31 Mar 2017
Blue-throated barbet (Psilopogon asiaticus)
Barbets are such colorful birds and when seen out in the open on a naked branch, you would not think of this as a bird very hard to locate once it’s in the…
29 Nov 2014
Black Skimmer (Rynchops niger)
The breeding season is over, and only a few of the species remain. This couple had two juveniles practicing fishing and will likely leave this sandbank in the…
27 Nov 2014
Black Skimmer (Rynchops niger)
The dry season is overtaken by the water, and the rivers are swelling day by day. Slowly the many sandbanks will be submerged and with them many birds relying…
23 Nov 2012
Black Skimmer (Rynchops niger)
My only sighting of this peculiar species was along the Tuichi River, so I never saw it hunting. Its peculiar beak is used as a kind of fishing rod, and it…