Happy Kingsday! Today we celebrate Kingsday in the Netherlands because it's our King's birthday. So I thought I would share this video again of a male king bird-of-paradise (Cicinnurus regius) I recorded at Wisbroek. https://t.co/R9oxWBbzIe
Every year, millions of migratory birds are unlawfully killed as they embark on their epic journeys between their homes in Europe and Africa.
Right now, the European turtle-dove has started its journey back to its breeding grounds.... https://t.co/vTtY2FbZhw
Keep up the good work!! Newsletter from the Begawan Foundation is out! This time;
- Begawan Diary
- Nestbox Maintenance in the Breeding and Release Centre
- Yogyakarta students’ documentary on the... https://t.co/2ueSzFWorf
These 3 pages from “Starlings and Mynas” show the total genus Onychognathus. Onychognathus is a genus of starlings, most of which are found in Africa. All the species are quite similar, and characterised by... https://t.co/O8ufD7DiI1
Coming saturday I will visit this event. For my Dutch followers; Teylers Museum organiseert in samenwerking met Athenaeum Boekhandel Haarlem een reeks middagen vol interviews met auteurs van recent verschenen... https://t.co/jPm0C9sVfC
I did some birding near my house yesterday and saw some nice species. One of them was this male Reed Bunting (Emberiza schoeniclus).
Despite their name, reed buntings will breed in a wide variety of habitats,... https://t.co/hBB540uvPI
I visited this breeding colony of Eurasian spoonbills (Platalea leucorodia) in De Liede, the Netherlands yesterday. They are nesting here since 2004 just next to a highway! Landschap installed some webcams so... https://t.co/cN410ATkqH
We stayed 2 nights on a small camping site in Ostional on the Nicoya Peninsula, Costa Rica. While enjoying my morning coffee on the beach I recorded this Rufous-backed Wren (Campylorhynchus capistratus nicoyae). I... https://t.co/JdDIAzZxWP
Another species I recorded at Playa Matapalo, Costa Rica is the Northern Streaked Flycatcher (Myiodynastes maculatus difficilis).
Streaked Flycatcher is a widespread inhabitant of evergreen and open second... https://t.co/hglQl8hB7N
Good morning! I recorded this male Black-breasted Seedeater (Sporophila ophthalmica hoffmanni) while having a bath at Playa Matapalo, Costa Rica. Enjoy it! https://t.co/nksC1VL1XI
An interview with James Eaton by Lynx. James Eaton is co-founder and guide for Birdtour Asia and co-author of Lynx Edicions guide Birds of the Indonesian Archipelago. https://t.co/UyVvLKvo7k
Birdwatching. As in, you watch birds. It sounds so simple, so one-dimensional. But, as anyone who’s been doing it for a while... https://t.co/0cWeci2rxS
Another hummingbird species I saw during my trip in Costa Rica is the Green-crowned Brilliant (Heliodoxa jacula henryi).
The male green-crowned brilliant is 13 cm long and weighs 9.5 gram. It is mainly... https://t.co/h9JrJlWqSm