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Birds

Talking of woodpeckers…

December 21, 2017 by Dragan 2 Comments

As tree crowns grow thinner, Autumn becomes the true woodpecker season. September in the Balkans started with the usual unruly bunch of Lesser Spotted,...

Birds

Red Warbler

December 16, 2017 by Redgannet 2 Comments

I have had to wait a long time to write this post. Red Warblers, Cardellina rubra, are easy enough to find in their highland...

Birds

The Feast of Stephen

December 15, 2017 by Carrie 1 Comment

It’s Christmas Bird Count season, and if you know Christmas Bird Counts you have probably heard the tale of how Frank Chapman invented this...

Birds

Scanning the skies for Zone-tailed hawks

December 13, 2017 by Tom Brown 1 Comment

Last week I wrote about the interesting hunting habits of our local Harris’s Hawks. Today I will cover another one of Mexico’s Baja Peninsulas...

Birds

The interesting habits of Harris’s Hawks

December 6, 2017 by Tom Brown No Comments

For as long as I have been living here in Mexico, I have truly enjoyed watching the Harris’s Hawks antics. Soaring on the warm...

Birds

What is a Rail?

November 17, 2017 by Carrie 1 Comment

A miserable little pile of secrets… no wait, that’s something else. But rails are commonly paired with the adjective “secretive.” While I’m well-known for...