Category: Photo safari
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Vulture
Click on the thumbnail image to enlarge it Vulture (in flight). Brazil, 2007.
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Yellow-rumped Cacique
Click on the thumbnail image to enlarge it Yellow-rumped Cacique (Cacicus cela, Cassique à cul-jaune). Brazil, 2007.
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Backlit tree
Click on the thumbnail image to enlarge it Backlit tree. Brazil, 2007.
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Black Skimmer
Click on the thumbnails image to enlarge them Black Skimmer (Rynchops niger, Bec-en-ciseaux noir). Brazil, 2007.
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Toads (Brazil)
Click on the thumbnails image to enlarge them Brazil, 2007.
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Anhinga
Click on the thumbnails image to enlarge them Anhinga (Anhinga anhinga, Anhinga d’Amérique). Brazil, 2007.
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Tropical Kingbird
Click on the thumbnails image to enlarge them Tropical Kingbird (Tyrannus melancholicus, tyran mélancolique). Brazil, 2007. Other possible identification: Cattle tyrant (Machetornis rixosus, Moucherolle querelleur). It was my initial assumption. But I now doubt it because of the wings 2-tone colour (the identification I did has been supported by will and DID in the forums…
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Amazon Kingfisher
Click on the thumbnails image to enlarge them Amazon Kingfisher (Chloroceryle amazona, Martin-pêcheur d’Amazonie). Brazil, 2007.
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TSA recent failures
The TSA (or Transportation Security Administration) is in charge in the US of the organization the safe transportation of people in planes and through airports. Unfortunately, either they have a lot of other responsibilities (which is true) and fail at this one (which is also true), or they utterly incompetent at insuring the security of…