Just a few hours before the Audubon Zoo in New Orleans, Louisiana, opened its doors to the public on July 14, a three-year-old jaguar named Valerio — who had been described by the staff as a “big, lovable goofball” — managed to bite through the steel cables on the roof of the “Jaguar Jungle” exhibit. […]
Ciguita Parula / Northern Parula – Setophaga americana (Linnaeus, 1758)
Durante mis vacaciones de este año en Punta Cana pude mejorar bastante las fotografías que obtuve en Cuba de la Ciguita parula, el Pity caribeño; muy parecido en colores, tamaño, y vocalización, a nuestro Pitiayumí; especie bastante frecuente de observar y muy colaboradora con el fotógrafo al momento de fotografiarlo.
VOTE for the Best Photo of the Month July 2018
Welcome to the “Best Photo of the Month” competition showcasing and celebrating the biodiversity of Planet Earth. Voting is easy and lots of fun. First click an image and the slideshow will start automatically. Then select the three images you like best of all and click the VOTE button at the bottom of the page. […]
Arabian Wheatear – Abha area
Whilst birding recently in the Abha area I came across a few Arabian Wheatear Oenanthe lugentoides where birds were most often perched on areas of boulders with slightly more males recorded than females. This is a rather scarce resident of the south-west highlands, but is also found in Oman, Palestine and Yemen, mainly in rocky, […]
POLL: Do you agree with Trump that trophy hunting is good for wildlife?
Donald Trump has called big-game trophy hunting a “horror show”, despite his own sons’ participation in elephant and leopard hunts, and in 2017 he formed an advisory board to steer US policy on the issue. But rather than conservation scientists and wildlife advocates, it is composed of advocates for the hunting of elephants, giraffes and […]
Tangará gris (Orange-headed Tanager) Thlypopsis sordida
Recién durante la jornada del pasado día Sabado mientras recorríamos las vías en la zona de la desembocadura del Arroyo Garupá pude darme el gusto de fotografiar como a mi me gusta al Tangará gris; en honor a la verdad…bastante desacertado el nombre común que se le ha puesto a esta especie en la Argentina; […]
How many hippos are too many? Proposed cull raises questions
The hippo — really? That’s the common response when tour guides in Africa tantalize travelers with this question: “What’s the most dangerous animal on the continent?” Lion? Rhino? Elephant? No, no, no. Eventually, the tour guide delivers the answer with a twinkle in their eye: the hippo, yes, that water-loving, one-tonne mammalian oddity. Despite their […]
Mosqueta enana (Eared Pigmy-tyrant) Myiornis auricularis
El día Sábado pasado fuimos con Nico, Roby, y Damián Lozano a la desembocadura del Arroyo Garupá a recorrer el sector de las vías para ver que encontrábamos; una vez mas el lugar no defraudó con respecto a las expectativas que teníamos puestas en el y volvimos a casa luego de 132 minutos de caminata […]