The Baltimore Orioles Icterus galbulaworked hard and successfully together as parents. I so enjoyed being able to watch them coming and going from their nest and hearing the males lovely tonal trills. The male was as steadfast in guarding his nestlings as the female was in foraging for food. In the past I have also […]
Birding Moldova – a less intensively farmed country
I have just returned from a trip to Moldova to stay for a few days with my wife’s family. Moldova is a country situated between Romania and Ukraine, just north of the Black Sea. My wife’s family live on a smallholding in the countryside adjacent to a large forest which is home to European Brown […]
The Burrowing Owls of Cape Coral, Florida
My first meeting with one of the Cape Coral Burrowing Owls was at a vacant lot on an early-spring afternoon. An adult owl stared up at me with lemon-yellow eyes just above the rim of a shallow depression in the dirt, which was decorated with the remains of a leather boot, a dirty white rag, […]
Aalscholvers
………met m’n maatje naar het Naardermeer. Afgelopen week uitgenodigd om bij de Aalscholvers van het Naardermeer te gaan kijken. Tevens een stuk van het Naardermeer zelf en de omgeving kunnen zien. Was voor mij de eerste keer dat ik het Naardermeer op deze manier te zien heb gekregen. Vele jaren met de trein er dwars […]
Juvenile Common Raven
There weren’t many birds present at the San Rafael Swell Recreation Site in central Utah this past week, the San Rafael River seemed lower than I have seen it and there was evidence of drought conditions, mainly in the vegetation there. The greasewoods looked yellow instead of the vibrant green I remember from the past […]
Birding in Brazil – investigating a marsh area
Today I went with some friends to a marsh area just besides the area I live. It’s not a huge area, but it’s a nice area with some nice species. I’ve heard some Rails, such as thePlumbeous Rail and Spotted Rail. But could not get any photo yet. Today, while there, I saw a group […]
Female Ospreys Have Flare!
I photographed this female Osprey as she came in to land on her nest near the shoreline of the Flaming Gorge Reservoir in north-eastern Utah, quite often when Ospreys land they flare their wings and fan their tails to create enough drag to slow them down. The nest is on a manmade platform near the […]
Best Photo of the Week Competition 16 Jun 2012
During the last week our authors and photographers have excelled themselves by posting articles richly illustrated with outstanding images. Our competition is called “Best Photo of the Week”. You may wish to click on the images to enlarge them to get the full effect. Please select the three images you like best of all and […]