As the floods arrive, the wildlife of the Okavango prepares for many months of wet feet. No problem at all for this big male lion (Panthera leo) as he strides across an open floodplain in the early morning – Okavango Delta, Botswana. Nikon D4. Nikon 200-400 mm. ISO 1600 f6.7 @ 1/350 sec. Lexar Media. […]
Category: Wildlife
A Walk in the Park
Central Park is full of pleasant spring sights right now.
Canon’s Best Macro Lens for Nature Photography: Canon EF 180mm f/3.5L
It may surprise you that I believe Canon’s 180mm macro lens to be the best macro lens for nature photography. After all, a few years ago, Canon released a new macro lens, the EF 100mm f/2.8L. It’s smaller, lighter, cheaper, auto-focuses faster, has a wider maximum aperture, and it even sports a new hybrid form […]
Frutero cabeza negra (Hooded tanager)
Como se complica el hecho de fotografiar aves y mencionar acerca de los lugares en donde se obtuvieron dichas fotografías; lo que en un principio se hace con la finalidad de acercar a la gente a la naturaleza y conocer un poco mas acerca de estos maravillosos individuos con quienes compartimos casa, termina siendo utilizado […]
Dagens bilder
En natt i tjäderkojan gav inte mycket mer än ännu en fin naturupplevelse, man vaknar 03:00 då tupparna sätter igång och knäpper sittandes i träden efter nästan en timme så hoppar de ner på backen och börja spelet med knäppningar, sisningar, rapar. men denna morgon tog det slut ganska fort och tuppen började äta istället […]
White Ibis with an Eyebrow
This past Saturday on Blackpoint Wildlife Drive, we also had the chance to see an immature White Ibis fly by. This particular individual interests me because it appears he has a eye brow. I suspect this has to do with the bird’s molt into adult plumage. Immature White Ibises have feathers in the area around […]
The Inter-tidal Mudskippers of Kuwait
There are often quiet times in between coastal birding, especially during low-tide when the sea appears to fade away in the shimmering distance. However, if you look more closely on the mud flats during low tide, you will find some interesting species and for this post these are inter-tidal Mudskippers; a fascinating species in their […]
Baby Birds and Cave Arms
Why hello there friends, hello. Not to be one of those talk-about-the-weather-all-the-time types, but crapballs! May 2nd and I was decked out in long underwear, gloves and hat again today. So confusing.(Above: Black-and-white Warbler with a caterpillar), below: Painted Bunting hunkering down in some thistle) Black-capped nestlings-they’ve hatched. Golden-cheeked Warblers have fledgies. This season is […]