Shore Walking Spirit
Hot on the heels of the 2015 post - here's another 'Christmas Spirit' to finish off the year.Someone asked about spirit bears recently and although I haven’t come across any…
Lion Cub Reflection
Here we have a couple of playful lion cubs (see also ‘Cutey’) hanging out by a river in the Ndutu area of Tanzania. The clear sunny sky made for a…
Enjoying A Pink
This young black bear seems to be giving us the eye to make sure we’re not about to leap off the river bank and try to steal the pink salmon…
Slumber Party
Here we see a bloat of hippos getting some rest after making it back to their favourite watering hole before sunrise. But on our way from the hippo hotspot we…
Tails from BC – Humpback Whale
Humpback whales must certainly be the showiest and most surface active whales of them all. We’ve seen them before breaching, tail slapping, spy hopping and, like this guy photographed in…
River Sentinels
Perched on a washed out tree root in the middle of the Khutzeymateen river, these two bald eagles, probably a nesting pair, sit like sentinels on guard over the river.…
Fever Tree Pond Scene
The Fever Tree (Vachellia xanthopholea) is fairly common in marshy or swampy areas and other wetlands and can be found from Kenya down to South Africa. It was given its…
You Can Do It!
Have you ever been a spectator at an event and found yourself determinedly wishing for a participant to succeed? The sort of feeling where you can hear yourself in your…
Lilac-breasted Roller
Lit up in the early morning sun, the colours on this spectacular bird look fantastic. Endemic to Africa, the Lilac-breasted Roller (Coracias caudatus) can be found across the Eastern and…
Big Black Bear 2
Well, at the time of this shot, you wouldn’t need to worry if it was a good salmon year on this particular river system - just take a look at…
Cape Buffalo
After encountering a certain species of bovine during a visit to Yellowstone National Park in the US back in 2016 the question was asked Buffalo or Bison? The answer then…
Maui Postcard
Here’s a follow-up and gentle reminder to the November 2019 post ‘Maui Visitors’. Here we see a mother humpback whale and her calf breaching together. It’s probably nothing of the…
Ruppell’s Griffon Vulture
Although I haven’t featured any yet, I encountered many vultures of four different sub-species whilst in Tanzania earlier this year. Not quite the largest, but at around 40 inches tall,…
Trying For A Nap
I came across this sleepy looking fella one afternoon in the Khutzeymateen Grizzly Bear Sanctuary on the BC coast. The tide was starting to get high and there wasn’t too…