Leucorrhinia dubia – The site of Bassa d’Oles in the Val d’Aran (above Vielha in the spanish Pyrenees) is quite remarkable for its dragonflies, its flora and its beauty. Bassa d’Oles , un site remarquable dans le Val d’Aran (Pyrénées Espagnoles) où nous aimons prospecter chaque année pour les odonates et la flore mais aussi […]
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Results of the Best Photo of the Week Ended 28 Jun 2014
We are delighted to announce the results of our latest “Best Photo of the Week” Competition. First Prize is awarded to Dave Richards for his outstanding photo “Bush Hyrax Heterohyrax brucei”. Tom McJannet wins Second Prize with Luvin Puffin” and Third Prize goes to Mike & Glen Heramb for “Juv Short-tailed Eagle” (click on thumbnails for full scale […]
Big Splash
I hope you’re not tired of me posting about my awesome trip to Zimanga Private Game Reserve yet? Indulge me one more. I absolutely love being able to shoot at eye level with my subjects. It makes the photo come alive in a way that shooting from the normally elevated position of a vehicle just […]
Dragonfly, a formidable predator
I suggest here a more detailed follow up to this article, about odonate predation. A dragonfly feeds exclusively on live preys, whether it is still at the stage of larva or of a winged imago: it consumes a wide variety of insects daily from flies (Diptera), to bees (Hymenoptera), to some beetles, to butterflies (Lepidoptera), […]
All about Common Scarlet-darter
Crocothémis écarlate et coeur copulatoire Crocothemis erythraea – Anisoptera – Crocothemis -Cette magnifique espèce est devenue courante en Europe du sud et de l’est, mais elle nous vient d’Afrique comme le Trithémis pourpré – Trithemis annulata – qui est arrivé dans notre pays plus récemment (suivre le lien pour lire son histoire). Cette libellule peut […]
Angú, Black-capped donacobius, Donacobius atricapilla
En Cambyretá nos dimos el gusto de fotografiar al Angú, o la “Calandria del estero” como también se lo conoce, los vimos en varios lugares a lo largo del camino pero recién al finalizar el mismo una pareja nos brindó un concierto desde una de las perchas mas sobresalientes del bañado, estuvieron cantando casi un […]
A Bestiary : Songbirds ~ Vireos ~ Blue-headed Vireo
The Blue-headed Vireo, Vireosolitariesis one of the two vireos that breed in our gardens at Flower Hill Farm in Western Massachusetts. The large white spectacles give this vireo away along with the blue-gray hood and cape it dons. Two wing bars and a splash of yellow on his side adds to the beauty ofthis small […]
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