A Neotropic Cormorant (Nannopterum brasilianum) perched on a post in the bay behind the South Padre Island Birding and Nature Center, Texas, on July 11th,...
An immature Great Blue Heron (Ardea herodias) preening at the South Padre Island Birding and Nature Center on July 11th, 2025.
A Reddish Egret (Egretta rufescens) seen at the South Padre Island Birding and Nature Center, Texas on July 11th, 2025.
We’re spending a few days down on the Gulf coast so I got up early (too early, as it happens – sunrise is currently more than an hour earlier...
We spotted this group of Gentoo Penguins (Pygoscelis papua) on New Island in the Falklands on December 19th, 2024 as they were making their way down a penguin...
I got back onto penguin images again yesterday so here’s another. We spent an hour or so on December 19th last year fascinated by groups of Gentoo...
A Ruddy-Headed Goose (Chloephaga rubidiceps) seen New Island, one of the Falkland Islands, on December 19th, 2024.
A Striated Caracara or Forster’s Caracara (Phalcoboenus australis) seen on New Island in the Falkland Islands on December 19th, 2024.
A Southern Giant Petrel (Macronectes Giganteus) silhouetted against the sunset sky near the western Falkland Islands, December 18th, 2024.
A Black-browed Albatross (Thalassarche melanophris) gets ruffled by a high wind as it sits on its nest on New Island, one of the Falkland Islands, on December...
Apparently yesterday was Penguin Awareness Day and I missed an opportunity to post one of the many penguin pictures I have lined up. I’ll make good...
We cruised past the world’s largest iceberg, A-23a, this morning and picked up a significant following of local seabirds including this Antarctic...
The first bird colony we visited on New Island (on December 19th) was home to a large number of Imperial Cormorants (Leucocarbo bransfieldensis) including...
A Gentoo penguin with two chicks in a colony on New Island, one of the Falkland Islands, on December 19th, 2024. The landscape of New Island reminded me very...
Today was our first penguin day! We spent it visiting a couple of different bird colonies on New Island, one of the 704 islands comprising the Falkland...
Apparently Oceanwide Expeditions have installed StarLink on their boats and, as a result, are now offering limited, free internet to guests for the duration...
A flock of Black Skimmers (Rynchops niger) skims the surface of the waters off Cocoa Beach, Florida early in the morning on March 25th, 2024.
A group of Willets (Tringa semipalmata) apparently enjoying the view of Cocoa Beach Pier, Florida, shortly after sunrise.
A Cedar Waxwing (Bombycilla cedrorum) sits in a snow- and ice-covered mountain juniper tree during the week long winter storm that hit Texas in February...
A group of Cedar Waxwings (Bombycilla cedrorum) puffed up to retain warmth, perch in the top of a tree during the Texas snowstorm of February 2021.
