A member of the Pieridae family, the Checkered White Butterfly is a wide ranging species with a fast, erratic flight and is difficult to approach and photograph. Related to the Cabbage White, it is considered a pest to plants in the mustard family, including cabbage and capers. Here seen on Beggar Tick (Bidens alba), a […]
Waking Clouds
Songbirds jostle for position with no time to waste, waking sleepy clouds from their spring sleep. • Sparrow | Passer domesticus
Spring in Northants 4 Hello!
It’s a bit of a relief that I have now heard my first cuckoo of the year. It’s very late – I always hear them in April, sometimes mid April, but this year it took until 7 May. I was beginning to wonder whether what I had assumed was just a delay was actually going […]
Keep off Beaches, Peru warns after pelican and dolphin deaths
Peru’s government declared a health alert along its northern coastline on Saturday and urged residents and tourists to stay away from long stretches of beach, as it investigates the unexplained deaths of hundreds of dolphins and pelicans. At least 1,200 birds, mostly pelicans, washed up dead along a stretch of Peru’s northern Pacific coastline in […]
Red-breasted Merganser – At 220mm
You don’t always need to have long focal lengths to get close up images, this image was taken with a moderately priced Nikkor 70-300mm VR at only 220mm and it is practically full frame. How did I get an image of a wild Red-breasted Merganser (Mergus serrator) from so close? Patience. I approached the bird […]
Lionfish: Invasive species in the Gulf of Mexico
Much is being done to both study and eradicate this invasive and potentially harmful species. Scientists from Florida Gulf Coast University and Mote Marine Laboratory are both involved in local research. Reef.org is also a great resource with it’s own Lionfish Resarch Program.
Female Coyote
I look at this image and I see intelligence in the Coyote’s eyes. I see a warm-blooded creature who is doing what it needs to do to survive. I see a female who is nursing pups. I see beauty. Mia McPherson, OntheWingPhotography.com
The Dassie Rat – an unique rodent
The Dassie Rat (Petromus typicus) is endemic to the Southwest Arid Zone of Africa. Their range encompasses northwestern South Africa (Northern Cape Province), central and western Namibia and southwestern Angola. These cute, squirrel-like, long tailed rodents occur regularly and sometimes commonly in rocky areas within this vast swathe of desert and semi-desert land. What makes […]