This is a type of bird that I far more expected to see whilst in Tanzania rather than during a stopover in the Netherlands on my way to Africa. Despite a colder climate than they […]
Do you remember the ‘Tricoloured Fox’ post from June 2023? Well, as seen here, I was fortunate to come across the same guy this summer too. I love the expression on his face and again […]
This is one of those fun photos that can set the mind going in a totally different direction to what it is actually seeing in the scene. On first glance, with his fingers outstretched like […]
As a youngster growing up in England I was often made aware that starlings were pretty much considered a nuisance – probably put about by farmers, perturbed at seeing great numbers of the bird in […]
Here we see a well known female grizzly bear from the Khutzeymateen, just checking us out before she heads ashore at the end of her swim across one of the channels. As I’ve mentioned before […]
There are several types of acacia tree found in Tanzania and the Umbrella Acacia (Vachellia tortilis) is perhaps one of the most commonly recognised and photographed (above, centre right). This spectacular tree grows quite large […]
I came across these two on the Mara River in Tanzania’s Northern Serengeti region. The catfish is of course fairly small compared to some of the big record breakers that have been caught worldwide, but […]
Not quite hot on the heels, but slowly following the White Admiral and Lorquin’s Admiral posts, here we have a third admiral – the Red Admiral (Vanessa atalanta) photographed recently on the Newfoundland coast. Admirals […]
There are over 70 species of antelope in Africa plus over 50 sub-species and I was fortunate to see nine or ten of them whilst in Tanzania earlier this year. Some have already featured on […]
One of my favourite shots from this year’s trip to Tanzania a snorkelling hippo. The light was just right and I love the cool, calm and calculated or thoughtful look in his eye. To many […]
Like most birds, gray jay parents, or should I say, after being voted Canada’s national bird back in 2016 and subsequently renamed, ‘Canada jay’ parents have quite a time of it keeping their young fed. […]
We came across this adult female lion and the young cub sitting in the shade of a large tree watching out across the savannah of the northern Serengeti region of Tanzania. The female had a […]
This has got to be one of the strangest looking ducks I’ve ever come across! The Knob-billed Duck (Sarkidiornis melanotos) is also known as the ‘Africa Comb Duck’ in some parts and it hails from […]
I’ve done several posts in the ‘postcard’ series, but never a British Columbia one, until now that is. This is a shot taken off the north eastern coast of Vancouver Island a little past Campbell […]
There are over 30 species and sub-species of mongoose worldwide mostly found in Africa, with some in Asia and India. Here we see four of them – the Banded Mongoose (Mungos mungo) top left and […]
