Saffron-cowled Blackbird – Photograph: Jorge La Grotteria Autumn have just arrived in Central East Argentina, opening a strange period of time for birding in the area. Some of the summer visitors have already gone to the North, some others are still here, and also some of the winter visitors (who come from their breeding areas […]
Cobwebs Shiver
Cobwebs shiver with her tiniest move, a mantis nymph rules an underworld ready for a brutal reckoning, the next instar a far-off dream. • Praying mantis | Tenodera aridifolia sinensis
Whoops – American Coot on Thin Ice
Some images are simply too funny not to share. Even with those huge feet this American Coot (Fulica americana) couldn’t stay in top of the ice at a pond near where I live in Salt Lake County, Utah. Any wonderful captions come to mind? Mia McPherson, OntheWingPhotography.com
The Gentle Giants of Baja California Sur
Less than 40 years ago the Pacific gray whale was considered to be on the verge of extinction…and so it was. After years of commercial hunting numbers had been reduced to a level where it was feared that the population was so low that they could not recover. However, within the last five years this […]
Malay Lacewing
My choice for the most beautiful butterfly in Southern Asia is the MalayLacewing (Cethosia biblis). A member of the Nymphalidae family with it’s origin thought to be in the Philippines, this lacewing prefers Passifloria species (passion flower) for feeding.
Known Biters
For a brief time when we were first married, my wife worked at a daycare center. She mentioned one evening that some of the kids had “KB” annotated next to their names on some list they used to organize activities, with “KB” shorthand for “known biters.” Those known biters required just a bit more vigilance […]
Greater Roadrunner (Geococcyx californianus)
Feast your eyeballs on the glory of this badass Roadrunner…he actually sat there so I could get a full frame of his head. What a beast!….Okay, side note then: I guess the actual post looks the same but not really into the new editing stuff, meh. Greater Roadrunner (Geococcyx californianus) Jill Wussow Photography
Rituals of Spring ~ Returning Seasonal Residents
It is usually trills and twitters floating through the landscape here at Flower Hill Farm that alerts me to returning warblers and other songbirds. The earliest seasonal resident to return is the American Woodcock (Scolopax minor) and the male is still flying high each new dawn and dusk, performing his wing-song mating flight.Considered a shore […]