Cold weather is beginning to settle over New England. New Jersey’s coastal fiddler crabs are about to disappear into the mud until spring. Read about it in my blog Urban Wildlife Guide. And read more about urban wildlife in my book Field Guide to Urban Wildlife.
Pale Spiderhunter of Palawan, Philippines
The now Philippine endemic Palawan restricted PALE SPIDERHUNTER is on top of our birding list when we visited Puerto Princesa City last month. It was formerly grouped under Little Spiderhunter which is resident in some parts of South East Asia and India, but was split to full Philippine endemic after recent findings that it is […]
Anna’s Hummingbird at Cardinal Climber
Anna’s Hummingbirds (Calpte anna) are still buzzing around our garden. We usually have some hummingbirds that remain here during the winter so I leave my feeders up until I don’t see any hummers for several weeks. Click on photos for full sized images. To see more great bird photos, check out The Bird D’pot and […]
Autumn Migration
Raptor and passerine migration is now well and truly underway in my region of Japan. The Chinese Goshawks have finished and now it is the turn of the Oriental Honey Buzzards, Grey-faced Buzzards, Eurasian Sparrowhawks and smaller numbers of Northern Hobby and Japanese Sparrowhawk. The Eurasian Kestrels have just arrived at Isahaya, along with the […]
Interview with Steve Mills, Award Winning Photographer
Steve Mills is an award-winning photographer. His image ‘The assassin’ won the Birds: Behaviour category in the prestigious Veolia Environment Wildlife Photographer of the Year 2011. He was the only category winner from Britain. Your photograph, “The assassin”, won the Wildlife Photographer of the Year 2011, Behaviour: Birds category last year. What draws you to […]
Ghost Crab on the Gulf Coast
The Ghost Crab (Ocypode quadrata) is a common, albeit seldom seen, resident of Florida’s Gulf Coast sandy beaches. With a pale colored body and generally nocturnal habits, this crab often goes unnoticed as it digs it’s burrow in soft sand. It’s family name, Ocypode, means fast feet! And they are…as they scuttle sideways.If you see […]
Best Photo of the Week Ended 06 Oct 2012
We are pleased to announce the winners of our most recent “Best Photo of the Week” Competition. Paul Marto wins First Prize for his outstanding photo “Variegated Meadowhawks”. Maria Firpi wins Second Prize with “Great Blue Heron” and Rick Lieder wins Third Prize for the second week running with “Memories of tiny flickering fireballs”. See […]
Lesser Yellowlegs (Tringa flavipes) at Barbate Marismas
This vagrant North American wader species was found by Liz Snell of Tregaron, Wales, Later seen by Steve Manning and myself.The Lesser Yellowlegs has roosted again at this same location on the 1st of October. Above is a general map of which part of the Marismas de Barbate it can be found. Take the La […]