Momentos de alegría hoy por la mañana y de profunda desazón también durante una pequeña recorrida al Arroyo Mártires, pese a la masacre ambiental del tratamiento costero, el cual también se está encargando de destruir este lugar de Posadas la naturaleza resiste a duras penas al embate de las máquinas. Hoy luego de 3 años […]
Red-billed Tropicbirds at the gulf
Late June 2001, while writing my final work for my B.Sc and before leaving Israel and going to start my life in East Africa, I was standing on North Beach in Eilat together with Barak Granit and admiring my first ever Red-billed Tropicbirdwhich came in from nowhere and gave me my farewell present from Israel. […]
Mammals of China – book review
China is home to greater than 10% of the Earth’s mammals. In the Mammals of China, Andrew T. Smith, PhD and Yan Xie, PhD have produced a comprehensive easy-to-read pocket guide to this outstanding biodiversity. Mammals of China is the first time that the natural history of all the mammals of China are included in […]
Results of the Best Photo of the Week Ended 13 Jul 2013
We are delighted to announce the RESULTS of our most recent “Best Photo of the Week” Competition. First Prize goes toMarco Ritter for his outstanding image “Coracias caudatus in Namibia”. Joachim Ruhstein wins Second Prize with “Red-breasted Merganser” andLew Scharpf wins Third Prize with “Red-eyed Tree Frog” (see images below). The voting for all entries […]
Greenish Warbler
The friendliest bird i have ‘EVER’ worked with. So friendly was this specimen, that as time went by, foot after foot it hopped and came closer till it was sitting on my shoe. Never have I experienced something like this before. Here is one of the images of this Greenish Warbler that I liked. Hope […]
Growing Caterpillar
For the past few weeks, I have been watching black swallowtail caterpillars in a nearby stand of fennel plants. Like many butterfly species, black swallowtails are picky about what they eat. They prefer host plants in the carrot family, Apiaceae, which includes parsley, fennel, dill, Queen Anne’s Lace, and of course, carrots. Fennel smells like […]
Picabuey (Cattle Tyrant) Machetornis rixosa
Bueno….oficialmente puedo considerarme ambidiestro, al menos par escribir en la pc. y para editar en photoshop =), me cuesta un poco moverme en el menú desplegable para editar niveles y contraste pero como tengo tiempo de sobra no me preocupo jajaja!!!. Hoy preparé para compartir con ustedes estas dos imágenes del Picabuey que pude obtener […]