You may enlarge any image in this blog by clicking on it. Click again for a detailed view. When I go out in the field to photograph birds I often follow a route that I’ve traversed many times in the past. The farmlands northwest of Tucson are criss-crossed with dozens of miles of dirt roads …
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Nombre en español: Lora Festiva Nombre en ingles: Festive Parrot Nombre científico: Amazona festiva Familia: Psittacidae Foto: Carlos Martinez/Nick Athanas/Jaime Andres Herrera Canto: Peter Boesman La amazona de lomo rojo (Amazona festiva) es una especie de cotorra ampliamente distribuida por América del Sur. Puebla las selvas de Brasil (donde se le llama papa-cacau), Perú, Colombia, …
F/5.6, 1/500, ISO 200. Mallard Female Why do barbers make good drivers? They know all the shortcuts. Interesting Fact: During egg-laying phase, she lines the nest with grasses, leaves, and twigs from nearby. She also pulls tall vegetation over to conceal herself and her nest. After incubation begins, she plucks down feathers from her breast […] …
A Clark’s Nutcracker enjoying an early fall day along the Lewis River Channel in Yellowstone National Park. via Clark’s Nutcracker — nature has no boss
You may enlarge any image in this blog by clicking on it. Click again for a detailed view. The annual fall migration of Swainson’s Hawks is upon is. For the next few weeks these big buteos will be passing through southern Arizona as they migrate to their winter residences on the pampas of Argentina, thousands […] …
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https://www.youtube.com/embed/VDOoeii3Hvo?version=3&rel=1&fs=1&autohide=2&showsearch=0&showinfo=1&iv_load_policy=1&wmode=transparent We are going to do a little side-step today and play with something a tad bit different. This may not be about horses, wild or domestic, but it is about the love of God’s wild creatures and that is what my wife, Terry, is all about. Terry is both a certified Master Gardner and …
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I think Pionus parrots have the most beautifully expressive eyes, so bright and full of inquisitiveness and mischief. Then there's the headless parrot of Otter Lake pose... Halloween is coming after all 🙂
A group of Sulphur-crested Cockatoos gathered on the mud amidst the mangrove stalks at Bobbin Head: It’s the first time I’ve been to Bobbin Head. I started with the Mangrove Boardwalk and also walked part of the Gibberagong Track, which follows on from the boardwalk. This is the sign at the start of the Mangrove […] …
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A few days ago, Ed and I went up I-26 N, to the Goose Creek/Hanahan exit to see some rare visitors to SC…two Limpkin. A Limpkin is a large wading bird, that on a quick look can look like a juvenile White Ibis or a giant rail. They are rarely seen outside of the tropical […] …
F/5.6, 1/1000, ISO 200. Wild Turkeys Chicks What did the mama turkey say to her naughty son? If your papa could see you now, he’d turn over in his gravy! Interesting Fact: Male Wild Turkeys provide no parental care. Newly hatched chicks follow the female, who feeds them for a few days until they learn […] …
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The Northern Herper 
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