November 2010

New noise sensors could cut owl road deaths in Norfolk

In an article from BBC News it shows that large numbers of Barn Owls and other predators attracted to road kills are likely to be killed by traffic. Sensors that react to headlights and emit a noise that deflects wildlife away from the road are being installed.

Ivory Gull in California.

Sensational finding at Pismo Beach in Central California on Thursday November 4. Mike Stensvold writes on Christopher Taylor’s Photography – Bird | Wildlife | Nature: It was on the beach just […]

Reservoir Cats interview

Stochastic Reseervoir Cats interview For the first time ever, Reservoir Cats Interviewed! on 10000birds by Charlie Moores. There are hints about their ID – and the interview is quite entertaining […]

A city as a birding hotspot

Geese  over Tata, Hungary While I’ve been with an urge to explore  new and exotic birding destinations, I live in a city of an annually repeated birding spectacle. It is […]

Rising From The Caves

During the last week of October 2010, an intense low-pressure system moved from west to east across the mid-latitudes of North America.  Local weather forecasters wondered whether it would become […]

Oh no! Reservoir Cats No More!

This can’t be. Reservoir Cats stops on the height of its 13 months of existence. The funniest birding blog – all categories. I have been checking my RSS feed on […]

Bird mimics steal Meerkats’ food

Fork-tailed drongos use deceptive mimicked alarm calls to steal food A very interesting report from BBC- Earth about how Fork-tailed Drongos Dicrurus adsimilis make alarm calls of other species to […]

A date with a ‘Horny Man’

One of the most enjoyable ‘groups’ of birds to photograph & get to grips with during a good Autumn on Fair Isle are the various Redpoll sub-species which can arrive on the Island […]

Sira Tanager. Does it really exist?

Sira Mountains, Peru – revisited! I have just come back from my third trip to the wilderness area of Cerros de Sira not far from Pucallpa. Sira has a familiar […]

Cape May Yellow-rumped Madness

I realize I’m running the risk of being typecast here, but I’m featuring Yellow-rumped Warbler video for the second week in a row here. Remember the hyperbolic little joke I […]

Twitchers: A Very British Obsession!

TV documentary show the extremes in UK birdwatching Yesterday (Nov 1)  on prime time UK Television there was a documentary about Twitching. (thanks Tom McKinney for the thumbs up about […]

Galapagos Frigatebird – a new split

But how shall you ID Galapagos Frigatebird when out of range? In a recent paper from Proceedings of the RSPB, Hailer et al present convincing genetic data (although hard to […]

Hummer Madness in Tucson

Watch your head in this hummer-filled yard! The yard here on N Vine Avenue in Tucson has been a hazard zone the past week with dozens of hummingbirds whizzing back […]