Gallicissa: August 2012

A DC Birding Blog

Loose Feathers #791 - *Common Grackle / Photo by Diana Cosby/USFWS* Birds and birding news - The capture and selling of wild birds for their song is driving many Asian...
11 hours ago
Another Bird Blog

End Of The Road - We're near the end of our Linnet winter. To some, it may seem odd that wintering flocks are breaking up during the cold days of early March, but that's how...
1 day ago
10,000 Birds

Tianmashan, Shanghai in winter - Shanghai is basically a very flat place. The highest elevations here are all buildings, including the second-highest building in the world, the Shanghai ...
1 day ago
Catalogue of Organisms

Tears of a Baby - For many people, the most familiar members of the plant family Urticaceae are the stinging nettles. However, the nettles make up only one part of this cosm...
3 days ago
The Brownstone Birding Blog

Is A Coot A Duck? - The American Coot seen here may look like just another duck to some. If you look at their feet they have long, lobed-shaped toes. Their bill is very smal...
6 days ago
Birders Of Sabah Borneo Island

Digiscoping with Oppo Reno 4 Pro smartphone - 28th December 2020 Got this smartphone a few days ago and decided to test its camera and video function with my beloved Swarovski Optik STX95 on the V...
2 months ago
The Green Ogre - a green blog from India

How looking out of the window saved my sanity – a quarantine birdwatching tale - Burning out during the lockdown looked like a very real possibility for Sandy. Until he began watching birds for a few minutes every day. Over the year, he...
2 months ago
Birds and Nature Photography - by Tabib

Morning Hike - Padang Golf Raub (Semantan Hulu, Pahang ) - Morning Hike Semantan Hulu, Pahang ☁️ Cloudy, 23°C, Feels like 24°C, Humidity 95%, Wind NE 1m/s 9:24 AM on Sunday, December 27, 2020 Lama tak memburung ...
2 months ago
Madras Ramblings

Beach walks - Creamy mallows, and blushing Ipomoeas. Blue skies and a bright sun. The waters glimmer and shimmer. I look hopefully. No dolphins sighted. But hello,...
3 months ago
Vickie Henderson Art

Rose-breasted Grosbeaks, Red-breasted Nuthatches and a Hairy Woodpecker! - Juvenile Rose-breasted Grosbeak watercolor sketch by Vickie Henderson For those of us who love birds and love to watch them, we have a ready-made source o...
4 months ago
Birdfreak.com

American Serengeti: The Last Big Animals of the Great Plains - Dan Flores’s American Serengeti: The Last Big Animals of the Great Plains is a natural history of six iconic animals species. These include bison, prongh...
5 months 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...
2 years 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...
2 years ago
The Natural Stone

Luang Namtha and Nong Khiaw - We'd made our choice and decided to explore the far north of Laos starting with a gruelling 4 hour minivan to Luang Namtha. We had a lot to learn about t...
3 years 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...
3 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 ...
5 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...
5 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...
8 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...
9 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...
9 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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කළුකුරුල්ලා/කළු බිම්සැරියා (Turdus merula) - මීටර් 1000 ට වඩා උස කඳුකරයේ පමණක් හමුවන දේශිය පක්ෂියෙකි. වනාන්තර යටිරෝපනයේ, මනාව තුරු ගොමු සහිත ගෙවතු වල මෙන්ම තේ වතු වලද වැඩිවශයෙන් පොළොව මත කොළ රොඩු ...
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Dev Wijewardane Photography

The Herd - Kala Wewa, Sri Lanka - We watched these elephants having a bath and rolling around at the waterhole for a few hours and they provided us with plenty of photographic opportunit...
3 months 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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