Hacía un buen tiempo que no fotografiaba a este pajarito, afortunadamente se lo puede escuchar todos los días en muchos lugares del centro de Posadas, verlos ya es otra historia porque su tamaño es muy pequeño y localizar sus 9 centímetros en un árbol de mediano porte requiere algo de práctica y tiempo libre. Este […]
Red kite showing off
Milvus milvus Accipitriformes – Acciptidae As I was taking ordinary pictures of this magnificent bird, he turned swiftly around and flapped his wings to impress another individual intended on perching on the same branch. Beginning of April 2013
Long-billed Curlew
Long-billed Curlews have to be one of the most fascinating birds around. I mean, just look at these guys–the large size (for a shorebird), the enormously long bill, and the curve of it. It’s shaped just right to get down into sand and mud to grab burrowing shrimp and crabs. Watching them hunt for food […]
Breeding Time!
Summer breeders have mostly all arrived at the mountain pond on Mt Unzen, and the resident species are also busy nesting. The main draw-cards of Narcissus Flycatcher, Blue-and-white Flycatcher and Japanese Thrush are all there now. Meanwhile, down at Oe reclaimed land area dozens of Oriental Reed Warbler are busy establishing territories while Pacific Swift […]
PhotoShare: Mana Dreaming
I can’t believe how time has flown. It’s now almost a year since I made the epic journey up to Mana Pools in Zimbabwe. What excites me is that I’ll be going back in about 8 weeks’ time with Marlon du Toit on the first official WILD EYE MANA POOLS PHOTO SAFARI. After my mind-blowing […]
Revised Critical Habitat for the Pacific Coast Western Snowy Plover
The Pacific Coast population of the Western Snowy Plover (Charadrius nivosus nivosus) is federally listed under the Endangered Species Act of 1973 as threatened. They are a Bird Species of Special Concern in California and were listed as endangered under the Washington Department of Game Policy No. 402 in 1981, and as threatened by the […]
Narcissus Flycatcher Perched, Bathing and Preening
One never tires of viewing the tiny, brilliantly coloured male Narcissus Flycatcher….
Curutié colorado (Yellow-throated Spinetail)
Para comenzar esta semana comparto con ustedes estas dos imágenes de un Curutié colorado que fotografié ayer temprano a la mañana en el pastizal de la boca del Arroyo Apepú en Nemesio Parma; confiado como siempre se acercó bastante a la cámara. Me hubiese gustado un fondo mas parejo sin tantas ramas pero sabemos que […]