Habiendo terminado mi recorrida por el sendero del salto La Bonita el día Martes alcancé a llegar a la cabaña justo en el mismo momento en el que comenzó a llover, me preparé un mate y me senté a disfrutar del silencio acompañado de las vacas que pastaban tranquilamente en compañía de algunos Tordos cuando […]
Onset of Darknessā¦
A leopard (Panthera pardus) basks in the waning glow of the African sunset, waiting for the onset of darkness to conceal her for the evening’s hunt. Okavango Delta, Botswana. Nikon D3. Nikon 70-200 mm. ISO 2200. f 2.8 @ 1/125 sec. Lexar Media. © Dana Allen www.photosafari-africa.net www.facebook.com/DanaAllenPhotoSafari with Mombo Camp & Wilderness Safaris
The Right Stuffā¦
The Southern Right Whale (Eubalaena australis) has made a strong recovery since it’s initial protection from hunting in 1935. The population dropped sharply in the 1960s due to heavy illegal poaching (wiping out nearly half of its remaining numbers) but since that was stopped the population has exhibited a healthy upward trend. From an estimated […]
Huet-Huet CastaƱo (Pteroptochos castaneu)
ElHuet-Huet Castaño (Pteroptochos castaneus) – Chestnut-throated Huet-Huet fue hallado en Argentinahacia fines de 1999. Solo se lo encuentra en el norte de Neuquen, en las lagunas de Epulauquen y Vaca Lauquen, entre los 1450 y 1550 m.s.n.m. Es un ambiente de bosques caracterizado por la presencia de roble pellin, nires, lengas, caña cohiue, etc. Con […]
Red-tailed Hawk Within A Wintry Landscape
Our resident Red-tailed Hawk (Buteo jamaicensis) is a creature of habit. Early mornings and late afternoons I often sight this beautiful raptor perched on the same branch in more or less exactly the same location within a stately Oak.
Just another Kalahari morning
I’ve been putting this off for too long…so here it is. The story of the hunting lions in the Kalahari. Fasten your seatbelts – Date: 29 November 2012 – Location:Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park – It was a morning much like any other morning in the Kalahari. Yet it would turn out to be a morning so […]
Painted Lady
The Painted Lady (Vanessa cardui) is said to be the most widespread butterfly in the world – found in both North and South America, Europe, Asia and Africa – in both temperate and tropical environments. Butterflies and Moths of North America. This is a guest post from wife, Olivia, who shot these photos in Maine […]