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  1. Ignacio

    Ethiopia, Nov-Dec 2009

    With apologies for the delay in posting it, this is a report of a 3-week private tour to Ethiopia I took from November 23 to December 17, 2009. Although I wanted to see and photograph as many of the Abyssinian endemics as possible, I also wanted to spend a significant amount of time in mountain...
  2. Ignacio

    Sulawesi or Minahassa Masked Owl?

    Hi everyone, I took the attached photo at Tangkoko Reserve, Sulawesi, last August. There are various oppinions as to whether it is a Sulawesi Masked Owl or the much rarer Minahassa Masked Owl. The photo is taken looking up a hollow tree, and I stepped down the flash so I wouldn't blind the...
  3. Ignacio

    Sulawesi & Halmahera trip report

    I just uploaded to my website www.iyufera.com a photo report from my three-week trip to the islands of Sulawesi and Halmahera (Indonesia) last August. Weather was horrible throughout, but I managed to see most of the key endemic species, both birds and mammals. Best,
  4. Ignacio

    Pipit in Komodo, Indonesia

    Hello all, I saw this pipit (see attachement) in Komodo Island, Indonesia, home of the famous dragons. I am a little confused as to the species: is it Richard's Anthus richardi or Paddyfield / Oriental A. rufulus? Depending on the guide you consult, they name one or the other as the resident...
  5. Ignacio

    Namibia trip report

    Hi everybody, I just uploaded to my website www.iyufera.com a report with many photos from the trip I took to Namibia last January, after a weekend in Cape Town and its environs. We were very lucky since the beginning of the rains took a little longer than usual, and we could enjoy both the...
  6. Ignacio

    Back to Uganda

    Hello everyone, I recently updated my website with a photo-loaded report from a trip to Uganda, where we have started a project to help young aspiring Birdwatching guides trained by the Uganda Birdguides Club: http://www.iyufera.com/htm/tr-uganda2-01.htm As usual, birding and wildlife watching...
  7. Ignacio

    Which Cisticola?

    Hello everybody, I'm preparing the report for my second trip to Uganda, and having trouble with this Cisticola. It was found at Buhoma, Bwindi Impenetrable Forest. c 1,800 m elevation. My choices would be between Chubb's (Cisticola cantans) and Singing (C. chubbi), both within distribution and...
  8. Ignacio

    Birding Trip Ruined By British Airways

    Hello everybody, For almost a year I had planned a trip to Georgia and Armenia that started on Sunday June 3rd, when I flew to Tbilisi via London. The connection in London wasn’t especially tight (almost 2 hours) and yet British Airways managed to leave my baggage in Heathrow. All my mountain...
  9. Ignacio

    Spanish lark ID quiz

    Hello everybody, last July I visited the plains of El Planerón, near Belchite (Aragón, Spain). All water was gone except for one artificially fed waterhole next to a hide, from which I could see and photograph a good number of steppe birds coming to drink. Apart from Sandgrouse and some...
  10. Ignacio

    Galápagos and mainland Ecuador

    Hi everybody, I recently uploaded to my website a report with many photos of a trip to the Galápagos I took last October. The trip included a few days in mainland Ecuador, in the Andes near Quito and the Mindo region (including the famous Giant Antpitta site). The tour was organized by...
  11. Ignacio

    Ecuadorian Pit Viper ID

    Hello everyone, during a recent trip to Ecuador, we located a large pit viper coiled in the undergrowth next to the swimming pool of our hotel, in the Mindo region of the Pichincha province. The hotel owner, who seemed a competent local herpetologist, identified it as a Bushmaster (Lachesis...
  12. Ignacio

    South Africa May 2006

    Hello everyone, I spent three weeks birding in South Africa last May. Initially I had thought about covering part of Namibia and Botswana as well, but finally opted to concentrate in SA. Rough seas outside the cape forced me to cancel my pelagic outing, but otherwise I was quite lucky with the...
  13. Ignacio

    South African cricket ID?

