I must admit I have a fondness for shorebirds, their beauty is a big part of why I became (am) addicted to bird photography. I love how peaceful this image is with the Marbled Godwit (Limosa fedoa) paying absolutely no attention to me as I sat very still in the warm waters of a tidal […]
The Million Dollar Question – How Many Platypuses?
It will be erroneous to presume that platypuses are abundant, in fact there is no current number to date that could confirm a realistic population number, but only the vast large estimates between 10 thousand to 100 thousand platypuses may be in existence. Counting platypus, or platypuses is a very difficult task, even trying to […]
Perched Eastern Kingbird
I always look forward to seeing and photographing Eastern Kingbirds (Tyrannus tyrannus) during the warmer months of the year. I was fortunate to see a few yesterday at Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge in northern Utah. Eastern Kingbirds and their close relative; Western Kingbirds, are not timid, in fact the will chase off and attack […]
Insects in your face
My current internetweb connection is pretty spotty so this’ll be short and sweet like the last few. Here’s some in-your-face photos of the abundant walking sticks, katydids and monster grasshoppers that fly into my face on a daily basis. I don’t think I’ll ever look at walking sticks the same after taking this photo. The […]
Breeding European Turtle Doves in Saudi Arabia and Bahrain
The only birds around at the moment on my local ‘patch’ are a few resident species and a couple of migrant breeders, with the European Turtle Dove Streptopelia turtur being a migrant breeding species with a few pairs breeding in Dhahran Camp. The birds we get in Saudi Arabia on passage are the more eastern […]
Hardware and associated software
Hardware. Graphical, Video & Audio A friend has been asking me about the hardware I use for photos, videos, still pictures and audio on our web site and so I have decided to post a brief description here. First Digital Camera My first digital camera was a Fuji Finepix 5000. 3 megapix, with a 10 […]
Brown Creeper, Pipipi, Finschia novaeseelandiae rakiura
Brown Creeper creepers I can’t remember visiting Ulva and not seeing at lease a couple of of these small “non-descript” birds. So much so that a few years ago I once casually wrote them off to a Brit Birder as “Oh its just a Brown Creeper” and was told quite firmly that we didn’t know […]
Banded Pitta @ Southern Thailand
Banded Pitta… A Bird-Photo Jewel Pittas are fascinating birds that hope around the forest floors in tropical Asia and Australasia, with a couple of species found in Africa. The Banded Pitta (Pitta guajana) it’s located in the Thai-Malay Peninsula and the Greater Sundas (except the Island of Sulawesi, in Indonesia). In Thailand, one can only […]