Canada Goose attacked by Golden Eagle at Panoche Road

At first it is just a dark spot high in the sky, then I recognize the silhouette of a Golden Eagle (Aquila chrysaetos) against the blue of the sky. A little later I lose sight of the bird. Suddenly I see something flying again. I still wonder what a single Canada Goose (Branta canadensis) is… Continue reading Canada Goose attacked by Golden Eagle at Panoche Road

New world warblers in pine-oak forest in Mexico, Part I

A quiet highway with many serpentine curves, conifer forest, twitters of birds. The typical attributes of a high-altitude German central mountain landscape like the Black Forest in southern Germany. But the location actually is in the middle in Mexico at the slopes mountains of the central mexican plateau with peaks as high as 3,000 m… Continue reading New world warblers in pine-oak forest in Mexico, Part I