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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…
Fisher’s Lovebirds
The Fisher’s Lovebird (Agapornis fischeri) is a small, colourful parrot that was originally to be found in Southern Kenya and Tanzania, but nowadays there are occasional sightings across Southern Europe and the Middle East - primarily thought to be from escaped or released captive birds. They do have a similar looking cousin, the ‘Yellow-collared lovebird’ but…
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…
Top and Tail
Humpbacks - one of the worlds most observed and impressive whales. Here we get to see a top and tail view of two of the leviathans in a northern British Columbia inlet. One just surfacing with its impressive blow glistening in the sun, whilst the second, what looks to be a youngster, is just making…
The Toe-biter!
I saw this guy one evening whilst out looking for osprey. It was about fifty or sixty metres away across a gravel area and at first I thought it was just a leaf blowing in the wind. However, closer inspection and this ‘Giant Water Bug’ (Lethocerus americanus) was revealed. I couldn’t get over the size…
Sad Looking Momma
Here we see a rather sad and very wet looking momma grizzly bear - who also had two wet and hungry cubs of the year with her out along the BC coast. For the preceding 24 hours the area had been absolutely drenched with a torrential downpour and the nearby river was close to bursting…
Eurasian Bee-eater
The Eurasian Bee-eater (Merops apiaster) is the most widely dispersed member of the bee-eater family (there are around 25), ranging from Portugal eastwards to western China and from parts of Denmark south through Africa to South Africa, including occasional sightings in the UK. I had a very brief encounter with this guy whilst in Tanzania…
Ma’o
Ma’o is the idyllic Hawaiian name for the colourful ‘Hawaiian cotton’ (Gossypium tomentosum) plant which is found on all the main islands of Hawaii, but funnily enough not on the island of ‘Hawaii’ itself. A beautiful bright yellow flower when in bloom, the Ma’o is a true native wild cotton plant that can grow upwards…
Leopard Prowl
Here’s another shot of the beautiful feline seen in the original ‘Leopard’ post from last April. On this occasion she had stood up from her resting position to turn around before laying back down as seen in the earlier post. Whilst doing so, she spotted a bird on a nearby branch and adopted this impressive…
Painted Turtle
The Painted Turtle (Chrysemys picta) is the only freshwater turtle found in British Columbia where this shot was taken. Exact numbers in BC are not known, but the strongest population is thought to exist in the Kootenay region’s Kikomun Creek Provincial Park, which is estimated to have around 800 to 900 turtles. British Columbia (and…
Secretarybird
Often when you think of a bird of prey you think of hook billed raptors soaring overhead looking for food down below. This preconceived image makes it hard for us to imagine the Secretarybird (Sagittarius serpentarius) as a member of this elitist species of birds, but they are. These long legged, gangly birds of prey…
Shore Walking Spirit
Hot on the heels of the 2015 post - here's another 'Christmas Spirit' to finish off the year.Someone asked about spirit bears recently and although I haven’t come across any for a few years now, I thought I’d check out some older files of them and whilst looking through I spotted this previously unpublished shot…
Slumber Party
Here we see a bloat of hippos getting some rest after making it back to their favourite watering hole before sunrise. But on our way from the hippo hotspot we came across one girl (below) who was late getting back from her night out on the town. She certainly had right of way whilst crossing…
Tails from BC – Humpback Whale
Humpback whales must certainly be the showiest and most surface active whales of them all. We’ve seen them before breaching, tail slapping, spy hopping and, like this guy photographed in British Columbia, performing a peduncle throw. But what does all this show boating mean? Well, biologists around the world have come up with many explanations…
Fever Tree Pond Scene
The Fever Tree (Vachellia xanthopholea) is fairly common in marshy or swampy areas and other wetlands and can be found from Kenya down to South Africa. It was given its name thanks to early missionaries and others that lived or stayed in areas in which the tree was to be found. High numbers of them…
Ruppell’s Griffon Vulture
Although I haven’t featured any yet, I encountered many vultures of four different sub-species whilst in Tanzania earlier this year. Not quite the largest, but at around 40 inches tall, this Ruppell's Griffon Vulture (Gyps rueppelli) (named after a German zoologist in the early 1800’s) was certainly one of the most intimidating that I came…
Maui Postcard
Here’s a follow-up and gentle reminder to the November 2019 post ‘Maui Visitors’. Here we see a mother humpback whale and her calf breaching together. It’s probably nothing of the sort, but we and our guide at the time liked to think that perhaps it was one of the young calf’s first breaching lessons from…
You Can Do It!
