I have been very lucky of late to have the opportunity of capturing a pileated woodpecker family at their nest. The nest was in a barren tree trunk void of branches and only about 20 feet high. On top of that the photo viewing was clear of trees. The light at times was not terrific, […]
Less than 40 years ago the Pacific gray whale was considered to be on the verge of extinction…and so it was. After years of commercial hunting numbers had been reduced to a level where it was feared that the population was so low that they could not recover. However, within the last five years this […]
My choice for the most beautiful butterfly in Southern Asia is the MalayLacewing (Cethosia biblis). A member of the Nymphalidae family with it’s origin thought to be in the Philippines, this lacewing prefers Passifloria species (passion flower) for feeding.
Not strictly UAE news admittedly, however I have to blog about this place. I have visited twice now whilst visiting Stunmy brother in South Australia. Flanking the Island is the Coorong National Park I have absolutely fallen in love with the place – it is one of the most beautiful wetlands I have ever visited. […]
During the winter months I miss seeing large flocks of American White Pelicans (Pelecanus erythrorhynchos) soaring in the thermals, in the past few weeks I have been delighted to see them again. It is hard to explain to a person who has never seen American White Pelicans circling on the thermals how amazing it is […]
Still pulling these out from my Anahuac cache from a couple months ago…I’ve got nothing to report right now, so stare instead at the birds, will you please? And while you do that, listen to this sweet tune from Caribou, one of my favorites. It’s called Pelican Narrows, how appropriate. Jill Wussow Photography
Ile aux Aigrettes is a tiny coral island 800 metres off the south-east coast of Mauritius near the small town of Mahebourg and has been declared a nature conservation site (1965) run by the Mauritian Wildlife Foundation since 1987. The island is 26 hectares in size and is made of coralline limestone partially overlain by […]
The world’s 28 Ibis species form the bulk of the family Threskiornithidae (Ibises and Spoonbills), and comprise an interesting group of long-legged, long-beaked, wetland, grassland and forest species. Some are on the brink of extinction (for example Crested, Sao Tome and Giant Ibis), yet others have taken to the modified human world and adapted to […]