A few pairs of dabbling ducks. Dabblers do not dive to feed. Instead, they tip over at the water surface with their heads underwater and their tails in the air.
Viudita blanca, Pied water Tyrant, Fluvicola albiventer
Transcurrieron mas de tres años para volver a registrar en imágenes a la Viudita blanca en la zona del Arroyo Itá; el primer registro data del año 2010 cuando fotografié a un individuo en la desembocadura del arroyo en la zona de obras de la costanera. En el día de hoy Javier pudo fotografiar a […]
VOTE for the Best Photo of the Week 21 Dec 2013
During the last week our members have again entered some outstanding top-ranking wildlife images for the “Best Photo of the Week” competition. Click on the first image and then page through the slideshow. Please select the three images you like best of all and VOTE for them at the bottom of this page (to ensure […]
Summer Birds, Winter Birds
Some birds fly south away from us in winter. Others fly south to us. Osprey leave the Forsythe National Wildlife Refuge in New Jersey, where the above picture was taken, in early September. They spend the winter along the coasts of Central America and southern North America, and throughout much of South America. Northern pintail […]
First video footage of 2 EDGE amphibians in the Western Ghats, India!
The Zoological Society of London’s “EDGE (Evolutionary Distinct and Globally Endangered) of Existence programme is the only global conservation initiative to focus specifically on threatened species that represent a significant amount of unique evolutionary history” Mammals, Amphibians and Coral Reefs on a global scale have been prioritized in this manner. Of the Top 100 EDGE […]
Rainbow
Le dejo esta toma de una especie característica de nuestra selva paranaesne, al noreste de nuestro país, en la provincia de Misiones. La fotografía fué tomada en una reserva privada cercana a la ciudad de Andresito, una zona en la que se encuentran varios emprendimientos privados para conservar porciones del monte misionero fuera del alcance […]
Bald Eagle in Flight (and Changing Focusing Modes)
Yesterday at Lake Jesup, a Bald Eagle flew very close to me. I was looking for ducks, loons and grebes sitting in the water at at the time, so I had my camera set for birds sitting still on the water. When shooting still birds, I normally select only the center focusing point and put […]
Black Darter VS Selysiothemis nigra
Here are the two smallest black anisopterae that can be found in Europe. Selysiothemis nigra is totally absent on French territory contrary to the Black darter. Voici lesdeux petits anisoptères noirs que nous pouvons trouver en Europe. La Selysiothemis noir est totalement absente de France contrairement au Sympêtre noir. The Black Darter – Sympetrum danae […]