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Look To The Sky
An unusual view for an Atlantic Puffin, but I could’t resist this guy stretching out his neck and ‘looking to the sky’. Probably nothing really was going through his mind, but sometimes we find ourselves wondering what they are thinking when animals and birds do something that is a little out of the ordinary, at…
Friday Flashback – Stepping Out
Today’s Friday Flashback is from 27th March 2017 and is entitled ‘Stepping Out’. As I've said before, I sure miss seeing these guys, but for over the next couple of weeks - you never know!Original Text: "It has been a long while since we’ve featured a spirit bear, in fact, it’s been a couple of…
Large Psammodromus
The Large Psammodromus Lizard (Psammodromus algirus) can easily measure up to 45cm nose to tail, which makes his tail length over twice his body length and it can be found throughout the Iberian peninsula of Portugal and Spain and into the Mediterranean. No real threat to humans, but if you’re a bug, fly or other…
Friday Flashback – A Quizzical Look
It’s starting to shape up into a busy year photographically and as I head back out ‘on the road’ once again I thought I’d bring the ‘flashbacks’ back for the next couple of months. Today’s Friday Flashback is from 3rd February 2017 and is entitled ‘A Quizzical Look’. Hopefully I'll be seeing a few more…
Longtime No See – Coastal Wolf
For me it’s been a longtime without seeing one of these guys, but fingers are crossed that I may come across one on my upcoming trip back into the BC bush - let’s hope so. In the meantime I still have a few unedited frames remaining on file and I found this shot recently which…
Lappet-faced Vulture
This is a Lappet-faced Vulture (Torgos tracheliotos) and at over a metre tall they are the largest of all the vulture species in Africa, but sadly today, they're considered an endangered species. They get their name from the folded or overlapping skin around the head - which kind of resembles a type of headscarf but…
No Luck This Time
Here we see a young sub-adult grizzly bear leaving a river in Northern BC looking a little forlorn at having had no luck at catching himself a salmon - on this occasion! As we’ve seen in other posts of this bear and his sibling though, (See Sockeye Bear), they did have plenty of success overall…
Black-winged Kite
The Black-winged Kite (Elanus caeruleus)can be found across many parts of Africa, through central to Eastern Asia and in parts of Western Europe. At around 38cm it is considered a small kite that is similar in size to falcons such as the kestrel and despite its dark wings, received its name due to the black…
Beachside Bruiser
Here we see a large and fairly old looking black bear out searching for food amongst the shoreline pickings of low tide on the BC coast. This beachside bruiser certainly has distinct looking features and appears to be giving a pretty mean look in my general direction as I took the photograph, but that was…
Chameleon
I’m just back from a couple of months in Portugal, enjoying learning a lot of history and observing parts of the spring bird migration from Africa to Europe. But whilst there I did manage to see one or two other smaller animals and one of the hardest to find are these guys - the Mediterranean…
Grey Crowned Crane
The spectacular looking Grey Crowned Crane (Balearica regulorum), initially, in name at least, takes a little explaining. It is not a ‘grey-crowned’ crane but is in fact a grey crane with a crown! In some parts it is known, maybe more aptly, as the ‘golden-crested’ crane, along with several other names in others. This is…
Long Awaited Return
In a few weeks time I’m heading back to the Khutzeymateen after three years away. Although I have thousands, many still unpublished, photographs from the area and despite being able to keep fairly up to date on some of the comings and goings through others visiting the area, I still miss regularly seeing the resident…
Mountain Lion
In this case the title does not refer to the alternative name for the cougars of North America but actually refers to what the image is of - a lion on a mountain! We came across this beautiful looking and pregnant lioness on a kopje in Tanzania’s Northern Serengeti. As mentioned previously, (see Kopje Queen)…
Whale Channel Sunset
Here we are looking west towards the opening of ’Whale Channel’ on the BC coast. As you head north out of McKay Breach, even on the ferry to Prince Rupert, just before you get to the village of Hartley Bay, off to your left is Whale Channel, which eventually leads to Hecate Strait. It is…
Bateleur
Here’s a mean looking eagle and he’s only a juvenile! This young bird of prey, probably around 5 years old, is a Bateleur (Terathopius ecaudatus) and whilst in Tanzania last year I was fortunate to spot him and on a couple of occasions a pair of smart looking adults (see Tz Raptors) also. Bateleur’s are…
Playful Cubs
Here we see two sibling lion cubs playfully wrestling just before sunset. The timing was perfect as the light gives them a soft golden glow and the look in the eye of the cub facing the camera just seems to reach out to you. Also, note that the claws are retracted when playing like this…
Blue Berg
Here we can see what it’s like up alongside a fairly large iceberg and see how this one has a rather ‘inviting’, almost church like, entrance to an inner ice-cave that leaves you forever wondering what may have lay within! We didn’t see any of this size in the spring of 2024 - iceberg sightings…
A Spanish Festoon!
