Asian Hornet
Here’s a guy with a face (below) only a mother (or queen!) could love - the Asian Hornet(Vespa velutina), also known as the Yellow-legged Hornet. Throughout many parts of the…
Reacher Watching
Here we see a large male grizzly bear watching us very closely after hesitantly emerging from the forest to follow an in season female that we know very well -…
A Trio of Barbets
Across the globe there are over 80 species of ‘barbet’ who are said to inherit their name from the strong barb like hairs or bristles at the base of their…
Posing For A Photograph?
Way back in 2012 I published a post telling the story behind a great encounter with a fishing wolf and in that recount I mentioned how the wolf sat and…
Capelin
Capelin (or caplin) (Mallotus villosus) is a small, only around 20cm nose to tail, silvery forage fish of northern hemisphere waters that is a particular seasonal favourite food source and…
Jelly Ear
This year’s ‘Fall Fungi’ is a shot I took back in the UK at the start of the year and is affectionately called ‘Jelly Ear’ (Auricularia auricula-judae). Whilst its name…
Shoulder Deep in Sedge
Early in 2024 I published a post called ‘Portrait of a Prince’ which featured this guy and told in part the story of the markings on his head. Here we…
Potamus
Here are the back and front fluke shots of a female humpback whale that I photographed off Campbell River in British Columbia. Born in 2011, this whale is known as…