Seabird Photography

An Albatross sailing the seas, an agile Petrel, a dynamic Shearwater. These are real challenges. Bird photographing in general is quite a difficult task. Add in a rocking, heaving boat, crowds of people, salt spray and fast moving agile targets and you have a most challenging undertaking. For certain digital photography has not revolutionized bird… Continue reading Seabird Photography

Die Schwalbenmöwe: Auftreten in Kalifornien und Westeuropa

Eine der Schönheiten in der Möwen-Familie, ist die Schwalbenmöwe (Xema sabini), die selten in Westeuropa vom Festland aus gesehen wird. Allerdings kann man sie auf pelagischen (off-shore) Fahrten mit dem Schiff oder von exponierten Beobachtungspunkten vor allem im Herbst beobachten. Schwalbenmöwen brüten auf Tundra an den Küsten der arktischen Meere. Sie zieht vor allem über… Continue reading Die Schwalbenmöwe: Auftreten in Kalifornien und Westeuropa

Sabine’s Gull occurrence in California and Western Europe

One of the beauties in the Gull-family, Sabine’s Gulls (Xema sabini) is rarely seen in western Europe albeit on exposed seawatching spots or pelagic trips mainly in fall. Sabine’s Gull breed on coastal tundra around the shores of the Arctic Oceans. They migrate mainly at sea. On Migration, Siberian and Alaskan birds winter off the… Continue reading Sabine’s Gull occurrence in California and Western Europe

Fall bird migration and waterfowl in southwestern USA – August 2013

In late summer (mid-late August/early September), the Brehm Fund for International Bird Conservation, Bonn, offers an ornithological tour to the United States. The southwestern part – located between the Pacific Ocean and the Gulf of Mexico – provides numerous ornithological highlights, which we will do in California and Texas Station. California, because of its exposed… Continue reading Fall bird migration and waterfowl in southwestern USA – August 2013