Scientists have discovered two new species of woodlizards from the Peruvian Amazon. Woodlizards, in the genus Enyalioides, are little-known reptiles with only 10 described species found in South and Central America. Described in a new paper in ZooKeys, both new woodlizards were found in Cordillera Azul National Park, the nations third-largest. “These species were discovered […]
Category: Wildlife
Exposure Compensation for Wildlife Photography
I’m teaching at a Camera Club tonight, and the topic will be exposure compensation for wildlife photography. I wrote a three page handout and also put together a PowerPoint presentation for tonight. I thought some of you may want to see these, so I’m including a couple links to them here: Lesson Handouts Lesson PowerPoint Feel free […]
Best Photo of the Week Ended 23 Mar 2013
We are delighted to announce the winners of our most recent “Best Photo of the Week” Competition. Alain Pascia wins First Prize for his outstanding composition“The Banquet”. Don Getty wins Second Prize with “Purple-Throated Mountain-Gem” and Dana Allen wins Third Prize with “New Day, New Hope”. See images below with links to the original articles. […]
Eastern Lubber Grasshopper (Romalea microptera)
Grasshoppers are common insects. Often seen and heard during thewarmer months here in the U.S., they are symbolic of summer and outdoor activities. In Florida the Eastern Lubber (Romalea microptera) is our most observed species. They are large (3 inches), brightly colored, flightless and slow moving. Lubber’s distribution is in the “U.S Subtropics,” as you […]
Rats, here we go again ???
Last night I was rung by the Local Dept of Conservation Field Manager. She told me DoC had just caught 3 rats on Ulva Island. This is sodisappointing, not that a rat has re-invaded, which was always known would happen but that three were caught over the same trap period. We can only hope that […]
One Woman Stands Up for the Dolphins
Just a few weeks ago, an international campaign to stop the annual gruesome slaughter of dolphins in Japan was initiated by one Scottish woman hoping to make a difference. Shona Lewendon started a petition to the International Olympic Committee (IOC) requesting that Japan be denied the right to host the 2020 Olympic Games until they […]
I´m Batman
En una sesión de hace tiempo en la laguna de S.M. del Monte en la provincia de Buenos Aires este Biguá (Phalacrocorax olivaceus) me permitió hacerle diversas tomas mientras secaba sus plumas al sol. Esta foto en particular está tomada cuerpo a tierra con el Biguá ubicado en una depresión a orillas de la laguna. […]
Spring Migrants in Kuwait
Earlier this month I visited a protected area north of Kuwait City and Mutla Ridge and was pleasantly surprised by the numbers of Spring migrants in and around the Acacia Trees as well as the indigenous plants with yellow flowers spread out across the desert. There were 5 species of Wheatear, but the most prevalent […]