Category Archives: Birding
A Magnificent Hummingbird
Just as the most famous sultan of the Ottoman empire, Suleiman the Magnificent, was known by different names according to region, the formerly named Magnificent Hummingbird is called Rivoli to the north of a boundary between Nicaragua and Costa Rica … Continue reading
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Rewilding South Georgia
There’s something about being island-born that calls you back, even if delivered there by accident (instead of London). Gazing from a mainland shore, if I see an island I feel drawn to visit and savor the mystery. It is Avalon … Continue reading
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Tagged Ernest Shackleton, Grytviken, Rewilding, South Georgia, Whales
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Northern Jacana
The Northern Jacana is a pheasant-sized waterbird with long toes for walking on lily-pads. Found in Mexico and occasionally in Texas, there are other species in the tropics in the New and Old World. Females are larger than males, a … Continue reading
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Great Curassow
This is a species I may never see in the wild but grateful for this wonderful image of two female Great Curassows in the jungle of Costa Rica. It introduced me to a whole new family, including cracids and guans, … Continue reading
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Green Ibis
Virginia has recorded three species of ibises (surely not ‘ibi’), but never a Green Ibis as far as I know. Inge photographed this one in Costa Rica, close to the northern limit of a huge range across South America. So, … Continue reading
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Roger musing about Peace with Nature 