A one-of-a-kind Ibis-like creature with a hammerhead.
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Willets, in North Carolina
A 22 image gallery.
Continue readingYellowish Flycatcher, in Costa Rica
A beautiful passerine that boldly lives up to its name.
Continue readingYellow-billed Chough, in the Julian Alps
A gallery and introduction to this common and beloved Alpine corvid.
Continue readingHooded Crow, in Slovenia
I recently returned from a week in Slovenia where Hooded Crow were by far the most visible early winter avian residents – the perfect opportunity to kick off the site’s Corvus cornix gallery.
Continue readingBlack-tailed Godwit, in Portugal
Godwit is from the Old English for ‘good creature’; its Latin name, Limosa limosa, means ‘muddy, muddy’. Both work for this sensational creature.
Continue readingGreater Flamingos of October – Tagus and Rhone River Estuaries
I crossed paths with more than a thousand Greater Flamingos in October. That’s not an exaggeration. Although this one, at top, would have been enough to get my fill. Those eyes and bill are mesmerising.
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