Grey Partridges (Perdix perdix) share a hard life with many other birds of fields and meadows in nowadays agricultural steppes. One a common bird, encountered in many rural areas, this nice bird of the family of the Phasianidae, the Pheasants, Fowls & Allies is becoming more and more rare. But there are still some places… Continue reading Grey Partridges in winter in Lower Saxonia
Author: Andreas Neuhöfer
Keoladeo-Nationalpark, ein Paradies auch für westpaläarktische Vögel
Kann man auch in Indien eine Geschäftsreise und Vogelbeobachtung verbinden? Das Land ist groß, die Entfernungen ebenfalls und das meiste an Business spielt sich in einem Ballungsraum – Neu Delhi – ab. Obwohl nach der indischen Volkszählung von 2011 angeblich in dem Gebiet Neu-Delhis nur knapp 250. 000 Menschen leben, sind es doch zumindest im… Continue reading Keoladeo-Nationalpark, ein Paradies auch für westpaläarktische Vögel
Keoladeo National Park, a paradise also for Western Palearctic birds
Is it possible to combine business and birding in India? The country is large, the distance too and most business is performed in a metropolitan area – New Delhi. Although supposedly in the area of New Delhi only 250,000 people live after the Indian census of 2011, but there are at least several million in… Continue reading Keoladeo National Park, a paradise also for Western Palearctic birds
Hoopoes on Fuerteventura
As the plane gained altitude and the rugged, steep cliffs of the Canary Island of La Palma disappeared more and more in the haze, I decided to come back. Was it the allure of warm semi-desert with cactus like their spurge, the rugged caldera in the northern part of the island, which had thrilled me… Continue reading Hoopoes on Fuerteventura