Redshank catching flying insects
Some photos of a special Common Redshank / Rotschenkel (Tringa totanus), catching flying insects by jumping in the air. This individual was ringed in September 2015 in Comacchio, Italy and returned to Seewinkel to breed …
Continue reading„Brown“ Black-winged Stilt in Bulgaria
While volunteering at the Poda Nature Conservation Centre near Burgas/Bulgaria in summer 2008, an aberrant Black-winged Stilt / Stelzenläufer (Himantopus himantopus) was among the most striking birds around. According to the nomenclature of van Grouw, …
Continue readingJack Snipes forage at night
I’ve not seen too many Jack Snipes / Zwergschnepfen (Lymnocryptes minimutus) in my life and I guess that most observers haven’t had a lot of sightings either. A main reason for this is the species‘ …
Continue readingThree Rufous-naped Wrens building one nest together
Rufous-naped Wren / Rotnacken-Zaunkönig (Campylorhynchus rufinucha) is a cooperatively breeding species. In El Paredón (Escuintla, Guatemla) I saw three individuals building one nest together in a palm tree on 6 March 2020. Unfortunately I wasn’t …
Continue readingDifferent nest type of Spot-breasted Oriole
While at Finca La Gracia (Escuintla, Guatemala), I was showed a nest (two side by side actually) of Spot-breasted Orioles / Tropfentrupiale (Icterus pectoralis) that were constructed unusually low under a hanging flower pot right …
Continue readingAerial display of Black Hawk-Eagle
While watching raptors over Los Tarrales (Suchitepéquez, Guatemala) in January 2020, I got these record shots of the striking flight display of an adult Black Hawk-Eagle / Schwarzer Haubenadler (Spizaetus tyrannus). The (male?) bird was …
Continue reading27 species of birds foraging in one Avocado tree
Between 25 January and 11 March 2020, I mini-surveyed a tall Avocado tree in a backyard on the outskirts of Antigua (Sacatepéquez, Guatemala). In the morning hours, this tree attracted a (to my eyes) exceptional …
Continue readingAge-related differences in iris color in Band-backed Wren
Band-backed Wren / Tigerzaunkönig (Campylorhynchus zonatus) is a large wren distributed from Mexico to Ecuador where it also frequents high altitudes up to 3000 m. It breeds cooperatively, which means that breeding pairs get help …
Continue readingNest-building Plumbeous Kites
While on a visit at Finca La Gracia on Guatemala’s Pacific slope, I had the chance to watch the starting nest-building of a pair of Plumbeous Kites / Schwebeweih (Ictinia plumbea), a small raptor of …
Continue readingBlack-winged Stilts overwinter successfully in Austria for the first time
The first attempt of Black-winged Stilt / Stelzenläufer to overwinter in Austria.
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