th November 4014. Trip Report With Tour Leader: Stephen Daly Tour Participants: John Green, Cecile Gillard, Aland Mackereth and Jane Walker, Geoff Phillipson and John and Nadine Shearman Tour Highlights: Several close encounters with the rare Houbara Bustards, good views of all the desert species, watching Barbary Falcon hunting, […]
Results of the Best Photo of the Year 2014
This year’s annual competition attracted huge interest from all over the world with 400% more votes than normal. Voter turn out was unusually high in two countries – Peru and Armenia. Voting was also significantly influenced by activity on Facebook and other social media. Based on this analysis one question comes to mind: Are we […]
Remembering Summer Bees
I know everyone is busy with holiday preparation, so just a few words about some bees I saw in June. I’ve seen this bee before — it’s Bombusfervidus, commonly called the golden northern bumble bee. But it has always managed to fly away before I could take a photograph. I snuck up on this one […]
Lechucita vizcachera (Burrowing Owl) Athene cunicularia
A la Lechucita vizcachera también podría llamarsele Lechucita patas sucias, fiel a sus hábitos terrícolas y por el hecho de nidificar en cuevas de tierra es usual verla con las patas embarradas. Estas imágenes son de Luis y se obtuvieron cerca de Cerro Corá durante la tarde del día 07-09, en dos fotos la lechuza […]