The House Crow (Corvus splendens), as it name suggests is a member of the crow family and is approximately 42–44 cm long (body and tail) and weighs 250–350 grams. Their plumage is glossy black, except for the nape, sides of the head, upper back and breast, which are grey and not glossy. Their bills, legs […]
Birding in Brazil – Ibiraci city, Minas Gerais state
This is my first post, and I’ll share with you some of the birding time I had this week, during Brazilian Carnival, one of the most famous parties in the world. I’m not a carnival enthousiastic, instead, I’m a birder. So, I used some time of my holiday photographing at Ibiraci city, in the Minas […]
Bird-Photography… that’s what I like and do!
Birding with a camera in Thailand. Birdwatching is today, one of the strongest lines of tourism around the globe. According to an U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service study, only in the United States of America, birdwatchers contributed with 36 billion USD to the nation’s economy in 2006, and over 20% of all Americans are identified […]
Teaching Birds to 2nd Graders
Today I did a “career day” at a local elementary school, where I taught four different 2nd grade classes about my  “career” in birding. It was quite entertaining to tell a group of young children all about birds. The interactive bits were the best! As I showed them a photo of a Ferruginous Hawk, I said, “What […]
Sociable Plover or Hoopoe Lark?!
Another day at the IBRCE produced a good number of Chiffchafs and more Savi’s Warbler. Steppe Eagles were moving in lower numbers today (or because the wind has reduced, they all went higher in the sky?!). Dead-sea Sparrows are becoming exceptionally beautiful at this time of the year and it is a real treat to […]
Andalucian nature says hello!
Southern Iberia and AndalucÃa outstand because of its biodiversity. The eastern areas of this part of Europe are rich in birds, wildflowers and insects, specially Moths and Butterflies. This is the Mediterranean paradise from where I will write my posts, bringing you the best excerpts of nature. It’s only mid-february but after a freezing winter […]
Jaguar in Iwokrama, Guyana 19 January 2012
One of the highlights of our trip to Guyana was two sightings of Jaguars on the road between Iwokrama and ATTA. A young male appeared at the roadside 40 meters from us on his way through the area. Our guide Smith was able to keep it at bay on the road for five minutes by […]
Florida Everglades by Fabiola Forns
River of Grass This was the name that conservationist Marjorie Stoneman Douglas liked to call the Everglades, a place like nowhere else in our world – wet and dry, wild and developed at the same time. It is formed by a mosaic of sawgrass marshes, pine rockland forests, tropical hardwood hammocks, mangrove swamps and coastal […]