Friday, March 11, 2011
Monday, March 07, 2011
A hoot!
Every now and then you see something you realise you have never seen before. Tonight, on my cycle home in the dusk, for the first time in my life, I saw a Tawny Owl hooting.
Year list surge
It has been a very slow start to the year, with respect to my local year-listing around Peterborough. The exceptions during January and February were three scarce species I kept bumping into: Mealy Redpoll (more than 60 at two sites), Pink-footed Goose (nearly 100 at two sites) and Waxwing (hundreds at various sites).
However, since the beginning of March, my list has taken a significant leap forward. I have, in the last week, added:
Mediterranean Gull, an adult,
Mandarin,
Crossbill,
Bittern (one twitched another heard booming),
Bearded Tit,
Lesser Spotted Woodpecker,
Water Pipit, and
Avocet, three twitched at Ferry Meadows CP
I have also added Bewick's Swan to our garden list (and BIGBY) and Mealy Redpoll to my BIGBY list, after finding a (very tame) pair near our house while playing with a rugby ball with Jas and Ed.
I will update further at the traditional time of the end of the month to see how this year's list compares with the last three years'.
However, since the beginning of March, my list has taken a significant leap forward. I have, in the last week, added:
Mediterranean Gull, an adult,
Mandarin,
Crossbill,
Bittern (one twitched another heard booming),
Bearded Tit,
Lesser Spotted Woodpecker,
Water Pipit, and
Avocet, three twitched at Ferry Meadows CP
I have also added Bewick's Swan to our garden list (and BIGBY) and Mealy Redpoll to my BIGBY list, after finding a (very tame) pair near our house while playing with a rugby ball with Jas and Ed.
I will update further at the traditional time of the end of the month to see how this year's list compares with the last three years'.
Sunday, March 06, 2011
Monday, February 28, 2011
Thursday, February 17, 2011
Wednesday, February 16, 2011
Thursday, February 10, 2011
Texas LRGV Part 17. Ones that got away...
Great Southern White
Texas Brown Tarantula, crawling down to my foot then coming to get you!
Rozzi the dolphin-spotting dog, showing off his ears!
Raccoon prints, Estero Llano Grande
Southern Dogface (I think)
Pied-billed Grebe
Long-billed Thrasher, Santa Ana NWR
Laughing Gull, Estero Llano Grande
Black-bellied (ie Grey) Plover, Estero Llano Grande
Golden-fronted Woodpecker, Santa Ana NWR
Edinburg Wetlands egret roost
Clapper Rail, Estero Llano Grande
Saturday, February 05, 2011
Friday, February 04, 2011
Battle of Edinburg
Snowy Egret and Neotropic (I think) Cormorant have a territorial disagreement, while a Cattle Egret looks on in the roost at Edinburg Scenic Wetland Trails.
Thursday, February 03, 2011
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