An occasional sojourner in the pocket of a forgotten flower, every nook and hidden place glowing, navigating the underworld with one eye half-shut. * Pavement ant | Tetramorium caespitum
Category: Wildlife
Where are we going Canon?
The new Canon 5D mk III is here. The key stats are: 22.3 Megapixel full-frame sensor 61-point autofocus Up to 6fps continuous shooting Native ISO 100-25,600 sensitivity Full HD video with manual control 14-bit DIGIC 5+ processor Enhanced Weather sealing 8.11cm (3.2-inch) 1,040,000-dot screen It seems like it will be a wonderful camera for photojournalists, […]
Southern Africa’s first record of Little Crake
The news took South African birders by storm! On Thursday 22 March, Trevor Hardaker, a prominent South African birder and rarity tracker, announced that a Little Crake had been found the previous day by Gillian Barnes in Clovelly Wetland near Fishhoek, a southern suburb of Cape Town. This is not far from Cape Point, Africa’s […]
Birding in British Columbia – Pacific Loon (Gavia pacifica)
Part 4/10 of my very action packed 6 weeks of traveling around the country in search of birds. In mid-May I set off for my annual road trip. This year I wanted to focus on the interior of British Columbia and some of the fantastic species that breed here. I spent 20 days camping out […]
The Dazzling Sun
The Dazzling Sun • Settling in the pauses between seasons, obscure coordinates frame a songbird’s journey past a dying, dazzling sun.
Birding in British Columbia – Evening Grosbeak (Coccothraustes vespertinus)
Part 3/10 of my very action packed 6 weeks of traveling around the country in search of birds.In mid-May I set off for my annual road trip. This year I wanted to focus on the interior of British Columbia and some of the fantastic species that breed here. I spent 20 days camping out under […]
14 Days Old Now
On the 18th of March I made another visit to my local sandhill crane family. The chicks or colts, as they are called, now two weeks old, did not tire as quickly and were full of energy, which made keeping up with them a lot harder. They also started to imitate their parents more. When […]
Spring has arrived on the Rhine Delta
The last week has been exceptionally mild with early morning temperatures around +5 degrees Celsius and warming up to the mid teens in the afternoons. Combined with brilliant sunshine and birdsong all around, the consensus is that spring has well and truly arrived on the Rhine Delta. My first encounter this morning was with a […]