Gallicissa: August 2012

10,000 Birds

Fun with Fish Crows - Over the last couple of weeks Fish Crows have flooded back into New York City, early harbingers of spring, and... The post Fun with Fish Crows appeared f...
16 hours ago
Catalogue of Organisms

Flies on Stilts - Flies deserve a much better rep than they're usually given. They are animals of grace and poise that step lightly through the world. And perhaps few flies ...
17 hours ago
The Brownstone Birding Blog

Eagles and Ducks On Connecticut River - I can start to sense Spring Coming along the Connecticut River. New birds like Killdeer and Osprey are starting to show up. I continue to keep my eye an ey...
1 day ago
A DC Birding Blog

Loose Feathers #689 - *Pine Grosbeak / USFWS Photo*Birds and birding news - All of the Whooping Cranes at the USGS Patuxent Wildlife Research Center have now been transfe...
3 days ago
The Green Ogre - a green blog from India

Tender, funny, macabre – three wild tales from a weekend in the Anthropocene - A rabbit-eating tortoise. An ungrateful parakeet. An orphaned baby bat. Three weird, funny and moving tales from the animal kingdom as it knocks heads with...
5 days ago
Another Bird Blog

Wren - Up here on the Lancashire coast March lived up to that old adage of “In like a lion, out like a lamb”. At the moment the Atlantic Jet Stream sits over us l...
1 week ago
Madras Ramblings

Meet the littles - Meet the littles - Chennai - The Hindu Prince Frederick Pint-sized birds make the most of a boggy patch that is fast drying up A thing of beauty. Lit...
2 weeks ago
Birders Of Sabah Borneo Island

Birding with Anders Family - 21-25th February 2019 Short family trip to Sabah with a combo of birds, mammals and a bit of island escapade at Mabul by Anders. We started the trip at Mt...
2 weeks ago
Birdfreak.com

AllTrails – Crowdsourced Hiking Trails for Your Next Adventure - AllTrails is a website/app that features mapped hiking trails created through the power of crowdsourcing. This review is in no way affiliated with AllTrail...
3 weeks ago
Birds and Nature Photography - by Tabib

Testing Canon EOS 5D Mark IV with EF400mm f/5.6 USM + Tamron SP 1.4x teleconverter - Testing telephoto lens EF400mm f/5.6 L USM + Tamron SP 1.4x white teleconverter at my backyard. I removed the tape that cover the 2 pins (that I used in 50D...
5 weeks ago
The Natural Stone

Spectacled Langurs - Next stop on our SE Asian tour was Pran Buri. This is a bustling town near Hua Hin on the western seaboard of Thailand and not usually on any traveller's l...
1 month ago
Hakodate Birding

The Last Post - So this is the end: my last ever post on this blog. After almost exactly 12 years I've decided to wind up this blog. There are various reasons for doin...
2 months 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...
4 months ago
Vickie Henderson Art

Common Grackles Dining on Acorns - If you happen to be outside when a flock of grackles arrives, you may want to take shelter! It may rain acorns! When mature acorns are abundant in early au...
6 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...
1 year 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...
1 year 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...
1 year 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...
2 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 ...
3 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...
3 years ago
BirdBlog

Adios muchachos - [image: DSCN2870.JPG]
4 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...
6 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...
7 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...
7 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...
7 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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London, Lanka and drums

Pick Me - You know those niggling desires you have in nether regions of your mind? Those thoughts that pop up now and again until you put them to bed by doing the t...
1 day ago
Biodiversity of Sri Lanka

පෝරු කෑදැත්තා/පොරෝ කෑදැත්තා[Poru Keadetta/Poro Keadetta]Malabar Pied Hornbill (Anthracoceros coronatus) - Common breeding resident of forests and such wooded areas from dry lowlands to lower hills.Usually seen as pairs to large flocks on tall trees along rive...
2 days 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
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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