Gallicissa: August 2012

10,000 Birds

Where Are You Birding This Fourth Weekend of June 2018? - Remember how much fun migration was? Say goodbye to that kind of excitement now that summer (or winter for the...
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A DC Birding Blog

Loose Feathers #652 - *Red-headed Woodpecker / Photo by Jim Hudgins/USFWS*Birds and birding news - A study using recordings of 615 Swamp Sparrows found that the species m...
1 hour ago
Catalogue of Organisms

Morion - Morion monilicornis*, copyright Charles Schurch Lewallen.* Just a quick one today. This is a typical member of *Morion*, a genus currently recognised as i...
11 hours ago
Hakodate Birding

Some more KPs - The Kentish Plovers were still watching over their young on Monday.................... They were difficult to get close to and very active. They occa...
1 day ago
Another Bird Blog

Underground And Overground. - We’ve had a few dreary mornings and I’d waited days for a bright, clear morning to drive into the hills with camera at the ready. Tuesday looked promising ...
3 days ago
Madras Ramblings

The stately Chir pines at Sitlakhet - Pinus longifolia also called Pinus roxburghiiI could not get enough of this lower Himalayan pine. And since it is named after the Scottish botanist Willi...
3 days ago
Birds and Nature Photography - by Tabib

Temerloh Mosque view from Lotus Lake - Not birding for a long time. Here are the Temerloh Mosque pictures, that I photographed with hand-phone during recent Hari Raya I saw a common garden birds;...
4 days ago
The Brownstone Birding Blog

Failure Presents Opportunity Says Green Heron - I was on my way to doing a little weed whacking when I realized that I had forgotten the battery pack and would have to go back to drive 10 miles back to ...
4 days ago
Birdfreak.com

Birds and Beans Triple Certified Coffee - Coffee and birding go together like bacon and more bacon. Birds and Beans Coffee is the only brand of coffee that solely sells organic, shade-grown, and ...
1 month ago
The Green Ogre - a green blog from India

Mangalajodi – birds and serenity in a winter wetland - Mangalajodi in Odisha is not just a winter birding hotspot. To the passionate birder, this is a place of pilgrimage. Besides the opportunity to watch a num...
2 months ago
Birders Of Sabah Borneo Island

Birding With Jim - 23-26th February 2018 Jim was with me in 2013 for the montane endemics at Kinabalu. After a few years, he decided to try the lowland specialty such as Pi...
3 months ago
The Urban Gardener

Choices for a gardener - [image: The Urban Gardener] So what's new in your garden this year? Is that a bit late in the day to ask, actually? Well, never mind. I've always gone by t...
4 months 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...
4 months ago
The Natural Stone

7 weeks in Costa Blanca - In March 2017 we decided we would like to give up regular work. To do this we would need to rent out the house to provide an income and live somewhere chea...
5 months ago
Vickie Henderson Art

Hummingbirds and Hurricanes - Ruby-throated Hummingbird male. This morning I helped trap hummingbirds for banding at Seven Islands State Birding Park in east Tennessee where local Ruby...
9 months 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...
10 months 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...
11 months 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.
1 year 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...
1 year 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 ...
2 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...
2 years ago
BirdBlog

Adios muchachos - [image: DSCN2870.JPG]
3 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...
4 years ago
Sri Lanka Birds

World Migratory Bird Day - 11-12 May 2013 - *"Networking for Migratory Birds"* *For more information visit www.worldmigratorybirdday.org*
5 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...
5 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...
6 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...
6 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...
6 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...
7 years ago
Reconciliation Ecology

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Biodiversity of Sri Lanka

කිරිල්ල/ඔලුපැලිය[Kirilla/Olupeliya] (Glochidion stellatum) - An endemic shrub or small tree of wet primary and secondary forests and open hill side scrublands of medium altitudes.
4 months 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 ...
2 years ago
London, Lanka and drums

Happy Birthday Kottu! - Rumour has it that Kottu is 10 years old. I say "rumour" because no one is exactly sure on this, but it's about 10 years old. Sometime around now. Never ...
3 years ago
Dev Wijewardane Photography

Dark Bar-sided Skink - Sydney, Australia - [image: A photograph of a Dark bar-sided Skink taken in Sydney, Australia] *Dark bar-sided Skink - Sydney, Australia* Firstly, sorry for the prolonged abse...
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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