When the world is new, you look at everything with trusting and wide eyes. This young lion cub has plenty to learn about the ways of the world before she reaches her prime in a few short years. Nikon D300. Nikon 200-400 mm. ISO 800. f 4 @ 1/1000 sec. Lexar Media. © Dana Allen […]
Tucán grande (Toco Toucan)
Esta es la única foto de un Tucán grande que pude obtener en El Soberbio, estaban muy perseguidos por otras aves y no permanecían mucho tiempo posados en el mismo lugar; solo por este y por su primo menor (el Tucán pico verde) valió la pena transpirar la camiseta para caminar casi 4 kilómetros hacia […]
The Breeding of White-breasted Dippers
I have just started my annual observations of Dippers that breed on a river close to the Dartmoor National Park in Devon . Last year I spent almost every day for at least 8 weeks photographing and recording their breeding attempt. I say attempt because it ended in tragedy when the river flooded and their […]
Greenshank Tringa nebularia.
The Greenshank (Tringa nebularia.)is medium sized wading bird that is normally seen on migration in Spring and Autumn in the UK. They do not breed in England but further north in Scotland and sub-Arctic Europe and Asia. In my local area it is quite common to see one or two on the nearby Exe Estuary […]
Only Three Left in Our Care…
Of the nearly 170 distinct species of elephants (members of the proboscidean species) that once roamed the earth, only three: the Asian, the African Savannah, and the African Forest Elephant remain today. There are many ways to help efforts to conserve these species. One specific avenue is to support valuable research projects such as this: […]
A Closer Look at the Northern Shoveler
Northern Shovelers (Anas clypeata) photos by Larry Jordan The Northern Shoveler (Anas clypeata),unlike most dabbling ducks, has a bill ideally suited for straining small swimming crustaceans from the water (click on photos for full sized images). This is the drake in breeding plumage photographed at Colusa National Wildlife Refuge last week. Note the spatulate bill… […]
Tucán pico verde (Red-breasted Toucan)
Transcurrieron bastantes recorridas por distintas localidades del sur de Misiones con el grupo sin poder obtener una fotografía del Tucán pico verde, cuando lo podíamos ver siempre estaba en vuelo y nunca era suficiente el tiempo para apuntar la cámara hacia arriba y cruzar los dedos para que haya un espacio libre entre árboles que […]
More Movement on The Strait
Across La Janda the Common Cranes are getting restless and have been flying around in the warm air getting onto thermals that have been rising across the flat landscape. Family groups have been calling noisily as they exercise their flight muscles and prepare for the long flight home. More cranes arrived this week from Morocco, […]