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.
Continue readingPale Rock Martins Nesting On Pure Salt in Iran
In one of the salt caves of Qeshm island, Iran, Martin Suanjak and me found Pale Rock Martins / Steinschwalben (Ptyonoprogne obsoleta) nesting on pure salt. At least one pair was building a nest on …
Continue readingPeregrine Falcon hunting Kingfisher
This Peregrine falcon / Wanderfalke (Falco peregrinus) was hunting from a power pylon which was standing in a reservoir in Ptuj/Slovenia. Instead of the many available ducks, the falcon was going after Common kingfishers / …
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