I have been delighted to see and photo capture these American Lady(Vanessa virginiensis)butterflies in our gardens and fields earlier this spring than in previous years. Flower Hill Farm
Category: Wildlife
Costa Rica Trip Report – Stripe-Tailed Hummingbird
Part 5/6 of my month down in Costa Rica leading a few photography workshops. We had some really nice opportunities throughout the tours and many wonderful images were made. Costa Rica is one of those countries that is just so pleasant to visit. After leaving the Quetzal behind the final stop for my first tour […]
Chew your meat, you Panthera leo
“We Bought a Zoo (2011)” this film portraits a story that is not far from reality and I was fortunate to be involved in filming behind the scenes the revival of one in tropical Australia. The receivers of this closed zoo appointed a zoo animal carer to look after the animals welfare until such time […]
Eastern Yellow Robin – (Eopsaltria australis)
Race australis, found in eastern Queensland (photographed & video Atherton Tablelands) and half of N. New South Wales. Very fast flier with a developed ability of grasping to tree trunks and hunt while body stays upright.
Common Raven in an Open Field
Will wonders never cease? The weather forecasters; who are usually way off on their predictions, were right yesterday. They called for partly cloudy weather and that is what happened. Of course when there were no birds the sky overhead was clear and when there were birds the hulking clouds blocked out most of the light. […]
Sparrow Day Around Ottawa International Airport
Another Sparrow day in the lush green area around Ottawa International Airport. The weather was cooler this morning and the birds not so active. But we had great views of Firled, Grasshopper, Clay-colored and Vesper Sparrow. In addition Brown Thrasher, Chestnut-sided and Palm Warbler, Lincoln Sparrow and just as we were leaving the parking lot […]
Platypus or Platypuses please .. Not Platypi
I never forgot several years back the spontaneous remark of one of my web readers from Texas saying that “I talked about the platypus like if this animal was still alive” and if this was correct she had lived with this erroneous conception for over 20 years. Where others as I would show them this […]
Transit of Venus
Venus Todays big event was the Transit of Venus across the face of the sun. Doesn’t happen all that often, the next occurrence apparently not for 105 years. And last night the forecast was dodgy to say the least as a big storm was due to sweep across New Zealand. But I woke to a […]