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.
Best Photo of the Week Ended 21 Jul 2012
We are pleased to present the winners of our most recent “Best Photo of the Week” Competition. First Prize goes toFabiola Forns for “Cleaning house”, Second Prize to Rick Lieder for “String Theory” and the Third Prize to Jefferson Silva for “Sharp-Tailed Grass Tyrant” (see images below with links to the original articles). The voting […]
Yellow Breasted Tit, Piropiro. Petroica macrocephala
Yellow Breasted Tit Yesterday I was over at Mill Creek and came across a male Yellow Breasted Tit. These are our second smallest bird, after the Rifleman. We see them throughout our forest, but most often on the forest edges and on Ulva Island particularly working along the sandy beach edge. They are insect feeders, […]
The Jewel Of Florida
We are very fortunate in Floridato have many places where the beauty of nature all seem to come together.The Ritch Grissom Memorial Wetlands at Viera, though, or The Viera Wetlands, as the locals call it,is my favorite, and the favorite of many nature photographers. It is a water reclamation area with wonderful surrounds and attracts […]
Marbled Godwit with its shadow
I have a fondness for Marbled Gowdwits (Limosa fedoa) because of theirpink and black bills and plumage patterns. They also look very elegant walking, standing, feeding and in flight. This Marbled Godwit had been feeding on the mudflats of a tidal lagoon at Fort De Soto’s north beach, I like that I was able to […]
Birding in Ontario by Glenn Bartley Part II
One of the birds that is pretty common in the marshlands around the area is the Virginia Rail. Even though this species can be found on Vancouver Island as well I have just never had any luck with them. One sunny evening I spent some time wading around a marsh and managed to get a […]