Here’s a rather colourful 'first sighting' shot from a recent field trip to Europe - the Spanish Festoon Butterfly (Zerynthia rumina). As the name suggests this butterfly is endemic of Spain and it’s Iberian neighbour Portugal, where I came across this one, although they are sometimes spotted in North Africa too. These rather colourful insects…
A Green-leaf Bonnet
Here we see a fall shot of a young female grizzly bear searching a BC river system looking for salmon. It was so tempting to remove it, but I decided to leave her with the green-leaf bonnet that she had remaining on her head after coming out from the nearby forest. Needless to say, she…
Cuckoos
Cuckoos always seemed to manage to avoid me growing up in England. I would hear them, especially in the spring, but I never managed to spot one. However, whilst in Tanzania last year I did manage to spot three different species of cuckoo, the Black and White Cuckoo, also known as the Pied or Jacobin…
Male Lion
I did come across two or three different adult male lions during my time in Tanzania, but far fewer compared to the number of females and female prides. Lions like to hunt at night and during the day the males were definitely more elusive than the females and often headed for shade and peace and…
Brown Snake Eagle
Here’s another one of the several spectacular species of raptor I managed to see whilst in Tanzania last year - the Brown Snake Eagle (Circaetus cinereus). As their name suggests, they have a preference for snakes which they will snatch up after waiting patiently on a high perch, but they will also eat other small…
Male Rufous 2
I miss seeing these little guys and I used to see and photograph them quite regularly, so it’s hard to believe we haven’t featured one on here since 2020! This is a male rufous hummingbird and these tiny birds would often start arriving in our garden in BC from late March having undertaken a long…
Pearly Whites
It seems that for this portrait this grizzly bear was showing us his ‘pearly whites’, but really he was just chewing some sedge. Not heard much these days, but the term ‘pearly whites’ is an old English term referring to teeth, which dates back to a time when good, ‘pearl’ white teeth, were seen as…
Sausage Tree
Here we have the oddly named ‘Sausage Tree’ (Kigelia africana). This tree, which can reach a height of around 20 metres, is a popular source of shade for wildlife on hot days. However, if you ever find yourself underneath one be careful of falling fruits - at around 13kg they can hurt! The long sausage…
Out For A Paddle
You’d be forgiven if on first glance you thought this was a black bear, especially considering how dark and wet this grizzly bear's coat is. But this splendid looking guy was paddling along a creek looking for salmon on the Alaska/British Columbia border when I spied him early one September morning. He looks like he’s…
Termite Mound
Mound-building Termites - not the most lovable of critters, especially if they’re in your property, but out in the wild like the Tanzanian savannah, you have to admire their ingenuity and architecture. These termite mounds can take several years to construct and reach over four metres in height, but they serve their colonies (which may…
A Caper White
The African Caper White (Belenois aurota aurota) is a fairly common mid-sized butterfly found in southern and eastern Africa with similar cousins found across the Middle-east and into India. Colloquially it may go by any one of several names such as the pioneer white or the brown-veined white. Towards the end of summer, thousands can…
A Mother’s Eye
Standing on the side of a river, fishing for salmon, this black bear momma looks up and casts her eye on the surroundings, no doubt a safety check in case of other bears. Soon after she was back scanning the river for fish before taking another ducking in the hope of catching a pink. All…
Puffin March
It is so intriguing watching these little guys beavering around whilst they are ashore for the nesting season. When they’re on the march from one spot to another like this they just look so determined, in a rush and focused on what they are doing and where they are going. The Atlantic Puffin comes ashore…
Lake Natron
This shot, featuring two Great White Pelicans (Pelecanus onocrotalus) and a flock of Lesser Flamingos (Phoeniconaias minor) was taken just after sunrise at Lake Natron in Northern Tanzania. A little over 1,000 square kilometres in size and only three metres deep, Lake Natron is a unique ‘alkaline lake’ sitting at around 600 metres above sea…
Supper With A Star
Here we see one of the ‘Star’ sisters chowing down on some still fresh Lyngby’s sedge. Even though this picture was take some ten years after I first encountered the Star sisters and their mum - the Queen of the Khutz - they are still quite easily recognized thanks to the unique markings on their…
Cave Bear!
Well, this obviously isn’t a ‘real’ cave bear, but a young black bear emerging from his small cave were he liked to head for to eat his salmon in safety, you can just see some remains in the cave behind him. Real ‘cave bears’ (Ursus spelaeus), long since extinct, were probably at least twice the…