Oscar Dewhurst – Waxwing

Oscar writes: During my university term before Christmas I managed to get out for a couple of days and do some photography. As part of this I spent a few hours watching and photographing some Waxwings that were feeding on berries around some houses. The light wasn’t great, but it was nice to get them…

Guest blog – What will you do as Rome burns? by Laura Kammermeier

Laura Kammermeier is a writer, birder, environmentalist, and communications consultant. She is also a news junkie, a defender of freedom, and an activist. She’s really teed off right now. She lives in New York state.   Laura can be found on the web at MyDigitalNature.com and NatureTravelNetwork.com.       What will you do as…

Tim Melling – Long-tailed Meadowlark

The bright yellow Meadowlarks of North America are familiar but less familiar is this scarlet breasted species from southern South America.  This male had just caught a large ant and was photographed in Torres del Paine National Park in Chile. Taken with Nikon D500 Nikkor 300mm f4 lens with 1.4 converter  f6.3        1/1250 ISO…

BAWC crowdfunder going really well

  Thank you to everyone who is supporting BAWC’s first field project. Let’s hope all birds involved live forever – but autopsies are quite expensive Click here if you’d like to donate. Thank you.