Flying so fast just below the stars, even standing still the wind couldn’t keep up . • Sparrow | Passer domesticus
House Sparrows Taking Over Cliff Swallow Nests
House Sparrow (Passer domesticus) Male photos by Larry Jordan Just the mention of the House Sparrow (Passer domesticus) in the world of Bluebird nest monitoring sends shivers down the back of some trail monitors, and rightfully so. There is plenty of documentation of House Sparrows attacking Bluebirds and other cavity nesting species, killing both young […]
Black Backed Gull, Karoro, Larus dominicanus
Black Backed Gull. Apart from heavy forest I doubt there are many places in New Zealand without a Black Backed Gull somewhere nearby. I grew up on a sheep farm, and without doubt these adaptable gulls were our biggest single pest. Preying on any cast sheep and on just born lambs. In both cases targeting […]
Green Heron
At West Yarmouth wetland, near Sparta, Ontario. The bird showed up after 3 hours of sitting in a blind.
Blue-tailed Bee-eaters
Here are a few images of blue-tailed bee-eaters. These bee-eaters were photographed on the banks of River Cauvery in Karnataka, India. For more images: Angad Achappa Photography
Lunch Time in Coopersville
In August of 2011, I was lucky enough to stumble upon a family of Coopers Hawks nesting in the trees 5 minutes away from my home in Irvine, California. Over the next six weeks, I witnessed and photographed all kinds of interactions between the mother and her young. However, the feeding process is what captivated […]
Whiskered delight
This spring news emerged in the Dutch Birding scene that in the northern part of the Netherlands a colony of beautiful Whiskered Terns had formed in a new estableshed nature reserve. Whiskered Tern is a scarce vagrant bird in the Netherlands with only a few reported breeding pairs in the last 100 years, so a […]
Caterpillars have more muscles than you.
My internet connection is sort of fake right now, so there’s a good chance this won’t even show up. These guys are from earlier in the season when the caterpillars were out of control and taking over. Can’t tell you what kind they are but I kinda like ’em.