This Greater Roadrunner (Geococcyx californianus) was outside the back door a few weeks ago. Nice! Good yard bird, eh? He’s got his pose down pretty nicely, but he can’t beat this photo I got in the spring. Wild Bird Wednesday
The Big Five vs. Birds
Two kinds of people sign up for African safaris. Most, myself included, want to see “The Big Five”–-lion, leopard, rhino, buffalo, and elephant. The other people are the birders. So when my birder father announces he wants to join me on a trip to Botswana I have planned for myself, I clarify, “This is not […]
![[Passarinhando no Brasil] 27-28 / October / 2012. Ibiraci, MG](https://i3.wp.com/focusingonwildlife.com/news/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/Strix-virgata-Ibiraci-27-10-12-IMG_29443.jpg?w=750&resize=750,0&ssl=1 "[Passarinhando no Brasil] 27-28 / October / 2012. Ibiraci, MG")
[Passarinhando no Brasil] 27-28 / October / 2012. Ibiraci, MG
On October 27 and 28, 2012, I travelled with my wife to Ibiraci, MG. It’s the city where her grandmother lives. On the night, I met Douglas Fernando, a friend of mine who knows the region a lot. He took me to a place where I could see and photograph this amazingMottled Owl. On the […]
Wildlife Slaughter in South Dakota
Imagine my amazement this morning to see a Google advertisement inviting me to hunt wildlife in South Dakota – and I live in Switzerland! It seems that South Dakota is being promoted as the ideal tourist destination for wildlife hunting. So I clicked on the advertisement and within a few minutes realized that wildlife hunting […]
Northern Lapwing (Vanellus vanellus)
Thanks to hurricane Sandy, we have had an influx of the Northern Lapwing into North America, with 12 confirmed sightings, in Massachusetts, Maine, New Jersey, Nova Scotia, New York and Newfoundland. An excellent explanation of why this has occurred was explained in the BirdCast site. Here in Massachusetts, the first sightings were on Nantucket Island, […]
A Dragon’s Enemy
A freelance vandal in over his head, a dragon’s enemy drawn to frozen fire – Ichneumon wasp
The Eagles of Maryland
First off, I am sorry for my long absence, business has gone through the roof lately, and there is little time to catch up with all of these projects. Early am November 6th, 2012 my group head south in a rental car to the Conowingo Dam, MD. We travel all night, and arrive at the […]
Bosque del Apache NWR by Don Getty – Part 1
Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge is a premier location for winter birding and bird photography. November and December are the best months. Bosque is located in New Mexico about 95 mile south of Albuquerque. The small community of Socorro, 19 mile north of the Refuge, offers a good variety of hotels and restaurants. When […]