7 May 2019
Laughing Kookaburra (Dacelo novaeguineae)
Kingfishers are known for fishing, but fish is not big on the laughing kookaburras menu. It will sit perched high like a fence post seen here, and wait for…
12 Nov 2018
Black-cheeked Woodpecker (Melanerpes pucherani)
A common and opportunistic bird that gladly eats from human feeding stations during its daily rounds in its range. It sounds like this:
19 Oct 2017
Principe kingfisher (Corythornis cristatus nais)
During my stay on Principe I had a lot of lovely encounters with one of the resident pairs of the endemic Principe kingfisher (Corythornis cristatus nais). If…
5 Dec 2014
Green-barred Woodpecker (Colaptes melanochloros)
This was a brief encounter with a green-barred Woodpecker (Colaptes melanochloros) as I was about to leave SouthWild Pantanal and go to Chapada dos Guimarães -…
27 Nov 2014
Pale-crested Woodpecker (Celeus lugubris)
This was the only encounter with the pale-crested woodpecker (Celeus lugubris) during my stay in Pantanal, and is a female seen a few hours upstrem from Porto…
3 Jul 2014
Vendehals (Jynx torquilla)
Vendehals (Jynx torquilla) med store unger! Det er nå juli og ungene maser veldig og "tyter" ut av redehullet, og det virker som om de kan forlate redet når…
15 Jun 2014
Vendehals (Jynx torquilla)
En dag hørte jeg en sjelden lyd som trigget minner fra da jeg var liten. Kunne det være vendehals (Jynx torquilla)? Det lignet veldig, men lyden kom fra ulike…