As wildlife photographers, we all strive to capture that perfect moment. Sometimes, the moment is dramatic, sometimes the moment is awe inspiring, sometimes the moment is scary and sometimes the moment is just plain funny. At this time of year when we all have so much going on, I know that things can get a […]
Bringing Up the Rear…
A large buffalo bull stands ready to defend the herd against a pride of lions approaching from the back – Hwange National Park, Zimbabwe. Nikon D300. Nikon 200-400 mm. ISO 800. f 4 @ 1/1500 sec. Lexar Media.
Blue tit
Passeriformes – Paridae – Très communes en France et surtout dans le sud où j’habite, Je trouve qu’elles sont les plus jolies des mésanges du jardin. Elles sont drôles et ne manquent pas de culot! Quite common in the South of France, I believe they are still the prettiest of all in the garden and […]
Little Grebe and other recent images
Weather has been pretty bad over the past few weeks, and Murphy’s Law has kicked in on those few sunny days when work commitments have prevented me headed out into the field. Nevertheless, I have tried to squeeze in some photography when there was a chance, and the 1D X helps under dim, overcast winter […]
The Northern Harrier AKA Marsh Hawk
The Northern Harrier (Circus cyaneus) was also known as the Marsh Hawk in the United States and is known as the Hen Hawk in Eurasia (click on photos for full sized images). It breeds in the northern part of the northern hemisphere. On this Wikipedia commons map, the light green denotes breeding summer visitor, the […]
State Bird of Karnataka – Indian Roller (Coracias benghalensis)
This lovely bird below is the Indian Roller. It also happens to be the state bird of Karnataka. The Indian Roller gets its name because of the ‘rolling’ display of the male during breeding season. They have a huge variety when it comes to prey ranging from small insects such as crickets , grasshoppers, bees, […]
Black-chinned Hummingbirds (II)
These Black-chinned hummingbirds are from this summer, since I’m a slacker. I finally figured out all it took was a a bit of patience to get hummingbird flight photos and gave myself one of those pats-on-the-back kind of things once I realized this. (Patience is not really my thing, which is a problem with bird […]
Isle of Mull – Eagle Country
It was the first week of March on the wintry island of Mull and I was out in the field to focus on a local pair of Golden Eagles to monitor their early season behaviour. The usual persistence was required to see these elusive birds and once the snow eased off, in classic Mull fashion, […]