Been a while since I posted, to be honest I have travelled a lot recently, taken a lot of pictures, been working hard and just not had time for the blog. However I find myself with 5 minutes to put together a small blog on a summary of some recent Pelagics I have been on […]
Mount Norikura, Gifu Prefecture
Last weekend I decided to go up to central Honshu island and search out some personal “firsts” seeing as I had a total of four days. I was planning to visit both Mt Ibuki (Shiga prefecture) and Mt Norikura (Gifu prefecture), the first location for Golden Eagle and the second for alpine birds such as […]
Federal (Scarlet-headed Blackbird)
Esta es un ave emblemática de nuestro país Argentina. El Federal (Amblyramphus holosericeus), ha sido y es perseguido y capturado por los cazadores furtivos ya que su comercialización como ave ornamental es alta lo que ha producido una gran merma en sus poblaciones y coloca a la especie en peligro con calificación de VULNERABLE. Esto […]
Picaflor común (Glittering-bellied Emerald)
3 imágenes de este habitual picaflor del patio de mi casa, no lo llamé común tal cual dice su nombre para la Argentina porque me parece demasiado lindo para que se lo llame de esa manera, y al igual que las fotos que compartí ayer del Picaflor bronceado con este otro también estuve fotografiándolo en […]
The Gorgeous Orange Bishop
The male Northern Red Bishop or Orange Bishop is a gorgeous little weaver, native to the sub Sahara Desert, Africa. From Wikipedia: The Northern Red Bishop displays prominently, singing high-pitched squeaks from tall grass, puffing out his feathers or performing a slow hovering display flight. It builds a spherical woven nest in tall grass. As […]
Picaflor común (Glittering-bellied Emerald)
Entiendo perfectamente que el adjetivo común hace referencia a las mayores posibilidades de observación de esta especie de picaflor debido a que es una especie abundante, pero no le hace ningún mérito por lo lindo que es, es el que mas me gusta porque del lado que se lo mire a su plumaje este refleja […]
Kingdom of Saudi Arabia – continued…
Following my visit to the Rub’ Al-Khali, I returned to Dhahran which would be my base for the next few days. There were a few typical urban birds as well as some others of interest in and around the compound and some of the more open areas. Here is a selection of the common urban […]
Rubʿ al-Khali; The Empty Quarter
At the start of this year I visited the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and was fortunate to spend a few days at Shaybah in the northeastern edge of this, the world’s largest desert. This region is classified as ‘hyper-arid’ with typical rainfall of less than 30mm per year and is one of the driest regions […]