Often a target species for visiting birders, the Barbary Falcon ( Falco pelegrinoides ) is the scarcest of La Palma's four diurna...

  Ring-necked Ducks ( Aythya collaris ) The two Ring-necked Ducks ( Aythya collaris ) featured in the present post were discovered in ...

  Blackcap ( Sylvia atricapilla ) Given the absence of migratory birds at the moment, here are a few photos of one of the commonest bir...

  Partial view of the Laguna de Barlovento First of all, my apologies for the exceptionally poor quality of the photos in the present p...

  Black-tailed Godwit ( Limosa limosa ) At the end of January, I observed the plainer of these two birds in an irrigation pond in Las M...

  (White-tailed) Laurel Pigeon ( Columba junoniae ) The present species, now simply known as the Laurel Pigeon ( Columba junoniae ) is...

  Black-crowned Night Heron ( Nycticorax nycticorax ) In recent years, the Black-crowned Night Heron ( Nycticorax nycticorax ) seems ...