Pygmy Owl

Must get to bed. I've got over-achieving again in the morning.
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Remember when @robyaxley.bsky.social spotted this Pygmy Owl in foliage, from a moving vehicle?

#TheTwoJonnies #Birding #WorldBirding #Estonia #EstoniaBirding 🇪🇪

Caught @jonnybirder.bsky.social looking at indecent images earlier...
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OF THE HAWK OWL WE SAW TODAY 🔥💯🦉

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One of, if not THE most wanted species on this tour. A new site from previous years produced fab views this morning 😮👇🏻👇🏻
We will be running this again next year.
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More from our Senegal tour yesterday as Dave and the group spent a full day birding in the far north near Podor. #Birds #WorldBirding #Senegal #WiseBirding

Who ever knew that birds come in "mounds". These guys certainly do. They're so unique and their camouflage is the best! They either inspired something in Star Wars or came to life out of Star Wars. Strange birds!

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A great start to our Senegal tour with Dave and Carlos leading.👇🏻👇🏻👇🏻 #Birds #WorldBirding #Senegal #WiseBirding

More exciting waders from Thailand 👇🏻
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There's a Piping Guan in SE Brazil, but it says they're easiest to see in September-October, and I'm not sure it'd be on the itinerary anyway. I'll probably have to wait until I get to Trinidad & Tobago one day to see this dope as hell genus.

#WorldBirding #Neotropics #Brazil2026

And a few pics summarising some trips out of the local area this year - the Peru trip was absolutely mind blowing, the jaunt to Turkey was full of WP gold, and the occasional twitches were successful (mostly) too... all the best to everyone for 2026! #UKBirding #WorldBirding #WPBirding

Going somewhere special next November.... 😳

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Car almost packed for #Migfest this weekend, bringing a bit of neotropical excitement to @spurnbirdobs.bsky.social Join, buy books or just pick up some back issues of our journals. You will need a break from the birding at some point. #birding #yorkshire #worldbirding

Near 20yr ago I found the only known egg of Jerdon's Courser in @uoacollections.bsky.social. It looked like the species was prob extinct. Fantastic rediscovery at new location on 24 Aug.
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In search of the Jerdon’s Courser — why we must listen, look and map beyond Lankamallai - Bird Count India Elusive for decades, Jerdon’s Courser clings to survival in a sliver of the Eastern Ghats. Beyond its last known refuge, vast tracts of potential habitat remain unexplored — and at risk. Could the nex...

Extraordinary good news! First reports of Jerdon's Courser in 16 yrs, & in new area too. Hope rekindled! Well done to the team.

#extinctbirds @birdguides.bsky.social #jerdon'scourser #worldbirding #indiabirding #birdconservation

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Northern Jacana

Norther Jacana in Costa Rica a few years ago. #worldbirding #birding #naturephotography #birdphotography #costaricabirding

Still in Fuerteventura and mega views of Spectacled Warbler today! Also Eastern Yellow Wagtail, Common Stonechat and more Yellow-browed Warblers down the south end (amongst others). #WorldBirding #BirdingEurope

Hopes second-ever discovery of night parrot egg will aid conservation Researchers hope the discovery of a night parrot egg in WA, second only to one found in Queensland, means the once-thought-extinct bird's population is beginning to recover.

An interesting Australian Night Parrot article here #WorldBirding www.abc.net.au/news/2025-02...

Another memorable day for the Wise Birding group in Senegal.
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A great start to the 1st day of our popular Senegal birding tour with 2 Sahel region specialities seen very well.
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Hummingbirds are so frenetic and so stunning, especially when the sun hits their resplendent feathers ….Seen at feeders in SE Brazil with Ornis Birding #WorldBirding

Male Bornean Peacock-Pheasant, Sabah (Pete Morris)

Male Bornean Peacock-Pheasant, Sabah (Pete Morris)

Male Bornean Peacock-Pheasant, Sabah (Pete Morris)

Probably the best of the superb gamebirds seen in #Sabah, #Borneo, was this male Bornean Peacock Pheasant. One of the best of an excellent and secretive genus, and a species that was so hard to see until recently. #worldbirding #birding #birdphotography

Two Bornean Ground Cuckoos, Tabin, (Pete Morris)

Bornean Ground Cuckoo, Tabin, (Pete Morris)

Sumatran Ground Cuckoos, Way Titias, (Pete Morris)

Sumatran Ground Cuckoos, Way Titias, (Pete Morris)

This summer, ground cuckoos stole the show for me. Such fantastic birds. Remarkable to think that these two species, Bornean Ground Cuckoo (above) and Sumatran Ground Cuckoo were regarded as conspecific when I first visited the region! #BirdsSeenIn2024 #worldbirding #birdphotography #canonr5

Whilst on a #Ghana theme, here's the absolute bird star of the country, the incomparable White-necked Rockfowl (Yellow-headed Picathartes). These images, taken in near darkness, demonstrate the amazing quality of modern cameras and editing software. Enjoy... #canonr5 #worldbirding #birdphotography

USA 2023 - Birding on Alcatraz Island, San Francisco Thursday 13 April 2023 Birdwatching probably isn't the first thing that comes to mind when you think of Alactraz. I doubt whether many - or ...

Birding on Alcatraz island - a different side to San Francisco.
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Goa 2022 - Nature Friday 11 November 2022 Chestnut-headed Bee-eaters in the morning sun - Talde Day 6  Morning at Nature’s Nest. After a good night’s sleep, i...

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Goa 2022 - Arrival at Arpora Day 1 - Sunday 6 November 2022 (am). The Goa trip was the latest in a series of overseas trips undertaken with my long-suffering birding fri...

To brighten up this gloomy March evening, I've started posting blogs from my 2022 trip to Goa, featuring birds, wildlife and some decent curries. Find me at vitrealis.blogspot.com
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First bird in Vietnam - Germain's Swiftlet #Lifer #WorldBirding