We live for the pack. We play we run We rest together, When our day is done. When one of us is ill, We pick up the slack, Bringing food and comfort Until good health comes back. We chase our prey, We have to eat. We do this to survive, No easy feat. But love […]
What Wildlife Can You See In London?
London, the capital of England. Bustling with diverse culture, Big Ben, Parliament, the London Eye, Westminster Abbey. So many things to see and do but what about nature lovers who want to escape the concrete landscape and experience some wildlife? Here’s what wildlife you can see in London… London Zoo The world’s oldest scientific zoo […]
Birding the Abha Area
Whilst birding the Abha area recently we went to Azeeza to look for Blandford’s Short-toed Larks as birds had been seen here by us in previous years. The area has had some building and construction work done in the last couple of years and despite quite extensive searching we failed to find any birds. Very […]
Dirtballin’
How embarrassing. I am still here, sort of. Been out at a really remote field site the last couple months and am venturing (somewhat unwillingly and very awkwardly) back into society at the moment. I had my first real shower in two months just yesterday- HA! I’m a huge dirtball and I just don’t care. […]
Cardinal, Read
What goes on inside your head, Said the little cardinal, red. What thoughts and moments Swirl about Do they whisper Or do they shout
Next generation…
After the hunting of some of the big lions near Hwange, this amazing young male lion (Panthera leo) looks set to start his own pride in the area. Let’s hope he has a better fate. Photo taken at Hwange National Park, Zimbabwe.
Vaquita Smiles
Vaquita smiles Sweet whimsy, That only they know. Twenty or less of them left We cannot let Them go.
Whimbrel At Carlos Pointe: Part I
Although there was a very welcome breeze at dawn on the morning of 11 August, I was not prepared to walk miles from Carlos Pointe at Big Carlos Pass along Little Estero Lagoon with the temperature already at 78 degrees. The primary purpose of my visit to the freshwater pool at Carlos Pointe was to […]