The UK has quicklybacked downonplans to control buzzardsafter an outcry which included a2,500 signature strong Care2 petition. The plan was to spend £375,000 (US $586,000) on capturing Buzzards and destroying their nests to see whether this reduces their consumption of young Pheasants (or Poults), which are reared in their millions to be shot on game […]
Red-tailed Hawk Juvenile Portrait
The Red-tailed Hawk (Buteo jamaicensis) is one of the most widespread and commonly observed birds of prey in North America (click on photos for full sized images). The buff yellow iris in this bird, photographed at Colusa National Wildlife Refuge, identifies it as a juvenile. If you like birds, you’ll love World Bird Wednesday! Go […]
Burrowing Owl Time
There are several places in Florida that in February each yearthe burrowing owls return to and nest. Their nests are burrows mostly borrowed from other animals such as praire dogs and the like. The adults are 7-11 inches tall, only slightly larger than an American Robin. Males and females are similiar in size and appearance, […]
Costa Rica Trip Report – Long-Tailed Silky Flycatcher
Part 4/6 of my month down in Costa Rica leading a few photography workshops. We had some really nice opportunities throughout the tours and many wonderful images were made. Costa Rica is one of those countries that is just so pleasant to visit. Most birds around the area were also fun to find and photograph. […]
Lush Green Spring – Ottawa International Airport
It was a fantastic morning with blue skies and bright sunshine. We went to the grassy fields south of Ottawa to explore the open habitats around Ottawa International Airport. Not surprisingly, we had all our target sparrows such as Grasshopper, Field, Clay-coloured and Vesper Sparrow. We also had Eastern Bluebird, Bobolink, Indigo Bunting and Brown […]
Sea Eagles Poisoned and Shot in Ireland
Minister Deenihan condemns killing of White- tailed Eagles in Mayo and Donegal May 2012. Irish minister Jimmy Deenihan, has condemned the apparent poisoning of White tailed Eagles in Mayo and another recently in Donegal. Satellite tag The young Mayo eagle, which had been released in Killarney National Park in 2010, was carrying a satellite tag […]
Searching for rare birds
At the weekend I went on a twitch, looking for a rare bird – except it is just a rarer bird rather than a really rare one. I realised that I didn’t see a spotted flycatcher last year, partly because I was looking at mountain bluebirds instead, and I hadn’t seen one yet this year […]
Plus Photo Extract: Top Google Plus Images of the day
Those of you on Google Plus (Google+) will probably have seen that people often tag photos with #PlusPhotoExtract. This is because that places the image in contention for a very intruiging “Photo of the Day” contest. Jarek Klimek from PhotoExtract Online Magazine has written an algorithm that “selects” a selection of images for the day […]