When Time Flies — Life on Tiree

Our visiting friends arrived on Tuesday’s ferry. It is hard to think that it is Saturday already! This week the days have just flown by. And today we said our goodbyes. Tuesday’s ferry is a later crossing arriving at Tiree at 18:50. By the time we ate and conversed the evening had gone. There was […] …

Chestnut-Backed Chickadee — nature has no boss

Hearing the Chickadees calling in the trees above our heads we expected to look up and see either a black-capped or mountain chickadee as we had seen them earlier this day. However to our surprise we we greeted by this little Chestnut-Backed Chickadee looking down at us and hunting insects just above our heads. The […] …

Playero Pectoral/Pectoral Sandpiper/Calidris melanotos — Birds Colombia: 820 especies hoy

Nombre en español: Playero Pectoral Nombre en ingles: Pectoral Sandpiper Nombre científico: Calidris melanotos Familia: Scolopacidae Foto: Diego Rivera/Felipe Vargas Canto: Andrew Spencer El correlimos pectoral (Calidris melanotos) es una especie de ave limícola de la familia Scolopacidae. Es de tamaño mediano, más grande que la mayoría de las especies del género. Es claramente visible …