Ich stehe am Flussufer nahe Monte Alegre in Pará und beobachte, wie sich der Himmel in der drückenden Schwüle des Amazonas gegen Abend verändert. Die Luft duftet nach feuchter Erde und fruchttragenden Bäumen, und alles scheint zu summen. Plötzlich fliegt etwas Rotbraunes über den Uferwald. Ein Fischbussard (Busarellus nigricollis) gleitet tief über dem Wasser, sucht… Continue reading Ein Fischbussard im Streit mit Trauerkönigstyrann
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A Rufous-thighed Hawk in the Refugio Los Volcanes in south-eastern Bolivia
One afternoon we almost finished our hike through the forest of Refugio Los Volcanes in Santa Cruz province in south-eastern Bolivia. Already almost back to the accomodation, we spotted a female Rufous-thighed Hawk (Accipiter erythronemius) – a close relative to the Eurasian Sparrowhawk (Accipiter nisus), an ecological counterpart, in structure and plumage, and, to a… Continue reading A Rufous-thighed Hawk in the Refugio Los Volcanes in south-eastern Bolivia
Birds on Pousada Pouso Alegre – the Non-Passeriformes
Pouso Alegre is a pousada (ex-fazenda) which is very well situated 7 km away from the Transpantaneira, with water on both sides much of the way now in the rainy season. The location is 33 km south of Pocone in the northern Pantanal. The hole pousada is a great nature-area with original landscape and extensive… Continue reading Birds on Pousada Pouso Alegre – the Non-Passeriformes