Evening Grosbeak Pair (Coccothraustes vespertinus) photos by Larry Jordan That massive beak sported by the Evening Grosbeak (Coccothraustes vespertinus) turns from white to a pearly yellowish-green in breeding season (click on photos for full sized images). I was fortunate to have a flock of these beauties visit me last summer. Here you can see a […]
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Orange County (California) Birds of Prey
Of all the subjects I photograph, birds of prey are my favorite. These predators are birds that hunt for food primarily via flight, using their keen senses, especially vision. Many different species call Orange County, California their home. With some moderate hiking and a small dose of patience, it is possible to capture most of […]
Raymond’s Bee-eater with a Bee?
A very cool experience! On a tour last year in Tanzania Africa, we were working the trails in a great park called Lake Maranyara. We stop for our lunch at a group area near the dried up lake, so I quickly “wolfed” down my chicken and snacks, and started working the area on foot. Our […]
Vale Nature Reserve, a wildlife paradise!
About a year I’ve made regular incursions in the Vale Nature Reserve. So, I’m able to speak of my experiences there, what I saw and what I think about that place. The Reserve is in Brazil, state of Espírito Santo, in Linhares, a city 109,4 miles away from the capital Vitoria. There are 85 square […]
The Black-bellied Whistling Duck
If you live in Florida, you have just about year around photo ops with the black-bellied whistling duck. In the USA, it can be found also in parts of southeast Texas, seasonally in southeast Arizona and Louisiana’s Gulf Coast. Florida is one of the rare places, in the USA, that it breeds, otherwise in tropical […]
Summer Lust
Damselflies pulse with the wild frequency of summer lust, tangled up in a humid breeze, their mating a river-mad embrace. • Ebony Jewelwing damselfly | Calopteryx maculata
Howler Monkeys
It was 4:00 AM and pitch dark outside when the low guttural scream started. I jerked awake thinking it must have been a dream. But, then the noise happened again only louder this time. It echoed through the trees and into my ears. It was like no sound I had heard before. There it was […]
Oostvaardersdijk
Afgelopen zaterdag was de laatste dag van mijn expositie in het bezoekerscentrum “De Trekvogel” van het Flevolandschap in Almere (bij de Lepelaarplassen). Kon daar al bijtijds terecht om de spullen op te ruimen en heb de kans maar waargenomen om een zonsopkomst daar mee te maken met fraaie luchten boven de Oostvaardersplassen. Tevens in gedachten […]