The first Louisiana waterthrush of the spring appeared in Central Park in New York City last week. The Louisiana waterthrush is one of the first warblers to appear in the park during each spring migration. The bird was famous for a few days as local birdwatchers came out to look at it and to enjoy […]
Noir Delights
A bee peers out from a noir mystery, listening for her Queen, still tempted by the dark delights in the garden. • Honey bee | Apis mellifera
Barely Three Dimensional
Barely Three Dimensional • Too late to send her back, tempted by a foraging pavement ant, the path across a flower just barely three dimensional. Pavement ant | Tetramorium caespitum Praying mantis | Tenodera aridifolia sinensis
Oriental Magpie Robin: the song of Hue’s Citadel
Oriental Magpie Robin (Copsychus saularis) Everywhere I go there is one distinctive birdsong that I associate with the location. I recently spent the day exploring the Ancient Citadel and Royal Forbidden City in Hue, Vietnam. Constantly hunted as food or for caged pets, the birds of Vietnam and quite shy. The Magpie Robin’s beautiful song […]
Cumbria Could Soon Be a Sight for Soar Eyes
A campaign to bring the White-Tailed Eagle back to Cumbria has taken a step forward with the University of Cumbria getting involved in a research study to discover the possible effects of having the huge eagles back in the region. Aconsultationstudy will take place speaking to a number of different parties like landowners and tourism […]
Birding in British Columbia – Ruddy Turnstone (Arenaria interpres)
Part 9/10 of my very action packed 6 weeks of traveling around the country in search of birds. In mid-May I set off for my annual road trip. This year I wanted to focus on the interior of British Columbia and some of the fantastic species that breed here. I spent 20 days camping out […]
Birding in Brazil – a short tour to the Itatiaia National Park
This holiday I am in my mother’s house, 1 hour by car from the Itatiaia National Park. So, I wake up this morning and went to the park. I took my wife and my brother to have a breakfast in a hotel, and while in the hotel, I went for birding. It […]