February 2011

Another New Storm-Petrel Discovered

A new species of seabird has been found. A five-person multi-national expedition led by British seabird expert Peter Harrison, captured 12 of the mystery storm-petrels at sea near Puerto Montt, Chile on February 18, 19, and 21, and can now confirm the existence of a new species.

Oh my! Myiarchus identification problems

Identification Quiz. What Myiarchus Flycatcher is this? There are 22 species of Myiarchus Tyrant-Flycatchers. In many places they present no problems in identifying as only or two species occur. However, […]

Featured Bird Blogger of the Week

Howdee all, Did you know that spring is coming to North America? I know some of you in the north think this is false..but its true..before you know it the […]

Hummingbird spy

How cool is this? A miniature flying camera that looks like a hummingbird. Like a gadget sampled from a James Bond movie.  Imagine Q handing over this little bird to […]

Featured Bird Blogger of the Week

Howdee all, Wow…Wow..did i say Wow?…I am extremely impressed by this next Bird Blogger, I know you will be too. So without further adieu, I give you… ~Featured Bird Blogger […]

Northern Shoveler – New species for Peru

Pete Morris, guide from Birdquest, made a fantastic discovery in Lima in mid Janaury. When birding Ventanilla marshes – conveniently north of Lima and easily accessible from the airport without […]

Frigates on North Seymour

What, more photos from the Galapagos? Well, in an 8-day tour in a place so loaded with photogenic subjects, there’s much to share. I’ve actually whittled down these blogs to […]

Checkin out the digs

Howdee all, A little ditty I posted on my blog last year…hope you enjoy… While visiting Pee Dee NWR, I had fun watching this Bluebird couple flying around this tractor….perching […]

A Taiwan Taster . . . .

I visited Taiwan in September 2010 for 9 days on behalf of the Taiwanese Tourist Board – I was not to be disappointed. Taiwan or ‘Ilha Formosa’ means the ‘beautiful […]

Boobies on Tower

Since you probably know that a booby is a bird in the genus Sula, it might help to point out that Tower is a small desert island in the far […]

Spain, the EL50 and me

My life has recently been dominated by the launch of the new Swarovski EL50 Swarovision binoculars and all the million small details that need to be taken care of. This […]

Make The Spring Alive

With the help of social media news are spreading like hell. While Facebook and Twitter made revolution in Egypt these platforms support bird conservation as well. Having a large enough […]

Featured Bird Blogger of the Week

Dawn Fine presents this weeks birdblogger: Laura Kammermeier – writer for ABA blog and birding magazines, freelance writer and new media consultant, she specializes in nature, travel, and birding, and is an accomplished online content strategist and web producer.

Location Matters

The idea of “green energy” is popular today, as it should be.  It makes sense for us to find ways to produce power in non-polluting ways, from renewable sources, to […]