Southern Bavaria in December
Updated: 2023-12-30 00:00:00
Home Contact About Birding Birds From the Archives Reviews Trips Home Contact About Birding Birds From the Archives Reviews Trips Birding Southern Bavaria in December December 30, 2023 by Luca No Comments I was very glad to be able to spend the week of Christmas and the new year at the Tegernsee , a small lake in southern Bavaria , together with my family and my girlfriend . Although a few unexpected hick-ups occurred , such as significant travel delays which have become the norm when using Germany’s trains and positive Covid tests that prevented some family members from joining , it was refreshing to spend some time somewhere else , particularly in a scenic and relaxing environment like the . Tegernsee While I did take advantage of the comfort inside , we did regularly venture outside and
, Home Contact About Birding Birds From the Archives Reviews Trips Home Contact About Birding Birds From the Archives Reviews Trips Birding I’m Birding in the Rain , Just Birding in the Rain December 29, 2023 by Paul Lewis No Comments As I mentioned last week , the world seems to have turned upside down lately , at least here in central Mexico . After a devastatingly dry summer our rainy season now we are having a surprisingly wet winter our dry season On Tuesday my closest birding buddies , and , of late , my regular companions , wanted to go down to Paso Ancho . This town is a thousand meters three thousand feet lower than Morelia , and in our state’s Tierra Caliente Hot Country . It is also in the rain shadow between the Sierra Madre Occidental and the Transvolcanic Range . That means
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Home Contact About Birding Birds From the Archives Reviews Trips Home Contact About Birding Birds From the Archives Reviews Trips Trips Lisbon’s Lezirias in Winter December 23, 2023 by Peter 2 Comments The Tagus estuary Estuà rio do Tejo is a very important stop-over on the E ast Atlantic Flyway The birding delights of the estuary are a 30-minute drive from the Lisbon international airport . So close , you would think there’s nothing one can do to improve the location of this fantastic birding spot . However , the Portuguese government thinks otherwise and intends to put the international airport on top of the birding indeed much closer and yet , not an . improvement The whole estuary is world class with pasture for fighting bulls , rice fields , mudflats , cork oak forests , salt pans and
Home Contact About Birding Birds From the Archives Reviews Trips Home Contact About Birding Birds From the Archives Reviews Trips Birding Birdwatcher or Bird Photographer December 22, 2023 by David T No Comments Though itâ s more than 50 years since my first bird photograph was published , Iâ ve always remained a birdwatcher who photographs birds , not a photographer whose favourite quarry has feathers . The difference isnâ t quite as subtle as it sounds , as I can enjoy enormously a great day out when I fail to take a single photograph , but for a photographer such a day would be a . failure There was a time when I flirted with the idea of becoming a proper photographer . Back in the 80s I was using a lovely pair of Nikon FE2 cameras , and even had a 400mm f5.6 lens that was sharp and
Home Contact About Birding Birds From the Archives Reviews Trips Home Contact About Birding Birds From the Archives Reviews Trips Birding Birding Around the Farm December 20, 2023 by Faraaz Abdool No Comments As mentioned in my previous post we were hosted for an afternoon session at Jonathan s farm . Coming off a high from our morning boat ride , excitement was high as we pulled into the farm compound . Being relatively close to the city is a bit misleading , as this may lead one to think that the area is devoid of life but let this be a gentle reminder that Guyana is 85 forested On the slow crawl into the farm , the first sighting was a small group of Green Ibis a new species for me . Yes , there were House Wrens and Great Kiskadees but I was expectedly excited to feast my eyes upon
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