Some eagle photos from our Japan in winter tour. I am heading back to do a tour here in spring, focusing on migration, local breeding birds and seabirds. But this trip is all about cranes, eagles, ducks and geese and superb food. www.alvarosadventures.com/japan-in-spr...

Close up of a female Large Niltava in Thailand. That little blue slash on the neck sides is a pretty unique pattern found on female Niltavas.

It took us all morning, but we finally saw a Spoon-billed Sandpiper. This is on out Thailand tour - day 1!

The big pigeons in New Zealand were some of my favorite land birds. The Kereru and Parea on the Chatham Islands. Huge! And colorful.

Enderby Island in the Auckland Archipelago was amazing today. Endemic birds like Auckland Teal and Shags as well as Southern Royal Albatross and Hooker’s Sea Lions. What a place!

I am in New Zealand, loving the different pies available here.

The Ticking Doradito, just over a decade ago it was split from the Warbling Doradito which looks like it but has a very different song. They leave Chile in winter. Presumably they go to Argentina. Yet on territory the odd "tick" sounds of this species give it the memorable English Name.

Pincoya Storm-Petrel! We had the great luck of finding them on our recent Heart and Soul of Chile tour. I was co-author on the description over 10 years ago and sadly we still know little about this species. Our work (Norambuena et al 2024) shows it is closest to O. barroso, but distinct.

Ground tyrants are the Andean equivalents of chats and wheatears. Ochre-naped Ground-tyrant in the Yeso Valley, Santiago, Chile. On our Heart and Soul of Chile tour.

I started to do a bit more field testing of the Xinfrared lens that clips on to your phone. This is a photo of distant cows in the field. I found many European Hares, saw a fly by Southern Lapwing and a sleeping Diuca Finch. Pullao, Chiloe, Chile. The app crashed a couple of times though.

Our birding tour in India has been a blast. Tons of great birds, literally tons of mammals and some superb Indian food! We are looking forward to future tours and also visiting other parts of India. Alvarosadventures.com

We did well today seeing 2 or maybe 3 Killer Whales near the Farallon Islands. They came to check out our boat and to look at us. What amazing animals they are.

Heading home from offshore, after a nice sighting of Killer whales.

Ring-necked Snake! Always a nice find, their red bellies (in the West) are striking.