    Hello everyone, I was wondering if anyone could help me ID this cricket I photographed in the Karoo Desert, near Brandevlei, South Africa, last May. It was singing very loudly from a thorny bush in the middle of the day, under the hot sun. I thought it might be some species of Camel Cricket...
  14. Ignacio

    Early Spring in la Serena, Extremadura (Spain)

    Hi everybody, I just uploaded to my website a brief account with photos of a birding visit to La Serena, probably the best remaining steppe habitat in Western Europe. The visit was timed to see the recently arrived Lesser Kestrel just before nesting, plus Great Bustard's courtship displays...
  15. Ignacio

    Trip to Chad

    Hello everyone, Last January I spent two weeks in Chad, a country almost unknown as far as birding goes. Altough not strictly a birding trip, I saw and photographed a good number of birds and mammals. The report is online in my web: http://www.iyufera.com/htm/tr-chad-01.htm From any African...
  16. Ignacio

    Toad and gekko ID from Senegal?

    Hi everyone, I took a trip to Senegal last October, and in the hotel I was staying (near St Louis in the north of the country) I saw many toads (they literally invaded the place at night) and wall geckos (see photos). I haven't been able to identify the species; I had already seen this toad in...
  17. Ignacio

    Northern Senegal & Gambia

    Hi everyone, I just uploaded to my website (www.iyufera.com) a report and photos from a trip I took in October to The Gambia & Northern Senegal; I think the Senegal part is especially interesting since it's a relatively underexplored area, from a birding point of view. Even though the grass...
  18. Ignacio

    ID help on migrant passerine (ID Grasshopper Warbler) merged.

    ID help on migrant passerine Hello everyone, a friend of mine who is sailing between the Spanish eastern coast and the Balearics has sent me some photos of a bird that landed on their boat and stayed with them for the night, before flying again towards Africa. I'm almost 100% sure that it's a...
  19. Ignacio

    June Birding in Alaska

    I had an excellent three-week birding trip in Alaska last June. I visited the Pribilof islands, Nome, Seward and Denali Nat. Park. We had excellent weather and I got to see everything I expected, although there hadn't been any west winds blowing from so we didn't get many Siberian vagrants...
  20. Ignacio

    Bluethroats in Spain

    I spent last weekend birding in the mountains of Gredos, a couple of hours from Madrid. The weather was great, and birds were full of Spring euphoria. Bluethroat males were singing and chasing females, Ortolan Buntings bursting their throats, and even the usually reserved Rock Thrushes were...
  21. Ignacio

    Moths collected in West Africa

    Hello everyone, I've updated my web with some old photos from Togo, and there's one of a number of moths preserved for the European collector market. This was 1991, and the villagers that showed it to me apparently made o good profit with this trade. Can anyone tell me if this kind of trade...
  22. Ignacio

    Unidentified snake from Borneo

    Hello everyone, I just updated my web with some old photos from a trip to Borneo, and there's one of a snake I haven't been able to identify. It had a checkered yellow pattern that only became apparent as I held it and it got angry. The link is...
  23. Ignacio

    Animal parts in traditional medecine

    Hello everyone, I recently read an article in Africa Geographic magazine about the use of animal parts in traditional African medecine, and it reminded me of a trip I took to Togo in 1991. I visited a Voodoo market in the outskirts of the capital, Lomé, where hundreds of parts from almost any...
  24. Ignacio

    1st try with Powershot S70

    Hi, I just got my hands on a Canon Powershot S70 together with a Canon LA-DC10 adaptor + Swarovski digiscoping adaptor for the ATS 80 (fits with the "28" ring that comes with it) My first impression is that it may be a good substitute for the Nikon Coolpix 4500; much smaller and lighter (no...
  25. Ignacio

    Southern Grey Shrike subspecies

    Hi everyone, in my last visit to Morocco we saw two very distinctive forms of Southern Grey Shrike Lanius meridionalis. The first, mainly found north of the Antiatlas mountains, it's more greyish and has a distinctive white superciliar line. We initially identified it as L. m. algeriensis...
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