En esta entrada comparto mis mejores fotografías de los registros de este recién llegado a la Ciudad de Posadas el cual fijó residencia en la Reserva del Arroyo Itá; las fotografías se obtuvieron en horas de la mañana de los días 20 de Marzo y 10 de Abril pasados dentro del predio de la reserva. […]
Results of the Best Photo of the Week Ended 23 May 2015
We are delighted to announce the results of our latest photo competition. Kath Langbridge wins First Place for her brilliant composition “He Who Dares!”. Don DesJardin wins Second Place for his outstanding portrait “Allen’s Hummingbird”. Third Place goes to Howard Cheek for “Tender Leaves”. See detailed results below: (click on thumbnails for full scale view). […]
Emirates Airlines Bans Hunting Trophies of Lions, Rhinos
The world’s biggest international carrier joins South African Airways in banning transport of trophies of exotic wildlife such as elephants and rhinos. Emirates Airlines will stop carrying hunting trophies of elephants, rhinos, lions, or tigers on its planes, the company announced this week. The decision is meant as a step “to eliminate illegal trade and […]
All in the eyes
The eyes have it, they say. A picture is worth a thousand words, they say. Whoever they are, they said it. On our recent short visit to Singita in the Sabi Sand Game Reserve in South Africa, we were fortunate to spend some quality time with an old male leopard called the “Camp Pan Male”. […]
Poll: Should Rhinos be Hunted to Support Conservation
Despite fierce and widespread criticism, numerous petitions, a lawsuit and even death threats, controversial Texas hunter Corey Knowlton’s mission to hunt down a black rhino in Namibia has been fulfilled. Accompanied by a CNN camera crew and two government trackers, and armed with a high-powered rifle, Knowlton shot and killed an old rhino bull in […]
Yabirú (Jabiru) Jabiru mycteria
Regresando hacia la Ruta nac. 12 desde el último tramo del camino en la UC. Cambyretá un grupo de Yabirúes nos regaló uno de los mejores momentos de la tarde del primero de Mayo. Caminando sin asustarse ante nuestro acercamiento aprovechamos la corta distancia que había entre el camino y estos gigantes del Iberá y […]
Eastern quolls, extinct on mainland, to be reintroduced in NSW national park
Eastern quolls are set to be released on the Australian mainland, 50 years after they were wiped out by a combination of habitat loss and the spread of foxes and feral cats. The quolls, which once spread from the southern reaches of South Australia up to Brisbane, have not been seen on the Australian mainland […]
Parakeets
I stopped by Green-Wood Cemetery in Brooklyn this week to visit the locally famous parakeets. This group flew over and landed by me, sat and squawked for a while, and then flew deeper into the cemetery. Monk parakeets have been around Brooklyn for about forty years; the colony at Green-Wood is one of the largest […]