Say’s Phoebe — Sonoran Images

You may enlarge any image in this blog by clicking on it. Click again for a detailed view. A couple of days ago I photographed a bird sitting on an exposed branch. At the time I knew that my subject was some sort of flycatcher but I was unsure of a more positive identification. It […] …

Tapaculo de Perija/Perija Tapaculo/Scytalopus perijanus — The Bird of Day #922

Nombre en español: Tapaculo de Perija Nombre en ingles: Perija Tapaculo Nombre científico: Scytalopus perijanus Familia: Rhinocryptidae Foto: Hernán Arias Canto: Jerome Fischer El tapaculo de Perijá (Scytalopus perijanus) es una especie de ave paseriforme perteneciente al numeroso género Scytalopus de la familia Rhinocryptidae. Es endémico de la Sierra de Perijá, en Colombia y Venezuela. …

Bird population decline fodder II — Birds of New England.com

Here are some more graphics from the recently released bird population study that showed a decline of 2.9 billion birds, or 29 percent, in North American over the last 50 years. Here’s my recent article on it. The study’s accompanying website is 3billionbirds.org #BringBirdsBack via Bird population decline fodder II — Birds of New England.com

Cockatoos: Quirky Sorts With an Anarchic Streak — Professional Moron

https://www.youtube.com/embed/5UUjJysUMTw?version=3&rel=1&fs=1&autohide=2&showsearch=0&showinfo=1&iv_load_policy=1&wmode=transparent Okay, we decided to cancel our previous post after House of Heart’s post about birds. As we’ve really wanted to do a post about the cockatoo. Thusly, we scrawled this all out over the last 20 minutes. Over the last few months we’ve become rather fascinated by their intelligent, if weird, behaviour. So let’s …

Return of Bird of the Week: Vermillion Tanager — Wickersham’s Conscience

Not to be confused with the similarly colored but unrelated Vermillion Flycatcher, the Vermillion Tanager is a bird of the eastern slopes of the Andes. It’s another canopy species; this is another photo from a steep hillside, looking at downslope treetops. Yes, the shot was photobombed by a Golden-naped Tanager, but that’s a pretty good […] …

Greater Roadrunner On A Wooden Post — Sonoran Images

You may enlarge any image in this blog by clicking on it. Click again for a detailed view. I’ve described my drives through rural Arizona’s farmlands as hours of boredom punctuated by a few seconds of adrenaline rush. The roads that I traverse regularly are flat, monotonous, and often, choking with dust. Sometimes I’ll drive […] …

Pals of a feather # 1 — H.J. Ruiz – Avian101

Starting TODAY I will post “Pals of a feather” on Wednesdays and Fridays. The posts are not for individual birds per se, instead it will depict groups of birds which could be of the same species or mixed. I want the readers to see how the birds share in Nature and their behavior in conjunction […] …