Early August is the anticipated start of the annual Autumn migration when birds have completed their breeding season in Europe and both adult and juvenile birds start moving south to various parts of Africa for the second part of their endless summer. Kuwait is fortunate to be situated on two of the key migration flyways; […]
Egypt’s ‘spying’ stork and other incidents of animal espionage
A swan has been detained in Egypt on suspicion of being a spy. Except it looks – in pictures released by the Egyptian authorities, who kept referring to it as a “swan” – like a stork. Perhaps it was wearing a disguise. The bird, allegedly working for the French government, was captured in a heroic […]
Wake me up when September comes
Green day punk band have almost got their lyrics right as it should have been – wake me up when September comes! After a long and hot summer it is very refreshing to see many migrants arriving on a daily basis with many juv individual among them.Eilat area is not at its best during Autumn […]
Barn Swallows
This past week I decided to go to the Little Big Econ State Forest to look for migrants. As I pulled into the parking lot, I found about 50 or so Barn Swallows perched on the utility lines. I decided to walk over to see if I could find any Cliff or Bank Swallows among […]
Pato gargantilla (White-cheeked Pintail) Anas bahamensis
Hola amigos !!!!! reapareciendo nuevamente luego de tres días ausente debido a que este fin de semana festejamos los 15 años de mi hija Agustina y estuve bastante ocupado con la organización del festejo, aparezco hoy con estas imágenes del Pato gargantilla obtenidas por Willy el día 20 de Julio en el Arroyo Mártires de […]
Dragonflies at Econ River WA
Yesterday afternoon I dropped by the Econ River Wilderness Area. I had a meeting nearby, and I thought I’d go there early to check it out. I wasn’t expecting to find a lot there, but I was surprised at how few birds I found. I ended up devoting most of my attention to the many […]
Milkweed Bugs, Large & Small
Last year I wrote a blog about the milkweed bug Oncopeltus fasciatus, which is also called the large milkweed bug. It’s the kind I usually seeon milkweed stems and leaves or sunning themselves on objects near milkweed. This week I stopped to look at the milkweed bug pictured below. It was sitting on milkweed flowers […]
VOTE for the Best Photo of the Week 31 Aug 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. Voting will […]