azores

A common bird on Sao Miguel, Azore

Azores Blackbird on Sao Miguel, Azores

The Sao Miguel Goldcrest is endemic to Sao Miguel, Azores and is the subspecies azoricus. They seem very unintrested in humans, but just as fast moving as the nominate as they hunt. I saw at least a dozen away from trees in the low bush from the lookout above L. do Fogo and this one in the...

Those who have visited this island (Pico Island of the Azores), some 900 nautical miles west from the Portuguese coast in the Atlantic, may have witness what are for me some of the most amazing late afternoons I ever saw. The dramatic presence of the mountain with the colors that very often...

I am not the author of this picture. The author is a friend of mine, Joo Quaresma, whom have authorized me to upload the image. I also announce his new website about the whales, dolphins and birds of the Azores, Portugal. You can visit it at: http://www.joaoquaresma.com This picture is one of...

This is called Caldeira Comprida (Long Crater)and it is a volcanic crater in the Flores Island of the Azores, one of the most beautifull places I've ever visited. The image was made from 3 separate vertical photos and was put together in Photoshop CS.

In the Nordeste municipality (So Miguel Island, Azores), circunscribed by endemic vegetation that surrounds Pico da Vara at Tronqueira Mountain range, lives the Azorean Bullfinch - a bird wich can be found nowhere else in the world, therefore forming together with its habitat a natural patrimony...