In my garden, there is… “Robin” who dances for his public, meaning me! He is happy, he has a human admirer! OK, I wanted to dream on but no, it’s just a Blue tit who made him jump!
Grote Zilverreiger
Als laatste dit jaar een kort blogje met wat foto van een Zilverreiger. Deze foto’s zijn op dezelfde dag genomen als het Torenvalkje. Deze zilverreiger liep voor de hut wat heen en weer te zoeken naar wat eten. Op een gegeven ogenblik begon de zon te schijnen en kwam de reiger tussen de zon en […]
Red kite
Milvus milvus Accipitriformes – Accipitridae The pics here are not re-framed: he is about 9 meters from the mirador. I grab my 300 mm lens and I jump to another opening. The fellow does not notice it coming out, his attention is kept on other birds of prey. That is the closest I can ever […]
‘Down and dirty’ with Red-kneed Dotterels
Red-kneed Dotterels are endemic to Australia and are usually found around the muddy edges inland freshwater lakes and swamps. The unprecedented wet years of 2010 and 2011 drenched the country and there was large scale breeding of many species. Since 2011 the interior has returned to its normal aridity and many species, including the dotterels, […]
Charata (Chaco Chachalaca)
Llegó el turno de presentación de la Charata, la especie número 319 del blog. Interesante número para un poco mas de dos años de trabajo registrado en imágenes la avifauna del Noreste de la República Argentina. Que les puedo contar acerca del momento en que nos encontramos frente a frente con este grupo de Charatas […]
Winter Visitors to Isahaya
December has seen the arrival of the final phase of wintering visitors to the Isahaya area. This winter has seen a drop in the number of raptors, however there appears to be an increase in the density and diversity of other species.
The doves of Jizan
Its difficult to know where to start with the trip to Jizan last weekend but I am going with a nice self-contained group – the doves. You don’t go to the south west corner of Saudi Arabia without the hope of seeing African collared dove. Actually they aren’t that common but we picked a couple […]
Semipalmated Plover, North America’s Chidori
Many years ago when I was stationed in Japan I heard a koto musician play a piece called “Chidori,” which means plover in Japanese. The story behind this haunting music is of a Samurai walkinghis guardpost on a castle wall….at dawn he sees a lone plover on the shore and feels a kinship with the […]