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Faces of the World: Barbados
A gaggle of schoolkids.
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Birds of United Kingdom
Bye bye birdies.
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Storks!
A phalanx of storks.
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Brilliant Heather and Rugged Cliffs
My favorite spot in Wales was a nature reserve in its northwest corner, Ynys Lawd South Stack. Green rolling hills covered with brilliant heather mixed in with rocky cliffs dropping off into the sea. The cliffs are home to thousands of sea birds, including murres (below), guillemots, puffins, and razorbills. Puffins breed here mostly in […]
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Swift Tower
Not related to Taylor.
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Birds of the Canary Islands
Of the 28 birds I was able to photograph, half were lifers for me.
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Project Canary
And what a beautiful sight they were.
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Chasing Canaries In The Canaries
I am not leaving the Canary Islands until I spot a canary.
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Hummingbird Heaven
Getting buzz-bombed by hummers.
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Birding Bonanza
Known for its elaborate breeding displays, which include head-bobbing, bill-snapping, grunting, and squeaking.
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All Birds, All Day
The next 4 days are going to be a birding marathon.
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Galapagos Birding
Lucky for me, my target bird, the blue-footed booby, was on almost every island.
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Equatorial Penguins
It’s always a good day when I see my favorite bird.
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In Search of the Vermilion Flycatcher
Locals refer to them as “bien viaje” birds, which translates to “good travel.”
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An Epic Fail
If the ship wasn’t already moving, I would have been tempted to disembark on the spot.
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Birds of South America
100 new birds for my life list.
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Andean Condor
A magnificent Andean Condor spreads its wings.
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Penguin Party
4 species seen, 3 more to go
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Find Penguins
Thousands of Magellanic Penguins, doing their daily march across a rocky beach to the water.
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Antarctic Flyers
I’ve been snapping lots of pictures of birds. These are two of my favorites. Two Black-browed Albatrosses glide in perfect synchrony over Antarctic waters. Photo taken from my cabin balcony. From a distance, some of us mistook this colony of Imperial Cormorants for penguins, until we saw them flying off (penguins don’t fly).
3 Years Around the World