Western Kingbird, Displaying Its Crest (Just A Bit) — Sonoran Images

You may enlarge any image in this blog by clicking on it. Click again for a detailed view. Recently, I made some images of a Western Kingbird sitting on a wire fence in Sonoita’s grasslands. I was pleased with the images: the lighting is nice and the bird posed prettily for me. It was […]Western Kingbird, …

Photography of Birds – Set # 102 — H.J. Ruiz – Avian101

Set # 102 Willet Ruddy turnstones engage in a variety of behaviours to locate and capture prey. These behaviors can be placed into six general categories: Routing — The turnstone manipulates piles of seaweed through flicking, bulldozing, and pecking to expose small crustaceans or gastropod molluscs hidden underneath. Turning stones — As suggested by its […]Photography …

Tigers on the rise: New sightings in Thailand forest for the first time in four years — Life & Soul Magazine

Tigers have been spotted in an area of a forest in Western Thailand for the first time in four years, according to conservation group Panthera. Camera traps have captured footage of three male tigers roaming at night, including at one point peering directly into one of the camera traps. There are estimated to be about […]Tigers …

Cacatúa Ninfa/Cockatiel/Nymphicus hollandicus — One Bird Per Day/Un Ave Por Día #1.228

Foto: Nick AthanasNombre en español: Cacatúa Ninfa Nombre en inglés: Cockatiel Nombre científico: Nymphicus hollandicus Familia: Psittaculidae Canto: Frank LambertLa cacatúa ninfa, cocotilla o carolina (Nymphicus hollandicus)​ es una especie de ave psitaciforme de la familia de las cacatúas (Cacatuidae) y única especie del género Nymphicus. Es una especie endémica de Australia y una de …

What a difference a week makes! — Scottish pollinators

This month I had two visits to Taynish NNR within the space of a week and they couldn’t have been more different, writes Caroline Anderson. The first visit, on the 4th of July followed a period of torrential rain and pretty well everything was taking its cue from this moth: However, there were lots of […]What …