I and the Bird #70
The latest edition of I and the Bird #70 has been posted over at the Earth, Wind and Water blog site. It contains plenty of good reading and lots of links to other birding blogs around the world.
I didn’t have time to submit a contribution this time. Next time. If I’m not so busy with my studies.
I and the Bird #69
I am a little slow in posting this notice. Sorry.
The latest I and the Bird #69 carnival was posted a few days ago on Living the Scientific Life.
As usual there is a contribution from me and a whole raft of links to interesting articles about birds from all over the globe.
A special feature this time is an easy quiz – with book prizes, so go to it.
Andean Condors
No Comments »23rd February, 2008; Category: Non-Australian birds
My son and daughter-in-law are travelling though Chile and Argentina at present. We are enjoying reading his blog every day and hearing about all of their adventures. He has also been posting some of the many thousands of photos he has been taking. It is like getting a postcard every day.
I was very jealous when he posted a lovely photo of some Andean Condors soaring over their heads. [sigh]
Now – where did I put my passport?
Some birds of South America
No Comments »20th February, 2008; Category: Non-Australian birds
When my children were quite little we would often go for a walk in the bush with them. During school holidays we would take them camping. These were the early days of my birding life and I was learning rapidly all about birds. Some of my interest rubbed off on the children and remains to this day. I didn’t deliberately set out to make them clones of me and they now have their own interests. A love of the outdoors and all things in the natural world has remained with them however.
Currently my son and daughter-in-law are travelling through Chile and Argentina. We are very much enjoying reading his blog and hearing about all of their experiences; it is like getting a post card and long letter every day.
Simon is constantly on the look out for birds and animals to photograph – and to tell me all about what he has been seeing. Some of these photos he has posted as a part of his blog here.
I am trying hard not to be too envious of all the species he is seeing. [sigh]
New bird found in Nepal
In January 2006 I spent nearly four weeks in Nepal. Part of this time was spent on a trek towards Mt Everest. After that I visited Chitwan National Park. The remainder of the time was spent in and around Kathmandu. While I didn’t deliberately visit Nepal to go birding, I did get quite a nice list of new birds to add to my life list. I was pleased to actually see a number of “target birds” (i.e. birds I really wanted to see). One I especially enjoyed seeing was the Himalayan Monal.
Himalayan Monal, Nepal
More recently I was intrigued to read that a new bird has recently been found in Nepal. You can read about it here. It is a sub-species of the Rufous-vented Prinia. This new bird will be known as the Nepal Rufous-vented Prinia.
Further reading:
- Trevor’s Travels – read all about my adventures in Nepal on my Travel Blog.
Near the village of Monjo, Nepal