Where the Var River meets the Mediterranean. This month: Whimbrels, Squacco Herons, Stilts and more.
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Eastern Warbling Vireo, in Ohio
A leisurely stare-off in a Cleveland suburban park.
Continue readingA House Sparrow, With Leucism
Or is it albinism?
Continue readingLausanne Birding: 90 Minutes at Ouchy Port
Red-crested Pochards, Great Crested Grebes, a pair of Eurasian Coots, Carrion Crows, a Greater Cormorant, Yellow legged Gulls and a Mute Swan on the Lake Geneva shore line.
Continue readingWhite-Necked Jacobin, in Ecuador
A pair of hummingbirds in Mindo.
Continue readingHamerkop, in Western Uganda
A one-of-a-kind Ibis-like creature with a hammerhead.
Continue readingHippos in the Kazinga Channel
You looking at me?
Continue readingMy 25 Best Bird Photos of 2025
My favorite bird photographs from the past year, captured in France, Portugal, Italy and Slovenia.
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 readingA Hyrax Family Portrait – Boulders Beach, South Africa
Meet a clan of Hyraxes, smallish and thick rodent-like animals I spent about 20 minutes observing as they lurked among shrubs and climbed over rocks at Boulders Beach, a public beach area and nature preserve near Cape Town.
Continue readingStrolling With Penguins on Martillo Island – 29 Photos
Visit to an island colony that’s a seasonal home for more than 3,000 pairs of mating Magellanic Penguins.
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