Mustela putorius putorius – Rare pictures of this forest creature with wet hair from all the rain we had these last weeks. Mustelidae close to the weasel, mink, otter and hermine. Its domestic counterpart is the ferret (Mustela putorius furo). Short-legged, this animal measures from 35 to 37 cms long without the tail and weighs […]
Whinchat (Saxicola rubetra)
En trastsångare som sitter vid Landsjön och sjunger sedan några dagar. Trastsångare-140529 Kärrsångare sitter lite här och där och sjunger. kärrsångare-ZOOM0146 Buskskvättan förbereder sitt bobygge ute på ängen: buskskvätta-140512-webb
Ospreys Mating
This osprey nest platform is at the Edwin B. Forsythe National Wildlife Refuge in Oceanville, New Jersey. The female on the nest is in a crouched and open-winged posture soliciting copulation. The male is approaching, ready to comply. Watch the video below to see what happens next.
Pico de plata, Spectacled tyrant, Hymenops perspicillatus
El Pico de plata fue la primer especie que pude fotografiar a los pocos metros de cruzar la primer tranquera del camino de acceso a la UC. Cambyretá; unos minutos antes me quedé con las ganas de fotografiar a una pareja de halcones que perchaban en los postes del costado del camino porque todavía la […]
VOTE for the Best Photo of the Week 31 May 2014
The “Best Photo of the Week” competition has been redesigned to make voting easier and a lot more fun. First click an image and browse through the slideshow. Then select the three images you like best of all and click the VOTE button at the bottom of the page. After registering your vote you will […]
Marl Bed Flats, 5/22/2014
Yesterday morning I visited Marl Bed Flats again. I’m pretty amazed at how good this place has been in May. It’s given me several Seminole County firsts, including a Short-billed Dowitcher, Stilt Sandpiper, Semipalmated Sandpiper and now a Semipalmated Plover. Black-necked Stilts are still here, though in much smaller numbers; now only about 4 remain […]
Lions vs Giraffe: The Prelude
I’ve been putting off telling this story on my blog…but I feel that it’s time. In November 2013 I went on a very long safari-roadtrip with my lovely wife and our 2 young children. The destinations were to be the Etosha National Park in Namibia and the Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park in South Africa. The story […]
Mindre flugsnappare
Nu var det dax att få en inspelning av lätet från en mindre flugsnappare. Mindre-flugsnappare-ZOOM0122-140518 Några bilder blev det även om jag inte hade planerat för det.