The Yellow-legged Tinamou is a tinamídeo endemic of Brazil, where it is known as Jaó do Sul. Is threatened by hunting and habitat reduction. Listed by IUCN as Near Threatened in http://www.iucnredlist.org/details/100060034/0
A Bestiary: Songbirds ~ Common Yellowthroat Warbler
Common Yellowthroat Warbler Geothlypis trichas, is featured in a new installment of my ‘A Bestiary: Part Twenty ~ Songbirds: Warblers’ and it is up over at Native Plants and Wildlife Gardens. Female and Male Yellowthroat Warbler
Tero real (South american stilt) Himantopus melanurus
Días atrás mi amigo Amado Martinez publicó en Facebook unas fotografías y un video que mostraban la abundante variedad y cantidad de especies de aves acuáticas que se comenzaron a observar en la zona del Arroyo Mártires de la Ciudad de Posadas donde se están realizando las obras del tratamiento costero; que lindo nombre le […]
Lovely in Gray
We were waiting for the Palawan Tit when we saw Wild Bird Photographers of the Philippines Fellow Rocky Sison pointing to birding buddy Michael something in the in the nearby under canopy. We’re not so enthusiastic to go to their place as Rocky left his gear beside us, but when we saw Michael making positions […]
Bachman’s Sparrows at Hal Scott Preserve
This morning I drove out to the Hal Scott Preserve. I was hoping to find a Red-cockaded Woodpecker; I had no luck there, but I did find at least 20 Bachman’s Sparrows. I’ve never heard so many calling, and I saw 8 more more. Some were juveniles too. I think these are my best photos […]
Notes on Some Wetland Birds
Wetland birds have a particular niche in the bird world having adapted well in finding food sources at marshes, lakesides, bogs, riverine habitats and agricultural land.Herons, Storks, Ibises and Flamingoes have been classified under one sub group in the taxonomic order of birds in the Western Palearctic. This area (below) is one of eight zones […]
Nearly Autumn
It is mid July and the daily average temp’ is around 35-37 deg’ with daily max’ temp raising to 40-42 (and sometime even higher up to 45-47). The nights are short with average temp of 27-29 with daily min’ temp of 22-24 deg andyet, another Summer is going to come to its end soon and […]
The Warbler Guide – book review
Written by Tom Stephenson and Scott Whittle, with illustrations by Catherine Hamilton, The Warbler Guide by Princeton University Press is the “go-to” guide for identifying the 56 species of warblers in the United States and Canada. Warblers are notoriously difficult to identify. These champion singers are small, hidden amongst the tree top canopy, flighty and […]