Gallicissa: August 2012

10,000 Birds

Birdlife at the Shaw River - Due to the fact that we live near the coast in Broome we often choose to head inland to a river or an ephemeral wetland whenever we can to go birdwatchin...
7 hours ago
Catalogue of Organisms

Sweet Moulds - For reasons that shouldn't be too hard to work out, much of microbial diversity has only been identified within the last few decades. In 1985, researchers ...
9 hours ago
Madras Ramblings

From Mandaveli to Mahabalipuram: How the ashy woodswallow receded from urban spaces - The Hindu - I now need to discover "Newsletter for Birdwatchers" that is quoted here, along with Santharam of Rishi Valley. I have seen these birds in the Kalakshetr...
11 hours ago
Another Bird Blog

Martin And More - Information arrived from French ringers of ring number 8998514 we caught at Cockerham on 5 June 2021. https://anotherbirdblog.blogspot.com/2021/06/a-frenc...
1 day ago
The Brownstone Birding Blog

Not Every Black Bird Is A Blackbird - I was out in the Durham Meadows the other day and came across this female blackbird that had a mouthful of food. She is a blackbird but not a black bird....
6 days 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 ...
1 week 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. ...
5 weeks ago
Birders Of Sabah Borneo Island

8th May 2021 Global Birding - 8th May 2021 Joined the #globalbirding yesterday and started from home around 6 AM and saw around 10 birds such as Eurasian Tree Sparrow, Common Iora,...
1 month 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 ...
1 month ago
Birds and Nature Photography - by Tabib

Birding in Malacca mudflat - Shorebirds, waders - My first time photographing the shorebirds. Shooting with a short a 400mm lens very far from the hotel room, so pictures are not sharp and big enough for p...
2 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...
8 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.
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...
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...
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...
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...
10 years ago
Reconciliation Ecology

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Birding Holland
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Biodiversity of Sri Lanka

කොන්ඩ කුරුල්ලා (Pycnonotus cafer) - ගෙවතු, වගා බිම්, බඩවැටි වල මෙන්ම වනාන්තර මායිම් වලද දිවයින පුරාම පාහේ හමුවන සුලභ දේශිය පක්ෂියෙකි. නමුත් වනාන්තර අභ්‍යන්තරයේ හමු නොවේ. ජෝඩු වශයෙන් හෝ ඇතැම...
5 days ago
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...
7 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 ...
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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