Have you ever been a spectator at an event and found yourself determinedly wishing for a participant to succeed? The sort of feeling where you can hear yourself in your head saying “go on, go on, you can do it”? Well, just look at the expressions on the faces of these two small grizzly bear…
Lilac-breasted Roller
Lit up in the early morning sun, the colours on this spectacular bird look fantastic. Endemic to Africa, the Lilac-breasted Roller (Coracias caudatus) can be found across the Eastern and Southern sub-Saharan parts of the continent, including Tanzania, where this shot came from and they are also the national bird of Kenya. There are many…
River Sentinels
Perched on a washed out tree root in the middle of the Khutzeymateen river, these two bald eagles, probably a nesting pair, sit like sentinels on guard over the river. Of course they are not really on guard, but are actually on the lookout for fish, more over, hoping for some salmon swimming by.
Cape Buffalo
After encountering a certain species of bovine during a visit to Yellowstone National Park in the US back in 2016 the question was asked Buffalo or Bison? The answer then of course was bison, but today we have a true buffalo, the Cape Buffalo (Syncerus cafer cafer) one of four sub-species of African Buffalo. The…
Smoked Salmon…
…Or old salmon? On fist sight, this young grizzly bear, photographed on a creek on the interior of BC a while back, could certainly look as if he’d got himself a nice looking piece of smoked salmon. But of course if you look closer, you can see it is in fact a very old piece of dead sockeye. And, as
Rocky the Racoon
How can you not love a face like that? This was a racoon I spotted one evening sneaking through the garden and was quite surprised when I saw it’s right eye. From afar it seemed healthy enough and had spent a minute or two chewing on something it had found to eat amongst the foliage and upon hearing
The Red Postman
Red Postman (Heliconius erato) are one of the most commonly found butterflies in Mexico (where this shot came from) and Central/South America. I found this guy in a glade and gardens on the edge of a forest – some of their favourite habitat. Thanks to it’s love of pollen and foul taste to potential
Southern Elephant Seal
I came across this moulting Southern Elephant Seal (Mirounga leonina) inSouth Georgia– thought to be the home of the most dense mating colony in the world. This is only a young male, but adults can reach a weight of around 4,000kg and can measure up to 6 metres long – making them the largest true se
Grizzly Watching
We’d been stood at the end of a trail on the BC coast watching this female grizzly bear fishing and feeding for quite some time. She would catch a salmon or dig out a carcass and come to the edge of the river to eat it (seeChow Down) before wandering out again to look for more. On this occasion, bef
Chestnut-backed Chickadee
Here’s an attractive small bird only found on the Pacific coast from Alaska down to mid-California – the Chestnut-backed Chickadee (Poecile rufescens). It is also the only species of chickadee found on Vancouver Island. Similar in size and appearance to it’s cousin, which is found nationwide, thebla
Fishing – Coastal Wolf Style
This is a great series of shots of this coastal grey wolf fishing. Starting with the image of him ‘pointing’ at the water as he hones his senses ready to catch a salmon. I love how he’s so intent concentrating on the water eyes sharp, ears alert – watching and listening for the slightest movement on
Wet-look Eagle
It’s been a while since we featured a bald eagle, but this shot stood out recently and with the autumnal weather (rain) we’re now seeing it seemed quite appropriate. I just love the ‘fresh out the shower’ look of this bedraggled bird. The rain doesn’t seem to bother them too much and in most cases t
Southern Giant Petrel
Whilst searching for something through my archives recently, I found myself looking back at a series of images that I have which are from my film days, taken when I was down in theSouth Atlanticback in 1998. I have shown one shot from this series before –King Penguinand following this recent search
Bittersweet Nightshade
This attractive purple perennial – Bittersweet Nightshade (Solanum dulcamara) – was found on the shores of Vaseux Lake in the Okanagan Valley of BC back in August. Although pretty to look at, this ‘day lily’ looking plant is toxic to humans and animals and should never be ingested, although some bir