Scruffy Channel-billed Cuckoo — Birds in Sydney

Are you often woken up in the early hours of the summer morning by a hoarse hooting noise? It sounds like giants boasting about a joke they’ve played on the world. The call puts the Kookaburras to shame, in terms of melody (lack thereof) and loudness (excess thereof). That noise is made by the Channel-billed […] …

Golondrina Pectoral/White-banded Swallow/Atticora fasciata — One Bird Per Day/Un Ave Por Día #1.008

Nombre en español: Golondrina Pectoral Nombre en ingles: White-banded Swallow Nombre científico: Atticora fasciata Familia: Hirundinidae La golondrina fajiblanca (Atticora fasciata) es una especie de ave paseriforme de la familia Hirundinidae propia de América del Sur. Se encuentra en Bolivia, Brasil, Colombia, Ecuador, Guayana Francesa, Guyana, Perú, Surinam y Venezuela. Su hábitat son las zonas …

Blue-Gray Tanager, Olive-chinned Parakeet, Black-cheeked Woodpecker — Three More Common Costa Rican Species — Sonoran Images

You may enlarge any image in this blog by clicking on it. Click again for a detailed view. There seems to be no end to the species that I photographed in Costa Rica. I’m a bit worried that I’m turning this blog into a Costa Rican wildlife blog. However, I’m captivated by Costa Rica’s myriad […] …

Squirrel Challenges in my Tawny Box! — www.wildlifekate.co.uk

https://www.youtube.com/embed/4drOVi4s3YQ?version=3&rel=1&fs=1&autohide=2&showsearch=0&showinfo=1&iv_load_policy=1&wmode=transparent This year’s tawny box at Yew View has been a real challenge this year! We had great success in this box early this year and I was keen to get it even better for next year’s nesting season. I have installed new camera angles and spent a lot of time very high up the …

Guam Rail back after 40 years of extinction in the wild — SANTA MONICA BAY AUDUBON SOCIETY BLOG

From the CNN article: Almost four decades after completely disappearing from the wild, a bird that had survived only in captivity now roams freely on two tropical islands.The Guam rail’s native home is a remote, 212-square-mile island in the Pacific Ocean, half way between Australia and Japan. Read the entire article, with photos, maps and […] …