Sunday 6 March 2011

Little Bee-eater/ Merops pusillus

 Wildearth TV, SA



Fulmars/Fulmarus glacialis

 Scottish Seabird Centre, 




Gannet's foot

 Scottish Seabird Centre, 





Gannets back at the islands ...

 Scottish Seabird Centre, 






Shag / Phalacrocorax aristotelis

 Scottish Seabird Centre, 


Shag is sitting  at nest ..










Herring Gull/Larus argentatus

Scottish Seabird Centre, 
The birds return to the steep rocky islands in Scotland ...Spring is coming in the Northen hemisphere !!!




Zebra

Africam, Elephant plains cam, 











Eagle Owl /Bubo bubo

 Vogelbescherming Nederland, 


Rolling the eggs and removing a stone ...













Mallard/ Anas platyrhychos/ Πρσινοκέφαλη Πάπια

 Vogelbescherming Nederland, 


...But when I checked the Kingfisher cam ...I saw another resident of the area ...!!!! A mallard !!!





European Kingfisher/Alcedo Atthis- Αλκυόνη

 Vogelbescherming Nederland, 


I couldn't resist to take a couple of snapshots from the video clip showing the kingfisher checking the nest  yesterday ...You can find the video clip here http://www.beleefdelente.nl/ijsvogel



Stock Dove /Columba oenas-Φασοπερίστερο

 Vogelbescherming Nederland, 
The Stock Dove was checking the Owls' nest again ...I'm afraid we will see again fiercefull battles between them for the domination of the nest



Little Owl/ Athene noctua

Vogelbescherming Nederland, 


There is a very interesting video clip on the site, with a male calling for a female yesterday late in evening ..I hope we will see soon a pair in the nest !!!
You can find the clip here ...http://www.beleefdelente.nl/steenuil

The pics are from the video clip







Winter is coming ...in Antarctica ...

Station Gars O' Higgins-Antarctica