Van de week nog een maal naar het Naardermeer geweest om daar de Aalscholverkolonie te kunnen fotograferen. Wilde nu echter ook wat meer van onderweg meenemen. Zoals in een van mijn vorige blogs reeds gemeld is deze voormalige bijna vuilstortplaats van Amsterdam rond 1906 gered door Jac. P. Thijsse die er gelukkig wel heil in […]
The Scarce Black-backed Woodpecker Drumming
Black-backed Woodpecker (Picoides arcticus) Male photos by Larry Jordan I arrived at Lassen Volcanic National Park around 7:00 a.m. It was a cool 48 degrees. I had taken the short drive to the park to search for a family of American Dippers sighted near the visitor center by a fellow birder a few days before. […]
Best Photo of the Week Ended 07 Jul 2012
We are pleased to present the winners of our most recent “Best Photo of the Week” Competition. First Prize goes to Raymond Barlow for “Cheetah, Second Prize to Rick Lieder for “Millipede” and the Third Prize to Marc Johnson for “Parrots and Swifts” (see images below with links to the original articles). The voting for […]
Creatures Great and Small – Red Rock Lakes National Wildlife Refuge
There are many mammals to see at Red Rock Lakes National Wildlife Refuge in Montana, I haven’t seen them all yet but I hope to one day. On this last trip I saw Moose, Elk, Skunks, Ground Squirrels, Chipmunks, Foxes, White-tailed and Mule Deer, Yellow-bellied Marmots, and Pronghorns.
Shearwaters, Petrels, Large Whales and other Cetaceans
I had a lovely day out on Saturday with a group of friends in a charter yacht on The Strait. The outing had been organised by Alexandra Farrell and we all met up at Tarifa’s port and boarded our vessel the Aroha Rahi for the day and met the skipper Pepe Fernandez. Calm waters meant […]
Tracing a Fireball
A blazing aeronaut traces a fireball through my garden as the sun dazzles her wings. • Honey bee | Apis mellifera
Three and a half months with a young American Oystercatcher
In 2008 I had the great pleasure of observing and photographing a family of American Oystercatchers from the day after the chicks hatched until three and a half months later. It is difficult to explain how amazing it feels to witness the growth of the chicks over a long period of time, I can tell […]
Birding in Ontario by Glenn Bartley Part I
Greetings everyone!At the end of May I headed back to Ontario for a little bit of family time. Of course I brought my camera along to try to pick off a few targets. My parents moved out to eastern Ontario from Toronto a few years back and there are lots of good birds around the […]