Another New Storm-Petrel Discovered

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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 . . . .

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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.