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 […]
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 […]
Lucia and I travelled through the flooded rice fields of La Janda early yesterday morning. She asked me if we could have a couple of hours photography. Although I encourage her and her sister about wildlife, I don’t drag the kids around rubbish tips or sewage farms or to gull roosts but rather respond to […]
There is plenty of spinning, tilting and turning in our vast universe . . . as our world wobbles its way around the sun and our moon waxes and wanes . . . mirroring that center fiery sphere . . . while it sails along its own path marking our monthly ways. Luminosity of a […]
The Lesser Kestrel (Falco naumanni) is closely related to the Common Kestrel (Falco tinnunculus). Their European distribution extends from the Iberian peninsula in the west, through most Mediterranean countries (including some North African countries) and into the Middle East. Their global distribution is greater the further east one travels, extending to northern Mongolia and on […]
Kukupa/Kereru [flowplayer src=’https://focusingonwildlife.com/news/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/pigeon-lead-in.mp4′ width=640 height=480 splashend=show splash=’http://focusingonwildlife.com/news/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/penny56-30.jpg’ autoplay=false] Wood Pigeon “coo”. Normally each call would be maybe 10 seconds apart. I have compressed for convenience. I hear this only occasionally, and generally late summer / autumn. R09_0002 Southern Maori referred to our native pigeon as Kukupa, although the more common “Kereru” of Northern Maori is […]
Rare squacco heron flies in to WWT Welney July 2012. Birders have been gathering at WWT Welney in Norfolk this week to see an extremely rare squacco heron. The reason why it has turned up in the UK is unknown as these birds normally spend the summer in Southern Europe. This record is the second […]
One of nature’s most fascinating creatures is the Hummingbird Clearwing Moth. Native to Cananda and the eastern U.S.A., this insectresembles, and is commonly mistaken for , ahummingbird. At 2.5 inches in length, with a colorful”feathery” body, rapid wingbeats, and feeding on flower blossums during daylight…..it’sname is no surpize! This moth hovers briefly over flowers while […]