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Three Photos: Purple - 10, 000 Birds
9+ hour, 9+ min ago (56+ words) Purple-rumped Sunbird, Sigiriya area, Sri Lanka Mar 2025 Purple-winged Roller, Tangkoko, North Sulawesi, Jul 2024 Purple-naped Spiderhunter, Tan Phu, Vietnam, Mar 2024 Purple Heron, Fengxian, Shanghai, Jun 2023 Purple Swamphen, Delhi, Apr 2019 Purple Sunbird, Delhi, Apr 2019 Purple-crested Turaco, Mkhuze, South Africa, Nov 2018 Purple Roller,…...
Northeast Brazil " Profile for Birders
3+ day, 9+ hour ago (280+ words) Key Bird Species and Families Best Regions for Birding The dry season in NE Brazil is from August to February. The very best months (and also most busy) are September, October, and November, but December and January will work fine....
Three Photos: Marsh Gold
1+ week, 9+ hour ago (62+ words) Nanhui Jul 2017 Fengxian Jun 2022 Nanhui Jun 2017 Nanhui Aug 2017 Singapore Dec 2015 Nanhui Aug 2018 Nanhui Jul 2017 Singapore Dec 2015 Singapore Dec 2015 Yellow Bittern. Photos by Kai Pflug" Save my name, email, and website in this browser for the next time I comment. See…...
Three Photos: The Long and the Short
2+ week, 9+ hour ago (93+ words) Short-eared Owl, Nanhui, Jan 2017 Short-eared Owl, Nanhui, Jan 2017 Short-eared Owl, Fengxian, Mar 2022 Long-eared Owl, Yancheng, Jan 2016 Long-eared Owl, Yancheng, Jan 2016 Long-eared Owl, Nanhui, Oct 2017 Photos by Kai Pflug Short-eared Owl, Nanhui, Jan 2017 Short-eared Owl, Fengxian, Mar 2022 Long-eared Owl, Yancheng, Jan…...
Three Photos: Broad Appeal
3+ week, 9+ hour ago (105+ words) Banded Broadbill, Java, Oct 2024 Black-and-red Broadbill, Sepilok, Jul 2023 Black-and-yellow Broadbill, Sepilok, Jul 2023 Long-tailed Broadbill, Dilinh, Vietnam, Mar 2024 Silver-breasted Broadbill, Xishuangbanna, Dec 2020 Whitehead's Broadbill, Mount Kinabalu area, Jul 2023 Photos by Kai Pflug Banded Broadbill, Java, Oct 2024 Black-and-red Broadbill, Sepilok, Jul 2023 Black-and-yellow…...
A Flash of Red: Photographing the Vermilion Flycatcher
3+ week, 3+ day ago (385+ words) There are birds you notice. And then there are birds that stop you in your tracks. For me, the Vermilion Flycatcher belongs to the latter category. A sudden flash of red, almost vivid, these beauties seem less like birds but…...
My Case for the Colima Pygmy-Owl
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (203+ words) My friend Jonathan Vargas and I recently had our fourth encounter with the Colima Pygmy-Owl just above the small Michoac'n town of Copuyo. As always, we were surprised to see just how small this owl is, especially compared to our…...
Species Spotlight: Malayan Night Heron
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (337+ words) Looking at the wide distribution range of the Malayan Night Heron, I am surprised I just saw it for the first time in Taiwan, of all places " a few thousand kilometers away from Malaysia. But that is not the only…...
Birding Lodges of the World: Inala Country Accommodation, Australia
2+ mon, 3+ day ago (379+ words) Which bird species do you think is the biggest attraction to visitors of your lodge (please only name one species)? Forty-spotted Pardalote (Pardalotus quadragintus) must be at the top of the list. It's endemic to SE Tasmania, and Inala is…...
Three Photos: Rainbow Bee-eater
2+ mon, 4+ day ago (39+ words) Photos taken by Ian Stewart around Perth in January 2026" Save my name, email, and website in this browser for the next time I comment. See here for info on the writers. Signup and receive notice of new posts!...