While at Los Tarrale Natural Reserve, Guatemala on 9th August 2024, I observed a White-throated Magpie-Jay / Weißkehl-Elsternhäher (Cyanocorax formosus) perching on the back of a ruminating young male White-tailed Deer / Weißwedelhirsch (Odocoileus virginianus). …
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Peregrine Falcon cuts off entire wing in collision with power line
A Peregrine Falcon / Wanderfalke (Falco peregrinus) that I had ringed in Graz, Austria as a chick in 2021 (female SJS/Viktoria), was recovered in the city of Maribor, Slovenia on 16th December 2024 (61 km …
Continue readingStock Dove tries to mate with Collared Dove
On 16th March 2024 Martin Suanjak and me observed an apparent male Stock Dove / Hohltaube (Columba oenas) persistently following and trying to mate with a Eurasian Collard-Dove / Türkentaube (Streptopelia decaocto) at St. Martins …
Continue readingLong-eared Owls breeding in Kestrel nest box
The default nesting location of Long-eared Owl / Waldohreule (Asio otus) are abandoned nests of corvids like Carrion Crow, Hooded Crow or Eurasian Magpie, as well as other large nests (e.g. of Common Buzzard, Grey …
Continue readingAberrant song of Brown-backed Solitaire
While birding with Alfredo Tol Gonzalez on Atitlán volcano, Guatemala on 8th January 2024, he pointed me to a Brown-backed Solitaire / Braunrückenklarino (Myadestes occidentalis) with an aberrant song at about 2250 m altitude. It …
Continue readingChestnut-colored Woodpecker apparently dies stuck to tree
While watching birds at Ixpanpajul, Guatemala on 13th February 2024, a tour participant pointed me to a male Chestnut-colored Woodpecker / Kastanienrückenspecht (Celeus castaneus) on a tree trunk, just a few meters in front of …
Continue readingDifferent appearances of hybrids of Red-crested Pochards x Mallard
Photos of two different hybrids of Red-crested Pochard / Kolbenente (Netta rufina) x Mallard / Stockente (Anas platyrhynchos), taken in the same place (Rheindelta, Austria), 18 years apart in May 2005 and November 2023. This …
Continue readingPutative hybrid Red-crested Pochard x Tufted Duck
Photos of a what I believe to be a female hybrid Red-crested Pochard / Kolbenente (Netta rufina) x Tufted Duck / Reiherente (Aythya fuligula). The bird was associated with a spring flock of Red-crested Pochards …
Continue readingA very pale Hooded Crow
Seewinkel in eastern Austria lies in the area of Hooded Crow / Nebelkrähe (Corvus cornix) – but barely. While Carrion Crows / Rabenkrähen (C. corone) also do occur here, they are vastly outnumbered by Hooded …
Continue readingA Ruff with two leg colors
On 22nd April 2023 I saw this adult male Ruff / Kampfläufer (Calidris puganx) at Racó de l’Olla/Albufera de Valencia, Spain. It shows a different color on each leg. The color appeared not to be …
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