article thumbnail

Kerkini in Winter

10,000 Birds

Queen of Spain Fritillary , photographed in mid November Clouded yellow – another common November butterfly For the autumn or winter visitor, the biggest draw is the flock of Lesser Whitefronted Geese that in recent years have been regular and reliable wintering birds on the lake. Despite appearances, they are remarkably docile.

Greece 208
article thumbnail

Come to India With Babita Wildlife Tours!

10,000 Birds

Commoner species include Bar-headed Geese , parakeets, shrikes, mynas and minivets. You are certain to see Greater One-horned Rhinoceros , Water Buffalo and Hog Deer , and with a bit of luck Smooth-coated Otters. Kaziranga has one of the densest populations of Bengal Tiger in India.

India 186
Insiders

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

Trending Sources

article thumbnail

Cooper’s Hawk Eating a Road-Killed Canada Goose

10,000 Birds

On the same day that I journeyed out to eastern Long Island to enjoy birding Shinnecock Inlet in the fog I also explored the fields of Riverhead, where large flocks of geese congregate and where a Yellow-headed Blackbird had been reported recently amid a large flock of icterids at a Buffalo farm.

Canada 190
article thumbnail

Birding Botswana’s Borders

10,000 Birds

Even without being on the water it was possible watch birds across the river, as evidenced by my lifer pair of African Pygmy Geese , which flew down the river and landed on the Namibian side. It’s even possible to count exactly the same bird for both country’s lists.

Botswana 162
article thumbnail

Week 17: Kruger NP, Crocodile Bridge to Lower Sabie

10,000 Birds

Crocodiles, Cape Buffalo and Hippos are plentiful. Saddle-billed Storks, Yellow-billed Storks, Woolly Storks, Sacred Ibis, Gray Herons, Reed Cormorants, Three-banded Plovers, White-crowned Lapwings, Blacksmith Lapwings, Egyptian Geese, White Faced Ducks and African Palm Swifts have been there every day.

Lions 119
article thumbnail

The Kerkini Lake, Greece: Dipped One, Got One

10,000 Birds

Cows and water buffaloes grazing the dried up lakebed under the imposing shadow of Mt. We are approaching a large mudbar with some more Dalmatian Pelicans… and a flock of geese… dark, round-headed and short-billed, elongated white blaze on their faces – threatened and declining Lesser White-fronted Geese !

Greece 252
article thumbnail

A Great Day’s Birding in Suffolk County, New York

10,000 Birds

Then we took a half-hour drive further east to Further Lane, where Greater White-fronted Geese appear year after year and we were not disappointed. all three of the Greater White-fronted Geese we spotted with a bunch of Canada Geese. It really has been a great winter to see both species in New York.

New York 174