Gallicissa: August 2012

10,000 Birds

Birding Mengbishan, Sichuan, China - Mengbishan is about five hours away from Balangshan by car, on a road that is partly excellent, partly horrible. The horrible essentially meaning half-an...
1 day ago
Catalogue of Organisms

Lilies of Blood - The flora of southern Africa is renowned for being remarkably diverse and, in many cases, remarkably eye-catching. The region is home to more than its fair...
2 days ago
Another Bird Blog

Signed Off - That’s it for a while. When I finished at Cockerham today I packed the ringing gear away for a couple of weeks because Sue and I are off to Greece. There w...
4 days ago
Madras Ramblings

Urban Wilderness Walk - Thiruvanmyur - 29th August '21 In July this year, MNS launched a project called Urban Wilderness Walks, an internship for college students, with the goal of creating mo...
5 days ago
The Brownstone Birding Blog

Not Sure Where To Look Next? - Fall migration has begun in the northern hemisphere and the weather is becoming more pleasant. The next thing to decide is where do I look for birds. I g...
6 days ago
Birders Of Sabah Borneo Island

Sunda Scops Owl (Otus lempiji) - 22nd August 2021 Unexpected visitor landed at the backyard after was informed by my mum. It causes some excitement during this lockdown especially to ...
3 weeks ago
Birds and Nature Photography - by Tabib

Morning Walk - Movement Control Order 3.0 - Saya setiap pagi berjalan kaki atau berjogging di sekitar taman perumahan dan di Taman Maju Indah. Di hujung taman ini terdapat satu kawasan semak bersebel...
2 months ago
The Green Ogre - a green blog from India

The trees are dead! Long live the forest! - Dead trees are vital habitats for nourishing life. Then why do we have a problem with them? The Green Ogre - Nature's layers unraveled To read more, visit ...
3 months ago
Vickie Henderson Art

Seventeen-year Cicadas: Watching a Nymph Transform - Seventeen-year Periodic Cicadas have been emerging slowly and silently in my east Tennessee yard for the past week. No drumming music to attract mates. ...
4 months ago
A DC Birding Blog

Loose Feathers #800 - *White-crowned Sparrow / Photo by Tom Koerner/USFWS* Birds and birding news - Tomorrow is NJ Audubon's World Series of Birding, a big day tournament ...
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...
11 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...
4 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...
4 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.
4 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...
5 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]
7 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...
7 years ago
Sri Lanka Birds

World Migratory Bird Day - 11-12 May 2013 - *"Networking for Migratory Birds"* *For more information visit www.worldmigratorybirdday.org*
8 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...
10 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...
10 years ago
Reconciliation Ecology

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Dev Wijewardane Photography

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...
4 weeks ago
Biodiversity of Sri Lanka

කළුකිච්චා (Saxicoloides fulicatus) - වියලි කලාපයේ වියලි විවෘත ප්‍රදේශ වල සුලභව හමුවන, තෙත් කලාපයේ දුර්ලභව ඇතැම් විශේෂිත ප්‍රදේශ වල පමණක් කඳුකරයේ මධ්‍යම ප්‍රදේශය දක්වා පාහේ හමුවන දේශිය පක්ෂි...
2 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...
2 years 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 ...
5 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.

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