Le Moineau domestique (Passer domesticus) est une espèce de petits passereaux de la famille des Passeridae. Il se nourrit majoritairement de céréales et d’autres graines, mais sait s’adapter et tirer profit d’autres opportunités, consommant divers invertébrés, les insectes en premier lieu, qui servent par ailleurs d’alimentation de base aux oisillons. Le plumage du Moineau domestique […]
Bolivia Trip Report Part IV
Bolivia is an extremely diverse country when it comes to birds. In fact, some say that if it wasn’t land-locked it would have more species than any other country. Endemism is not especially high but there are some stunners to search for such as the Red-fronted Macaw and Black-hooded Sunbeam. The country lacks a field […]
Red Kite
Milvus milvus – Accipitridae – Accipitriformes One of the few winterers in our area, south of France. We have set up a feeding station for these birds since last year’s cold spell in Febuary. Indeed for 3 weeks, temperatures had plummeted to -15 and unfortunately, many species of birds were decimated. We managed to help […]
Ponce Inlet, 12/26/2012
I returned to Lighthouse Point Park at Ponce Inlet again in the hopes of finding a Razorbill. We found one far off the jetty. My father, who’s in town for Christmas, located it in his scope, and I was able to locate it briefly with my binoculars. It was very far away (I probably would […]
Azamidani in December
I was itching to use the new 1D X at the mountain pond at Azamidani, simply because I wanted to photograph species in natural light. I was hoping for fine conditions, but it was quite overcast resulting in the area around the pond being quite dim. With the 7D, it would have been impossible to […]
Benteveo rayado (Streaked flycatcher)
Esos eran los otros integrantes de la bandadita mixta que les comenté en la entrada anterior cuando mostré las fotografías del Burlisto cola castaña; solamente dos Benteveos rayados acompañaban al grupo de Burlistos, Fiofíos y Suiriríes, me llamó la atención encontrar a esta especie de tiránido en un ambiente abierto como en el que estábamos […]
Burlisto cola castaña (Brown-crested Flycatcher)
Una hora de tiempo me llevó el seguimiento de un pequeño grupo de Burlistos en el casco de la Estancia Don Joaquín en Formosa, puedo decir que no caminamos en vano todo este tiempo con Willy en los momentos previos al almuerzo del día Lunes 26 de Noviembre ya que pudimos registrar mucha actividad de […]
Sunday Breakfast
I scatter seeds on my porch for the birds when the weather gets cold. This morning I had lots of visitors. Click on the photos to enlarge. House sparrows, Passerdomesticus, are always the first to arrive. They like seeds and breadcrumbs. They usually come in a group. The cardinal, Cardinalis cardinalis, eats seeds, nuts, and […]