Whilst birding the Judah area (two hours drive towards Riyadh from Dhahran) known as Jebal Hamrah recently Phil Roberts and I found a few Pale Crag Martins and managed to locate a small cliff where three birds were continually flying around and landing. After some time we managed to get in a position to take […]
Snowy Owl Snettisham
I tried to take the old fella for the Owl yesterday but he had other plans so we put the trip on hold until this morning. We set off at 5am and arrived at the coast around 7am stopping briefly to tick Fulmar from Hunstanton Cliffs and to grab a shot of an obliging Barn […]
Northern Waterthrush at Lake Apopka, 3/10/18
A few days ago I finally had time to visit the Lake Apopka Wildlife Drive. Many of the rarities that have been wintering here have made themselves scarce. I didn’t see the Long-tailed Duck, the Ash-throated Flycatcher or the Vermilion Flycatcher. There were still lots of birds to see here, though. There were lots of […]
Mammals of Kruger Park
In my last post from South Africa, I will share some photos of mammals and reptiles we encountered in Kruger Park. Even though we did not find any surprising animals, it was exciting to see large numbers of common mammals. After the low densities we had experienced in Hluhluwe, Kruger Park felt like the Real […]
Corbatita blanco (White-bellied Seedeater) Sporophila leucoptera
Una vez mas retomamos la actividad escolar del presente año y coincidiendo con el pasado vuelvo a tener disponible unas 3 horas libres durante la mañana del viernes, y como es habitual las utilizo siempre y cuando el clima lo permita para sacar fotos. Hoy me fuí a la Reserva del Arroyo Itá en donde […]
Cats and Vultures of Kruger Park
On our last full day in Kruger Park (February 16th) we spent some quality time with a pride of Lions not far from Satara, along the famous S100 track, by a waterhole. When we got there a few cars had already assembled, but it wasn’t too bad. I managed to maneuver myself into a good […]
Ñacundá (Nacunda Nighthawk) Chordeiles nacunda
Pocas son las ocasiones en las que durante una cacería fotográfica de aves se alinean los planetas y todas las condiciones quedan del lado del fotógrafo. Cuando una especie en particular nos sobrevuela cerca como este ñacundá, teniendo el sol a nuestra espalda, y un fondo despejado para ayudar a que el enfoque sea rápido, […]
The Chain Reaction on Nature of a Lack of Education or Knowledge
Everyone loves to get close to wild animals right? That feeling of wow am I really doing this, is that wild *animal* really that close. That’s what goes through my mind when something is a reasonable size to see the detail in hair/ feathers/ scales in my 300mm +1.4 converter (I’m incredibly short and a […]