Garden Birding II
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Last week I wrote about the birds that fly over my Suffolk garden (in
eastern England), this time it’s the turn of the real garden birds, those
that not on...
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A Sri Lankan blog
Bird and Nature Blogs
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Common Iora Singing - The common iora (Aegithina tiphia horizoptera) -male, foraging on Rambutan tree. singing - mimicking a song of Magpie Robin fly jump
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Field Notes Notebooks – Birds and Trees of North America by Rex Brasher - The Birds and Trees of North America is the latest edition of high-quality notebooks from Field Notes. These perfectly-sized notebooks fit in pockets, da...1 week ago
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Goldfinch in Belgium and Seagull Contraceptives - Goldfinches give us a decent number of recoveries, a fact confirmed recently by ACV6977 one of last year’s young that set off last autumn in search of eter...
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Patch birding in the neighbourhood - eBird Checklist - 20 Oct 2024 - 18 species October 20th, Sunday 730 am Patch birding on an empty plot that has water puddles and scrub overgrowth. Overnig...2 weeks ago
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Rundum Highland, Tenom - 9th - 13th January 2024 Bird survey with the Sabah Birdwatchers Association at Rundum Highland, revealed some of the exciting mixture of species from ...
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Amazing Elephants - On my recent visit to Kruger National Park in South Africa in May 2023, I had the opportunity to visit the northern end of the park. An area less crowde...
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When gardeners wander - 'La famille de voyageurs' by Bruno Catalano How have you been doing, my garden family? It's been years and years, hasn't it? So much has happened in the...
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Blogs continued
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Siberian Stonechat (Saxicola maurus) - A rare vagrant inhabiting open areas like mud flat fringes or sand dunes with scattered bushes or grassy or reedy clumps for vantage points. It perches ...
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Common Kingfisher - Thalangama, Sri Lanka - Common Kingfisher photographed at Thalangama this morning. The bird was far away and I had to crop the image a fair bit. It was pretty quiet from a bi...
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I'm No Dog Hater... - ..but it's the owners who sometimes get on my wick. So I'd arranged to go out with my mate P the other evening. I've known him for years and I suppose I'd...5 years ago
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Those not-so-fab "Mom" days... - Ain't no shame momma. Today was one of those mornings. I woke up to a shrill little "YEAAAAAAAAAKKKKKGURGLE" in my ear. LO (little one) was wedged between...8 years ago
Amila Salgado
- Amila Salgado
- Colombo, Sri Lanka
- I am a naturalist guide specialising in bird watching and wildlife tours. I have keen interests in Theravada Buddhism and Vedic Astrology. I became an ardent Buddhist in October, 2012 after meeting Venerable Waharaka Abhayaratanalanka--who attained the Supreme Bliss of Nibbana in February, 2017. I studied at St. Peter's College, Colombo 4.
18 comments:
yech....these buggers kept popping inside the bathroom...really disguisting...:(
Oh!.. what a great close-up!
Cute face, and I guess this creature is harmless.
brilliant stuff!
Great picture Amila. Veerrry trippy!
Eeks! is the purple background a flower?
Reminds me of Harry Potter and Ron Weasley's face in the enchanted jungle!!
straight out of my nightmares. great pic though.
oooh, nice! those colours are lovely
Dale
http://alpinebirds.blogspot.com
Hi CT,
Obviously you are not a spider fan.
I like your nom de guerre. I bet you are a 12th Man fan.
Hi Tabib,
Thanks! It keeps a low profile and is quite harmless.
Hi Aufidius,
Thanks! Good to hear from another bug enthusiast.
Hi Java,
Thanks! It was quite tiny and was shot at life size.
Hi Flowergirl,
That is the exterior of our house.
Normally this one is found in barks resembling its body colour, but this particular individual has given up its camouflage to find easy prey that get drawn to lights.
Hi Delilah,
Thanks! Nightmares featuring this one would not be too cool, I guess!
Hi Dale,
Thanks! Sorry I didn't see your comment earlier.
Very nice!
Hi Kalu,
Thanks! Good to hear from you!
Scary, I am not a fan of spiders, but this is a fantastic close-up. Have a wonderful week.
Hi Amila...That's one perfect capture, showing all the details of this dreaded little creature! As much as I love wildlife, I confess, I still cringe a little at these guys. I'm imagining your pond is full of dragons by now?!
I know I should be saying,"how cool!" (because it really is) but all that's coming out of my mind is "aaaargh!". I can handle tiny innocuous looking spiders but up close and with those hairy legs ...!
Hi Chriss,
Sorry for the late reply. I took a few more head close ups of this and they look scarier.
Hi Kim,
You are not the only one who do not like spiders - so you are excused! I witnesses two dragonflies emerging yesterday and had quite a time photographing them. I will share them soon.
Hi Sunita,
Thanks for being honest! Spiders make very interesting macro subjetcs and I am afraid you will see aa few more of these in posts to come!
I am sure you are happy that Mumbai Indians have got off to a winning start.
私は、その形状と色に目を瞠りました。
形容し難い美しさです。
心惹かれます。
合掌。
I stared wide-eyed at the shape and a color. .
It is the beauty that it is hard to describe.
I am charmed.
Great shot again Amila - do you know what species it is ? I find the spikes on its behind very interesting - never seen those on a spider before!
Hi Riyazi,
I have no idea what it is - I am awaiting a verdict from an informed source. The same species is in the post above.
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