The Eurasian Sparrowhawk is a common northern latitude raptor, ranging from western Europe all the way across to Japan. In winter, birds in my area are ones that have migrated south from Hokkaido and further north. Indeed, many birds pass through my region in the autumn migration period to wintering grounds in southern China. Often, […]
Sandhill Cranes – Nebraska Style
Birders and photographers know Bosque del Apache as the place to go for sandhill cranes. What many do not know is that each spring, approximately 500,000 sandhill cranes use a tiny 60 mile stretch of the Platte River in south-central Nebraska to feed and rest during their annual spring migration. Although I’ll be making my […]
A Daisy’s Sorcery
Unsure of her next move, a slave to a daisy’s sorcery, lost in the underworld’s intoxicating atmosphere. Eastern black carpenter ant – Camponotus pennsylvanicus
Gorillas Win vs. Poachers
Young gorillas are taking conservation matters into their own hands. Our human efforts of trying to save African animals from snares, poachers, poisonous bait, habitat destruction… the list is long… most of the time seems like a battle we can not win. But this year was different. This year there was a win for wildlife […]
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 […]