After Koga, my friend and I went to the Dazaifu area to look for Brown Boobok and Japanese Paradise Flycatcher. Although it was too early for the owls, we could get the rare chance to see a pair of Japanese Paradise Flycatchers building a nest with cedar bark, moss and spider webs! It was extremely […]
Tui, (Prosthemadera novaeseelandiae)
One of our common local natives is the Tui. Its highly sheened blue, almost green plumage, signature white throat feathers, which incidentally gives it the occasional name of Parson Bird and rounded out with fine filigree white feathers almost like a lace shawl over black shoulders makes Tui quite easily identified. Tui are superb songsters […]
Sidelit Piping Plover
I was photographing one evening in Florida while laying in the mudflat of a tidal lagoon, there were Dunlins, Black-bellied Plovers and Greater Yellowlegs in front of me where the evening light was great. Out of the corner of my eye I caught a bit of movement and turned my head towards what I could […]
Darker than Dusk
In a tangled landscape of misadventures, I’m blinded by arachnid beauty, her silken purpose darker than dusk. • Spider
A day in the Cairngorms
I recently returned to the UK for a friend’s wedding. More specifically Glenborrodale Castle, Argyle, Scotland. We arrived there on 26th April. I have to say the 3 days in the Castle were wonderful, the weather miraculously was fabulous, clear blue skies each day but a little chilly, hospitality and food amazing. The weather was […]
Costa Rica Trip Report – Fiery-Throated Hummingbird
Part 3/6 of my month down in Costa Rica leading a few photography workshops. We had some really nice opportunities throughout the tours and many wonderful images were made. Costa Rica is one of those countries that is just so pleasant to visit. From this lodge we travelled even further up in elevation to the […]
