Sea Birds We have had several days of easterly weather, starting with SE gales and rain, easing to fresh easterly and fine sunny days. Easterly gales and rain is seriously unpleasant here, as we are quite exposed to that quarter. However today dawned fine and calm, although there was still a moderate swell coming into […]
Red-necked Phalaropes (Phalaropus lobatus)
An early start to the autumn migration saw the arrival of thousands of waders to western Andalucia. It was a delight to have good views of Red-necked Phalaropes at the Salinas de Bonanza on the Guadlaquivir river I took this shot to compare the diminutive phalarope’s size with Black-winged Stilts. The Red-necked Phalarope has an […]
Eastern Bluebird Photography
Nesting Our bluebirds here in Ontario are a very beautiful species. so much fun to just sit back and watch them during nesting season. The male and female work together, and rarely will you see them separated. Mainly, they find man made bird boxes, and create nesting inside, through access of a 1 inch diameter […]
Prodigal sons (and daughters)
Cougars are one of several predator species returning to historic ranges, even when they include highly developed areas (Photo: Wayne Dumbleton, Creative Commons license) Midwesterners are welcoming the return of some long-absent natives. On second thought, “welcoming” is probably an overstatement… because just as in the famous biblical parable, not everyone is thrilled about this […]
UAE East Coast Pelagic 27.07.12
The UAE Pelagics this season have been quite poor compared to the last two years, counts are down and so is the variety. Even with that in mind I ventured out yesterday with a few of the guys and of course Abdullah our wonderful driver. Unfortunately, Ramadan meant there was none of his wonderful Cardamon […]
Best Photo of the Week Ended 28 Jul 2012
We are pleased to present the winners of our most recent “Best Photo of the Week” Competition. First Prize goes toNancy Elwood for “Great Blue Herons”, Second Prize toMorkel Erasmus for”Roller Lunch” and the Third Prize toby Don Getty for “Stallions dominance challenge”. See images below with links to the original articles. The voting for […]
Visit to a Small World
Making each breeze swing, a visit to the small world of pollination, inhaling the fiery scent of sunlight. • Honey bee | Apis mellifera
Say’s Phoebes have moved in.
I had been seeing these birds around my house, but didn’t pay much attention to them. After all, I thought they were just little brown birds. My curiosity got the better of me so I grabbed my bird book and determined they are Say’s Phoebes. With some observation, I discovered they have nested above a […]