Eurasian Blackbird (8)Turdus merula IvanM Portugal (Madeira) 📍 Map Date taken: May 28 2012 Details: male, adult It was unusual to me to see a Blackbird (here the island ssp. cabrerae) eating a lizard. I guess that's especially because these lizards (Madeiran Wall Lizard, Lacerta madeirensis) are so common on the island! Date uploaded: Jul 1 2014 Views: 13 Write comments
Berthelot's Pipit (1)Anthus berthelotii IvanM Portugal (Madeira) 📍 Map Date taken: May 28 2012 Berthelot's Pipit is another endemic of the Atlantic Islands (Madeira and Canary Archipelago, plus some more islands in between). It is very common in all open areas. Date uploaded: Jul 1 2014 Views: 10 Write comments
Island Canary (1)Serinus canaria IvanM Portugal (Madeira) 📍 Map Date taken: May 28 2012 Madeira and the Canary Islands are home to the wild form of our pet canaries, the Island Canary. They are very common and widespread throughout he islands, but their song is not as varied as the domesticated form! Date uploaded: Jul 1 2014 Views: 0 Write comments
Cattle Egret (33)Bubulcus ibis IvanM Spain (Andalusia) 📍 Map Date taken: Oct 12 2012 The Coto Doñana is one of the most important wetlands of southern Europe. When we got there, though, the water was almost all gone! Summers are extremely hot in southern Spain and even in October the temperatures are above 30°C, so that by the end of the summer there is no more water in the reservoirs! But some birds still linger around, as did this Cattle Egret. Date uploaded: Jul 1 2014 Views: 6 Write comments
House Sparrow (23)Passer domesticus IvanM Canada (Ontario) 📍 Map Date taken: Dec 1 2012 Some credits for one of the most common birds in the world! Actually, as common as it might be, it is apparently strongly declining over part of its range in Europe, and the reasons for the decline are not well known! Date uploaded: Jul 1 2014 Views: 3 Write comments
Red-tailed Hawk (72)Buteo jamaicensis IvanM Canada (Ontario) 📍 Map Date taken: Nov 24 2012 This hawk stayed perched on a fence and did not bother flying away as we approached it! Date uploaded: Jul 1 2014 Views: 12 Write comments
Dark-eyed Junco (36)Junco hyemalis IvanM Canada (Ontario) 📍 Map Date taken: Nov 17 2012 A common winter visitor to southwestern Ontario, Slate-colored Juncos are always moving around in big flocks, and it is not always easy to get one resting for so long as to take a good picture! Date uploaded: Jul 1 2014 Views: 15 Write comments
Cory's Shearwater (4)Calonectris diomedea IvanM Italy (Sicilia) 📍 Map Date taken: Jul 29 2012 Linosa island hosts the second largest Cory's (ssp. Scopoli's) Shearwater colony in the Mediterranean, with around 10000 pairs. The picture is not so good but shows them during their rafting. Around sunset, the birds gather together just outside the colony an will wait there until the moon goes down. No shearwater attends their nests when the moon is still shining! This is done chiefly to avoid predation. Date uploaded: Jul 1 2014 Views: 5 Write comments
Long-tailed Duck/Oldsquaw (25)Clangula hyemalis IvanM Canada (Ontario) 📍 Map Date taken: Dec 17 2012 Details: male In the winter, Lake Ontario hosts lots of ducks, and especially around Toronto, there are always spots that free of ice. Long-tailed Ducks approach the shores very close then! Date uploaded: Jul 1 2014 Views: 9 Write comments
Ring-billed Gull (32)Larus delawarensis IvanM Canada (Ontario) 📍 Map Date taken: Dec 17 2012 Ubiquitous around the great lakes. This was was taken in Toronto harbour. Date uploaded: Jul 1 2014 Views: 6 Write comments
