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Short seaside walk in Yesilkoy..

15 Feb 2020 1 minute read 0 comments Etson0x

Hello everyone, writing you from in Istanbul, Turkey. If you live in Istanbul you both lucky&unlucky! Unlucky because the city is too crowded.. Endless traffic.. To many buildings and unfortunately some pollutions in the down towns.. Istanbul is one...

European Starling

5 Jan 2020 1 minute read 0 comments nimediapresentations

European Starlings, an invasive species to the United States, were brought to Central Park in 1890 as an effort to introduce to Central Park every bird mentioned in Shakespeare.  They have settled well here, and are credited with destroying crops fro...

Herring Gull in the air

1 Jan 2020 1 minute read 0 comments nimediapresentations

Herring Gull in the Air, by Nick   This was taken in New York City with my Nikon telephoto lens, at 116 mm. I know, it kind of looks like a hawk.  It is a herring gull, and they are EVERYWHERE in New York these days!  It is a  relatively new phenome...

Life Lessons from an Osprey

27 Oct 2019 1 minute read 1 comment Lloyd Duhon

How osprey catch fish and how it relates to overcoming life challenges. The blue sky provided a stark background for this osprey. Fishing is everything to these birds. They have special claws that rotate, allowing them to grip fish and turn them, so...

Poem: Bird of Passion

6 May 2019 1 minute read 0 comments bhmcintosh

May your passion for love, for life, for discovery, come down upon you from the heavens, carried on wings of light and fire.   -----   Bird of Passion   Where has my bird of passion flown,That bright-plumed creature of desire? Perhaps she flies to He...

The Inca dove (Columbina inca)

27 Apr 2019 1 minute read 1 comment kennbmondo

The Inca dove (Columbina inca) is a small New World dove. It ranges from the southwestern United States and Mexico through Central America to Costa Rica; the Inca dove only lives on the Pacific side of Central America. Despite being named after the I...

One of My Favorite Birds to Photograph, the Cerulean Warbler

26 Mar 2019 1 minute read 3 comments AF3LMike

One of my most favorite birds to photograph but is getting more difficult to find is the Cerulean Warbler. Over the past decades, the population of these birds are decreasing due to habitat loss. These birds are also difficult to find and photograph...

The "Empidonax alnorum" or More Commonly Known as the Alder Flycatcher

25 Mar 2019 1 minute read 0 comments AF3LMike

The Alder Flycatcher is a typical spring and summer bird that migrates north to breed. The Alder Flycatcher is commonly misidentified as a Willow Flycatcher and the Willow Flycatcher is often misidentified as an Alder Flycatcher because they are very...

Harbingers of Spring also Known as The Early Bird

25 Mar 2019 2 minute read 4 comments AF3LMike

Every year, many of us here in North America look for that first sign of Spring with the thoughts of warmer weather and longer days :) :) :) Sure we can get the occassional 70-80F day here in Pennsylvania in January/February but usually 2 or 3 days l...

Kalij Pheasant - Birding / Wildlife

28 Oct 2020 1 minute read 0 comments Zagham Travel

The kalij pheasant is one of the most beautiful pheasants found in forests and thickets. They are especially found in the area of the Himalayan foothills. In Pakistan, they are found in Margalla Hills National park in a large number. It is also cons...