Tag: Goldcrest
Goldcrests and firecrests flicker with energy
Rich, green, moss covers the ground and the feet of the tall, dark, Norway spruces. Bright yellow beams of sunlight start to spread between the trunks. The thin, high-pitched, calls and songs of goldcrests trickle down from the canopy above. One hovers and feeds among the branches near my head, completely ignoring my presence. I […]
Mega’s, Vagrants and Rarities in Kuwait
It has been quite some time since my last post. Following a low depression in Arabia in late November that brought more than above average rainfall at this time of the year to the Region, some great birds were recorded in Kuwait. The one species was a vagrant and a 1st for Kuwait that has […]
Kungsfågeln
Bilder på en liten snabb fågel, kungsfågeln far oftast omkring uppe i granarna för att jag små spindlar för föda.
Wintering Birds of Lake Kawahara
Lake Kawahara is a small lake by the sea in Nagasaki prefecture, Japan. It is not far from Kabashima, one of the best places for spring and autumn migrants. Lake Kawahara is particularly attractive to thrushes and starlings, but smaller passerines also winter here as there is plenty of shelter for them in the forests […]
Yellow-bellied Tit | Periparus venustulus
This small tit is supposedly endemic to China, however it has been recorded at least four time in Japan. This one has taken up winter residence at Kasuga Park, Fukuoka, and has attracted birders from all over the country. It is very small and also very agile and active – it never sits still! I […]