Author Archives: ontheroadwithdec

Please consider the images to be copyrighted and ask permission to use or reproduce. Thank you. DEClapp In the last post I mentioned the annual Christmas Count; a bird count within a circle. This is an annual occurrence in over 2500 locations today. In 1900 the tradition of a Christmas “side shoot” was first confrontedContinue reading “Counting birds –”

Please consider the images to be copyrighted and ask permission to use them in any way. Thank you. DEClapp I feel a bit apologetic for doing birds birds and more birds. But that pandemic has me/us pretty limited in travel opportunities and so it is local birding and more local birding. I have to finishContinue reading “Yes, Yes; Birds Again”

Let’s start with the big picture – there are 214 species of woodpeckers. There are none in Australasia and none in the Sahara or the very northern treeless tundra. They have found a way to live most everywhere else; savannah, boreal forests, montane forests, and so on. In much of the world they are aContinue reading “Woodpeckers – knock knock”

Please consider the images to be copyrighted and ask permission for any use – but please share this blog page. Thank you. DEClapp Over the years Jack Clyne and Rosie Stewart have shown me a great deal of their island country. It has been my pleasure to work with them and learn from them. IContinue reading “Kea – A New Zealand Bad Boy”

Please consider all the images to be copyrighted and ask permission before using them in any way. Thank you. DEClapp Migration occurs pretty much everywhere in the world. Wildebeest and zebra move to find fresh grass as they follow the East African rains. As the glaciers receded from the northern hemisphere a few thousand yearsContinue reading “Migration – more birds”