Information on the Eastern Woodchat Shrike (Lanius senator niloticus) is not so easy to come by on the internet and as a result I am posting a few details of this eastern sub-species of Woodchat Shrike here. Identification is fairly straightforward on spring/summer males with the lores and feathers next the nostrils white and an […]
Birding in British Columbia – Lewis’s Woodpecker (Melanerpes lewis)
Part 2/10 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 […]
Spring in New York City
This pale Cabbage White butterfly, also called the Small White, Pieris rapae, was the first butterfly I’ve seen in my Brooklyn neighborhood this year. One can just make out the diagnostic dark wingtips and the single dark spot in the center of the forewing (that identifies this one as a male). The butterfly’s spring form […]
Tales of Small Spaces
Never quite able to make the leap to the big time, a katydid with a light touch tells tales of small spaces. • Greater Angle-wing Katydid | Microcentrum rhombifolium
Enigmatic birding
It has been a while since I last wrote anything, but there is so much work and so much to to see out in the field that I feel a waste to sit next to the computer. Nevertheless here is a short summary of birds in the Eilat region: This is probably the best Spring […]
Birding in British Columbia – Peregrine Falcon (Falco peregrinus)
Part 1/10 of my very action packed 6 weeks of traveling around British Columbia 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 […]
Tracking Kalahari Lions
I thought it was time for another “proper” blog post, don’t you think? So much has been going on in the hustle and bustle of my life that I have again started neglecting my blog – tsk tsk tsk. Things have been hectic busy on this side. Did I mention we are expecting our 2nd […]
Ugly? Only the plight.
Vulture. What is your initial reaction when you hear that word? Only a face a mother could love? I guess they aren’t the most attractive birds to most, but to me they’re something else. They’re intelligent, charismatic and have some of the most intriguing, if unpleasant adaptations. Whether it be Old World or New World […]