Originally posted on Hermanus Bird Club:
? Barbara advises as follows: “Good Afternoon Gentlemen (this is addressed to John Saunders and me) I know I am being a pain, but I do not understand your reluctance to inform the HBC’s members about the weekly webinars offered by BLSA, especially as you encourage them to join BLSA. Since April 14th they have had interesting talks every Tuesday… Continue reading BirdLife SA’s Webinars
Originally posted on Hermanus Bird Club:
? The answers to 3 and 4 are Montagu’s Harrier and Grey Sunbird. Well done to those who got them right! Today’s ‘bits’ are as follows; Continue reading Bits and Pieces – Birds 5 and 6
Originally posted on Hermanus Bird Club:
? Having received some more late entries, here now is the final Challenge Update. I know I am beginning to sound like a politician, but I have to include everybody I can. I hope that you are all enjoying the new Challenge for Level 4. It certainly gives more opportunity to see some extra birds. If anyone has results… Continue reading Lockdown Challenge – This Really is the Last Update!
Originally posted on Wildlifewatcher's Blog:
Great Egret and Cormorants Great Egrets, Snowy Egrets, Tri-colored Herons, Canada Geese, and Double-crested Cormorants, are here this Winter at many of our ponds and lakes in The Villages, FL. Most of these birds are now in the beginning of their breeding season and the egrets will be developing long billowing plumage with which to attract their potential mate.… Continue reading Egrets, Cormorants, Canada Geese and Tri-colored Heron
Originally posted on Wildlifewatcher's Blog:
? Hen Bufflehead Duck ? Seldom seen ducks such as Pintails, Blue Winged Teal, and a lone Bufflehead (my favorite duck), were here in The Villages, FL, on December 26, 2019 in the Northern areas of the community (Souliere Villas ponds and Lopez Legacy Golf Driving Range pond). Other ducks such as Whistlers were seen at Lake Mira-mar and… Continue reading Ducks & Ten Years!
Originally posted on Wildlifewatcher's Blog:
Great Blue Herons are now in their breeding finery. I photographed one such heron on 12/26/19 at a natural pond area on the Nancy Lopez Legacy Golf Course, in The Villages, FL, along the multi-modal path down the middle of the course. What a lovely bird! By the way, I have mentioned it before quite a while ago, but… Continue reading A Handsome Heron!
Originally posted on Wildlifewatcher's Blog:
White Pelicans are annual Winter visitors here in The Villages. In the more Northern areas of The Villages, these big white and black birds with pinkish orange bills, are found on the golf course driving range pond at the Nancy Lopez Legacy Golf Course near the multi-modal path in the center of the course, and at Freedom Pointe Lakes.… Continue reading Winter White Pelicans
Originally posted on Our Fine Feathered Friends:
Photo by Bryan Stevens • A Black-bellied Whistling Duck (foreground) and a Fulvous Whistling Duck (background) share space within an aviary at Brookgreen Gardens in South Carolina. In the face of Covid-19, I’ve had to forego my usual spring trip to coastal South Carolina for 2020. I usually head to Fripp Island or Pawleys Island. When my destination… Continue reading Missing the Low Country during the days of the pandemic
Originally posted on Our Fine Feathered Friends:
Photo by Anne and Saturnino Miranda/Pixabay.com • The Cuban emerald is a species of hummingbird found in a wide range of semi-open habitats in Cuba, as well as the Isle of Pines and the western Bahamas. Numbering 330 species, the world’s hummingbirds dazzle humans with their incredibly diverse plumages. Experts estimate that there are 330 species of hummingbirds,… Continue reading Returning ruby-throats, like the rest of world’s hummingbirds, never fail to dazzle
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