Fotogalleri

Titel: Sub-adult individual - still got blue eyes

Beskrivelse: ID among other things due to steep forehead, rounded head and general size

Titel: Sleeping my day away....

Beskrivelse: The juvenile Frogmouth is able to leave the nest and fly around already when ½ size of a grown bird. Here the birds are roosting close to a public path - in the open and 2 m above the ground. Most birds have a colour more grey than tawny. Nice meeting !

Titel: Dad and todler in a garden next to the lowland rainforest

Beskrivelse: The male takes care of eggs and chicks for almost a year. The female can reach 65 kg almost 20 kg more than the taller Emu. In 5 days in the Mission Beach area we met 5 to 6 different individuals - 3 to 4 at this location. The two other birds were one in the forest and one crossing the highway just in front of our car.

Titel: One out of 3 this afternoon

Beskrivelse: Mission Beach is a relatively quiet holiday area, but north of it is Garners Beach - no body there (at least not this day). Very good conditions for this bird.

Titel: Here feeding on seeds

Titel: My place....

Titel: Family of 4

Beskrivelse: Here two adult birds, and one of two juvenile birds. Waiting in the shade for the night to come.... 38 + Celsius

Titel: Smallest Cuckoo in the world (size of a House Sparrow)

Beskrivelse: Lakeside tree; male ID'ed by red eyering. Could be an interbreed between the two ssp russatus and barnardi (under-tail coloring seems a mix). Some books claims the ssp russatus to be a full species: Gould's Bronze-cuckoo.

Beskrivelse: Overgrown garden in the outskirts of the small holiday village. Tawny morph. Brown morph birds are always females.

Titel: Juvenile in the meadow close to the beach. The flower is Echium vulgare (Viper’s bugloss / Slangehoved)

Titel: Juvenile in the meadow close to the beach.

Titel: Rain on the golf course - the Partridge is puffing up

Beskrivelse: An individual probably belonging to the 'rescue breeding-project' going on for app. 25 years. With some succes - in 2024 app 300 birds and 25-30 breeding pairs. Often seen searching for food at golf courses in the area.

Beskrivelse: Fuglen var desværre tavs. Både Iberisk Gransanger og Gransanger forekommer her i marts måned. Tvivlen går på om der er gult 'nok' mellem øje og næb til, at det kunne være Iberisk Gransanger? + evt. andre kendetegn jeg ikke er opmærksom på. Tak for sparring til KMO.

Beskrivelse: Tvivl om dette er Iberisk Gransanger eller Gransanger. Fuglen var tavs. Se tekst til andet billede af samme fugl. I øvrigt tydeligt, at projektion af håndsvingfjer kun er ca 50% af 'tertiær-længden' (ift Løvsanger - hvor længden er 'ens')

Titel: The Mockingbird clearly and persistant didn't like the Caracara to stay in this area

Beskrivelse: The Caracara is most likely a sub-adult bird soon in it's 2. year (brownish, but with yellow legs, - not pale). Left wing was somehow injured, not folded normally along the body - but it seemed alright and was flying and searching for food in a normal rutine.

Titel: From the shore-reservation just opposite Galveston. A free and frequent ferry brings you from Galveston to the Bolivar peninsula (expect waiting-time in weekends etc.) Great birding on a windy day. !!