Two days ago, one of my friends found a Baird’s Sandpiper at Orlando Wetlands Park, and several of us saw it yesterday (and it’s still being seen today). I drove out to it during my lunch break and came back to the office all excited. Of course, my friends at work thought I was nerding […]
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Lions of Mashatu
Winter is a time when predators prevail in Mashatu. This is a wild place in the south-east of Botswana, where game, notably the elephants and the lions, are free to move back and forth between Botswana and Zimbabwe. During our recent trip to Mashatu in mid-August, we were fortunate enough to see the lion on […]
Runnin’ with the Pack
Runnin’ with the Pack, or maybe not. This very young African Wild Dog (Lycaon pictus) has been so well fed by his super attentive fellow pack members, that he can hardly even walk right now. Okavango Delta, Botswana
Cats’ Walk in Tadoba National Park
During one of our safaris at the Tadoba Nationa Park, the noise level was slowly getting to us, thanks to the restless tourists in the many jeeps wanting to get a closer look at Choti Tara (Tigress) and her cubs. Given that we were the first jeep, we kept the right distance from the resting […]
Vireo Cubano (Cuban Vireo) Vireo gundlachii (Lembeye, 1850)
Este Vireo cubano fue el pájaro que mas me costó fotografiar durante mi viaje a Cuba; lo escuché cantar durante todos los dÃas de mi estadÃa en el hotel pero nunca se hacÃa ver. Para que ustedes tengan una idea acerca de su comportamiento puedo decir que es casi lo mismo que intentar fotografiar a […]
Skimmin’…
Cos that’s what they do… African Skimmer (Rynchops flavirostris) at sunset. Okavango Delta, Botswana With Xigera Camp.
Close encounter with a Bonelli’s Eagle
Had a great experience with a pair of Bonelli’s Eagles during my last UAE Bird Watching tour in February this year (2017). We basically surprised each other as we came through from under a tin roof, the birds had been hawking very low over the building unbeknown to us. As we appeared the two birds […]
Suckling African Lion cubs in Amboseli National Park
On one of our evening game drives at the Amboseli National Park, we spotted a couple of Lion cubs sitting close to the road. There was not a single Lioness in sight. I guess most of them were on a hunt. The cubs looked hungry and listless, so we left them to mind their business […]