During the last week our authors and photographers have been busy and posted a total of 39 articles with some great 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 […]
Spring Migration at Point Pelee
Always An Adventure was hired by Road Scholar Canada / Routes to Learning to guide two back-to-back trips to Point Pelee for spring migration 2012. Besides Point Pelee, Ontario’s Birding Hot Spot, we made stops at Long Point and Rondeau Provincial Parks. Each tour lasted 5 days and occurred during the peak of spring migration. […]
White-winged Doves
White-winged Doves (Zenaida asiatica) are one of the larger gray-colored dove species in North America and they are more at home in semi-arid and desert areas than Mourning Doves. White-winged Doves were at one point in time found mostly in the Rio Grande Valley but they have spread into the Great Plains, along the south […]
Cutest Insect Ever
A praying mantis nymph on my thumb — Julie 🙂 Urban Wildlife Guide . net Field Guide to Urban Wildlife
Florida’s Least Terns
Rather close to where I live there is an area that least terns return to eachApril-Mayto nest. They are a small shorebird with a wingspan of 22-24 cm long. Their nesting coloniesappear along marine or estuarine shores, and are not dense. The nests arejust smallindentations in the sand. Because of the way they nest, the […]
Birds of India Part I
A recently completed tour of Amazing India was spectacular. My partner Dr. Caesar Sengupta and I worked together to create a series of 3 seminars, and then a workshop tour to the Southern Himalayas. Superb success, so many happy guests, and lots of fun would summarize this experience. The travel was more then interesting, and […]
Birds on Poopy Perches
I bet you are wondering what I mean by “Poopy Perches”, I know I would be if I saw that title. Am I talking about perches that are man-made and ugly? Or perches that are just not all that appealing visually? I am really talking about poopy perches that go by the names manure, dung, […]
Lush Green Spring at Britannia and Mud Lake
We had a good day today at Britannia and Mud Lake. The promised rain kept away all morning, and we had clear skies, although a bit humid. We had several warblers, such as Magnolia, Nashville, Black & White, Black-throated Green, Yellow and Blackpoll Warbler. There were Black-crowned Night Herons everywhere, and we also saw a […]