Category Archives: Taiwan
Some Halloween Critters from Taiwan
I am posting some photographs I took of wonderful and sometimes startling creatures that I saw in Taiwan – in honor of Halloween – A large centipede, huge red wasp, slug, land crab in the forest, brightly colored fiddler crabs … Continue reading
More birds in Taiwan
I was not able to go birding in the mountains on my recent visit to Taiwan – The threat of a tornado made that impossible – however I managed to see many interesting and new species in the cities and … Continue reading
Water Birds From Taiwan
I saw some beautiful water birds while I was in Taiwan. A wonderful mixture of familiar birds from Europe and North America showed what a wide distribution some of these birds have. I saw a beautiful Little Grebe (Dabchick), some … Continue reading
Insects in Taiwan
Taiwan is famous for its beautiful butterflies and dragonflies. Most of them moved too fast for my camera to catch but here are a few examples of the wonderful insects I saw recently. The forests and wetlands were full of … Continue reading
Eagles Rising
When I was in Taiwan I was invited to see “the Eagles Rising”. This is the stunning annual hawk migration in Southern Taiwan that occurs every September to October. Chinese Goshawks and other species migrate to the Philippines from China … Continue reading
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