White-bellied Go-away-bird
The oddly named White-bellied Go-away-bird (Crinifer leucogaster) is one of three species of ‘go-away-bird’, which are in fact members of the ‘turaco’ family of birds, which is another odd name…
Butter and Eggs
Butter and Eggs is a well used name in North America for this plant - the Common Toadflax (Linaria vulgaris), also known as Yellow Toadflax. A perennial herbaceous plant species…
What Are They Looking At?
I’m sorry, but the title seems to sum up the expression of these two young giraffe in this particular shot perfectly. These two youngsters had actually been necking, no I…
Hadada Ibis
The odd, but at the same time, spectacular looking Hadada Ibis (Bostrychia hagedaash) is a fairly large ground foraging bird found across sub-Saharan Africa. When foraging they have glands at…
Eye Level
Some of the best shots you can get as a nature photographer are those with direct eye contact with your subject. Being in a small inflatable at low tide in…
Mara River Sunrise
The Mara River flows 395km from Southern Kenya, through the Serengeti region of Northern Tanzania and finally down into Lake Victoria. During the northern rainy seasons it can be quite…
Cory’s Shearwater
Last fall I brought you the ‘Great Shearwater’ which I spotted for the first time last summer off the coast of Newfoundland. Well, earlier this year off the coast of…
World Lizard Day
Did you know today is ‘World Lizard Day’? No, neither did I, at least not until I started doing some research on the Mwanza flat-headed rock agama lizard (Agama mwanzae)…
Teamwork
Over a couple of days whilst in a part of Tanzania known as the Ngorongoro Conservation Area I got to see three cheetah brothers on a few separate occasions and…
Leopard Tortoise
The Leopard Tortoise (Stigmochelys pardalis) although not often thought of as such, is a member of the turtle family of reptiles found across eastern and southern Africa. Partly for shade…
Young Fox Portrait
Early one morning last month I was able to revisit one of the areas were I found some fox kits last year. It was just an 'off-chance' visit in the…
Zebra Foal
There’s just something about baby animals people can’t seem to resist, they seem to instantly melt your heart and you find yourself saying ‘ah’ without even realizing it, even if…
Giant Kingfisher
I seem to really enjoy seeing kingfishers wherever I come across them and this one was no exception. The Giant Kingfisher (Megaceryle maxima) is the largest kingfisher in Africa and…