Gallicissa: August 2012

10,000 Birds

Best Bird of the Weekend (Second of August 2020) - Sliding into mid-August in New York feels like the easing into a Jacuzzi: the heat may be intense to start, but the good times are just getting started. ...
22 hours ago
Catalogue of Organisms

Mooching Off the Relatives - Something I've referred to before but only (I think) in passing is that, among the enormous diversity of bees that inhabit this world, there are a large nu...
1 day ago
Another Bird Blog

Another Day, Another Drama - There was patchy rain around at early doors. When at 0630 the three of us arrived from our respective but different journeys, Andy said he drove through a ...
3 days ago
A DC Birding Blog

Loose Feathers #761 - *Saltmarsh Sparrow / USFWS Photo* Birds and birding news - Like the Sierra Club, the Audubon Society is re-evaluating the life and legacy of its f...
3 days ago
Birdfreak.com

Encounters With the Archdruid by John McPhee - For an environmental book published in the 1970s, Encounters With the Archdruid by John McPhee still is extremely relevant today. Conservationists, prese...
1 week ago
Birders Of Sabah Borneo Island

Rainbow Bee-Eater - 1st August 2020 Brief stop at Tanjung Aru Beach 3 with the gang for the vagrant Rainbow Bee-Eater sighted by Hie and Bong a few days ago. Got it after sc...
1 week ago
Madras Ramblings

The young naturalists of MNS - Chennai’s environment enthusiasts form a new online network - The Hindu The city-based Young Naturalists Network forms an intriguing mix of community-b...
1 week ago
The Brownstone Birding Blog

Non-Resident Parking Just $75! - I took a ride down to the shore hoping to find a particular species of bird at a particular town beach.I found the non-resident parking fee a bit steep a...
1 week ago
The Green Ogre - a green blog from India

Comet watching : Neowise aka C/2020 F3 - Neowise has been lighting up the skies for the past few days. Sandeep Somasekharan rides to the countryside for a glimpse of the celebrity comet The Green ...
3 weeks ago
The Natural Stone

Otmoor RSPB Reserve - After three months without transport in the UK (a lot of it in isolation) it was absolutely wonderful to spend a day in good habitat at this excellent rese...
5 weeks ago
Birds and Nature Photography - by Tabib

Birding during COVID-19 Pandemic - Birding at my backyard is a solo activity , that don't involve large crowd gathering. Friday, 13 Mar 2020, 10:23 PM MYT - Malaysia positive cases = 197 case...
4 months ago
Vickie Henderson Art

Juvenile Hummingbird Behavior - Young hummingbirds leave the nest full of curiousity and uncertainty. They have to figure things out quickly and their innocence is short-lived, but their ...
1 year ago
Hakodate Birding

The Last Post - So this is the end: my last ever post on this blog. My new blog is here After almost exactly 12 years I've decided to wind up this blog. There are vari...
1 year ago
The Urban Gardener

October in the garden - [image: The Urban Gardener | Dendrobium Orchid] Come October and a gardener's mind turns to things colourful and bountiful. My garden is flourishing in a gi...
1 year ago
Kathie's Birds

Waiting for Snow - Tufted Titmouse 2-6-18 On this gray winter's morning I sit here awaiting the next winter storm. We have been in a pattern of snow, warming rain, melt the s...
2 years ago
Of Pies and Birds

Cock of the Blue Rock - Watching a Blue Rock Thrush on 1980s housing estate in the pretty Cotswold town of Stow on the Wold on the 28th December wasn't where I expected to be spen...
3 years ago
Amazing Borneo

Kinabalu Crested Dragon (Hypsicalotes kinabaluensis) - I did not pay much attention to my blog for the longest of time. Neither did I spend much of my time birding. However, I did go to some parts of Indonesia...
3 years ago
Ecobirder

Happy Earthday - [image: Bard Owl Chick] Here is wishing everyone a happy Earth Day on this the 10th anniversary of the Ecobirder blog.
3 years ago
ACBWildlife's Blog

Take Part in The RSPB Big Wild Sleepout! - This month the RSPB are encouraging us all to swap our comfortable homes for nature’s home for a night and discover a secret world of wildlife by taking pa...
4 years ago
Susan Gets Native

A tiny voice - I haven't posted anything here for nearly three years. This blog used to be my daily journal, my far-reaching arms to hold close to my friends. Facebook ...
4 years ago
Earth, Wind & Water

An ending...a continuation...a beginning - I've always hated when blogs I love just stop dead. I find myself wondering what happened to the blogger. Did they die suddenly? were they taken ill or hea...
4 years ago
BirdBlog

Adios muchachos - [image: DSCN2870.JPG]
6 years ago
BirdingGirl

Killdeer Chick in Yellowstone National Park - These were taken at West Thumb Geyser Basis, along the beach. It was really cool to get to watch these little chicks up close and personal. I had never see...
6 years ago
Sri Lanka Birds

World Migratory Bird Day - 11-12 May 2013 - *"Networking for Migratory Birds"* *For more information visit www.worldmigratorybirdday.org*
7 years ago
Off the beaten Track

Photo of the Week (10/03/2012): Safety Stop - For the beginner diver this is one of the most discomfiting times of a dive, the safety stop, 3 minutes at 5 meters with the aim of eliminating microbubbl...
7 years ago
Search and Serendipity

Painted Redstart in Ocean Springs, Mississippi! - On Jan. 5, Nancy Madden found a *Painted Redstart* just east of Ocean Springs, Mississippi, on the Jackson County Christmas Bird Count. The bird has been...
8 years ago
Birding Kuwait

Twitching a rarity - Week 40 - 08 October 2011, Pivot Fields There is nothing worse than getting news of a first and national rarity whilst you are away on a business trip, so...
8 years ago
Peregrine's Bird Blog

A Fabulous Day on the Saltee Islands off Co.Wexford - * Click on any image to see larger file in seperate window * I think the Saltee Islands off the coast of Co.Wexford must be one of Irelands greatest wi...
9 years ago
Gossamer Tapestry

IBCM V - Lake Skinner and the Quino Checkerspot - Wednesday was the final day of the IBCM California workshop. The weather forecast had been marginal, however we woke to a gloriously sunny day as we heade...
9 years ago
Reconciliation Ecology

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Dev Wijewardane Photography

Brown Fishing Owl - Kuamana, Sri Lanka - The Brown Fishing Owl is one of the larger species of owl found in Sri Lanka. We found this owl perched on a branch by the side of the road in the Kum...
2 days ago
Biodiversity of Sri Lanka

බලයා/වල් සිරිතේක්කු[Balaya/Wal Siritekku]Indian Glorybower/Turk's Turban/Tube Flower (Clerodendrum indicum) - An introduced common herb native to South and East Asia. Cultivated, escaped and naturalized along roadsides in the low country.
5 weeks ago
London, Lanka and drums

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...
1 year ago
Good Times

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 ...
4 years ago

Amila Salgado

Amila Suwa: Colombo, Sri Lanka; I am a naturalist guide specializing in bird watching and wildlife tours. I have keen interests in Theravada Buddhism and Vedic Astrology. I became a born-again Buddhist in October, 2012 after listening to bhikku Most Venerable Waharaka Abhayaratanalanka--who attained the Supreme Bliss of Nibbana in February, 2017. I studied at St. Peter's College, Colombo 4.

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