Each spring, hundreds of thousands of shorebirds stop to rest and feed along the Washington Coast and in the Grays Harbor estuary during their migration northward. Coming from as far south as Argentina, these Arctic-bound shorebirds are among the world’s greatest migrants. Some birds travel over 15,000 miles round trip! The concentration of birds during […] …
Autillo Gorgiblanco/White-throated Screech-Owl/Megascops albogularis — Un ave por día (716 especies hoy)
Nombre en español: Autillo Gorgiblanco Nombre en ingles: White-throated Screech-Owl Nombre científico: Megascops albogularis Familia: Strigidae Foto: Nick Athanas Canto: Peter Boesman El autillo gorgiblanco o autillo de garganta blanca (Megascops albogularis)2 es una especie de ave estrigiforme de la familia Strigidae nativa de los Andes en Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Perú y Venezuela. Es la …
Photo Capture # 55 – Limpkin — H.J. Ruiz – Avian101
Limpkin © HJ Ruiz – Avian101 via Photo Capture # 55 – Limpkin — H.J. Ruiz - Avian101
Photo Capture # 54 – Red-winged Blackbird — H.J. Ruiz – Avian101
Red-winged Blackbird (M) © HJ Ruiz – Avian101 via Photo Capture # 54 – Red-winged Blackbird — H.J. Ruiz - Avian101
Coqueta Coronada/Spangled Coquette/Lophornis stictolophus — Un ave por día (701 especies hoy)
Nombre en español: Coqueta Coronada Nombre en ingles: Spangled Coquette Nombre científico: Lophornis stictolophus Familia: Trochilidae Foto: Nick Athanas Canto: Jerome Fischer La coqueta coronada (Lophornis stictolophus)3 es una especie de ave apodiforme de la familia Trochilidae, que se encuentra en Colombia, Ecuador, Perú y Venezuela. Hábitat Bosque caducifolio, matorrales, rastrojos y áreas arboladas semiáridas, …
Movement — This, that and the other thing
for One Word Sunday via Movement — This, that and the other thing
Photo Capture # 52 – Purple Martins — H.J. Ruiz – Avian101
Purple Martins F & M © HJ Ruiz – Avian101 via Photo Capture # 52 – Purple Martins — H.J. Ruiz - Avian101
Roadrunner Fun Facts — SANTA MONICA BAY AUDUBON SOCIETY BLOG
This is about real roadrunners, not that erstwhile new roadrunner species I wrote about some years back. From the Desert Sun, written by James W. Cornett of Desert Magazine: “Why do Roadrunners disappear from the desert each winter. This ecologist has a guess.” It addresses questions like: How many kinds of roadrunners are there? Can […] …
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All eyes on deck — nature has no boss
As usual the Great Horned Owl chicks spotted us before we spotted them this spring afternoon a year or two ago. Tucked neatly into an old broken cottonwood tree one chick up and one tucked neatly inside with only an eye peeking through. The Owls may have paired up already and soon the eggs will […] …
Rainbow Bee Eaters at the Old Quarry — Chris Spiker Fine Art & Photography
via Rainbow Bee Eaters at the Old Quarry — Chris Spiker Fine Art & Photography
The Northern Herper 
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