Passeriformes – Paridae – Très communes en France et surtout dans le sud où j’habite, Je trouve qu’elles sont les plus jolies des mésanges du jardin. Elles sont drôles et ne manquent pas de culot! Quite common in the South of France, I believe they are still the prettiest of all in the garden and […]
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Bosque del Apache NWR by Don Getty – Part 3
Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge is a premier location for winter birding and bird photography. November and December are the best months. Bosque is located in New Mexico about 95 mile south of Albuquerque. The small community of Socorro, 19 mile north of the Refuge, offers a good variety of hotels and restaurants. When […]
Wind Surfers
A pair of songbirds cut loose from winter’s touch, surfing a cool backyard wind. • Sparrow | Passer domesticus
Ferruginous Duck – Aythya nyroca
The Ferruginous Duck (Aythya nyroca) is a duck from Eurasia. It is a medium-sized diving duck. Their habitat: marshes and lakes with a metre or more water depth. They breed in southern and eastern Europe and southern and western Asia. They are often migrating in the winter and fly to the south and into north […]
Emotional Fireworks
Emotional fireworks scatter like confetti, an airborne argument between petty criminals. Sparrow – Passer domesticus
The Wind’s Secrets
A songbird’s wings carry the wind’s secrets, protractors measuring the sun’s passage. Sparrow | Passer domesticus