Perez’s Frog
Here are a couple of different looking frogs, that are the same! As well as being known as ‘Perez’s’ frog, this species is also known as the Iberian water frog,…
Wrestling Buddies
We’ve seen these two guys wrestling on a few occasions such as in ‘Prize Fighters’ and ‘Fighting Grizzlies’ and as I mentioned in both these posts these two guys weren’t…
Polpo Anybody?
This could also have been called ‘The Eagle and the Octopus 2’ as it is a direct prequel to the image in the original article by that name. This is…
Mongoose Pups
Here we can see three young banded mongoose pups watching from the entrance to their home - a termite mound! During my visit to Tanzania I was told that mongoose…
Watching For Salmon 2
The edges of some Vancouver Island river systems are protected from collapse by quarried boulders and this in turn makes for a great fishing platform for local wildlife. Here we…
Rock Thrush
The common Rock Thrush(Monticola saxatilis) can be found in parts of Africa, across Asia and in Southern Europe and is sometimes also known as the rufous-tailed rock thrush. This bird…
Bohemian Truffle
You would not be wrong if you came across this fungi on a trail in southern Europe and thought you’d found a ‘truffle’. I certainly did when I first saw…
Honey on a Mission
Here we see a couple of shots of a young female grizzly bear ‘on a mission’, making her way along the shoreline of the Khutzeymateen inlet on the BC coast.…
Little Egrets
Here we see a couple of shots of a Little Egret (Egretta garzetta) - one fishing for a mighty morsel in a tidal pool and one flying low over and…
New Cubs Coming Soon!
We came across this pregnant lioness up amongst the boulders of a kopje in the central Serengeti region of Tanzania. As previously mentioned, female lions will take themselves off alone…
Mid-Atlantic Orca
Here we see a couple of shots of a new (for me at least) geographical species of orca - members of the mid-Atlantic group. I came across this group (three…
Hovering
Here we see a female rufous hummingbird once again frozen in midair by the speed of the camera shutter. But it is her wing oscillation and beat that keeps her…
Enjoying Breakfast
Here’s an early May shot from the Khutzeymateen of a young adult male grizzly bear enjoying breakfast whilst he can. He is however, as you can see, keeping a good…
The Undertaker Bird
Partly because of their demeanour and partly for their eating habits, Marabou Storks (Leptoptilos crumenifer) are sometimes nicknamed the ‘undertaker bird’. Like undertakers, they provide a vital service and are…
The Invaders!
Here are four invasive wild flowers that I came across growing in Portugal last year (left to right) - Chicory (Cichorium intybus) - although native to some parts of Europe,…