You may enlarge any image in this blog by clicking on it. Click again for a detailed view. A few days ago, I posted an image of a male Red-winged Blackbird happily perching amidst a group of females. This is breeding season for these birds and the males are working overtime to attract as many […] …
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F/7.1, 1/200, ISO 125. White-cheeked pintail Why did the student wear eye-glasses in math class? It improved DiVision! Interesting Fact: White-cheeked Pintail: Large, heavily spotted dark and light brown duck with striking white cheek patches, blue bill with bright red base, buff pointed tail. Legs and feet are blue-gray. Feeds on aquatic plants, small invertebrates. […] …
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I’ll start another series of photos tomorrow, but I figured I’d bridge the gap with the latest For the Birds column. The answer to yesterday’s Birding Quiz is at the bottom of this post. … Spring is in the air and it couldn’t have come at a better time with global anxiety sky high and […] …
Foto: Alejandro CartagenaNombre en español: Guardabosque Antioqueño Nombre en inglés: Chestnut-capped Piha Nombre científico: Lipaugus weberi Familia: Cotingidae Canto: Andrew SpencerEl arrierito antioqueño, guardabosques antioqueño o piha antioqueña (Lipaugus weberi), es una especie de ave paseriforme perteneciente al género Lipaugus de la familia Cotingidae. Es endémico de Colombia. Foto: Gerson PeñuelaDistribución y hábitat Se ha …
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Foto: Nick AthanasNombre en español: Zambullidor Plateado Nombre en inglés: Silvery Grebe Nombre científico: Podiceps occipitalis Familia: Podicipedidae Canto: Peter BoesmanEl macá plateado (Podiceps occipitalis), también llamado zampullín blanquillo o blanquillo, es una especie de ave podicipediforme de la familia Podicipedidae habitante de gran parte del Cono Sur sudamericano. Distribución Nidifica en la Argentina, en …
F/11.0, 1/500, ISO 320. Eastern Bluebird Imagine you are in a water tank with a roof. There are no objects in the tank to help you escape. How do you get out? Stop imagining. Interesting Fact: Males vying over territories chase each other at high speed, sometimes grappling with their feet, pulling at feathers with […] …
A day or so after a full moon the tide will be high in the spring. Very high. At Sheringham there are seemingly always a couple of wintering Purple Sandpipers. They love the granite rocks that protect the seafront. More often than not they feed and shelter among them avoiding crashing waves with amazing skill. […] …
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While walking along the beach path at Curl Curl, I spotted a few little birds perched on the cables overhead. I snapped some shots and took them home to consult my bird book. At first I thought the birds were Welcome Swallows, but then I noticed the black band across the bird’s chest. I think […] …
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