Northern Lights (Aurora Borealis)

Northern Lights (Aurora Borealis)

What amazing luck - just a couple days after my trip to Brazil I experience this! What an amazing winter this could be.... Unfortunately I missed the beginning…


Maldonada Redbelly Toad (Melanophryniscus moreirae)

Maldonada Redbelly Toad (Melanophryniscus moreirae)

November is the mating season of the maldonada redbelly toad (Melanophryniscus moreirae). The very last couple of kilometres of road to the plateau of Itatiaia…


Maldonada Redbelly Toad (Melanophryniscus moreirae)

Maldonada Redbelly Toad (Melanophryniscus moreirae)

November is the mating season of the maldonada redbelly toad (Melanophryniscus moreirae), and I encountered lots of them mating. The very last couple of…


Rufous-collared Sparrow (Zonotrichia capensis)

Rufous-collared Sparrow (Zonotrichia capensis)

Rufous-collared sparrow (Zonotrichia capensis) is a common bird throughout South America, and its characteristic song can be heard high up in the Andes.…


Yellow Cururu Toad (Rhinella icterica)

Yellow Cururu Toad (Rhinella icterica)

This is my first night at Hotel do Ype in Itatiaia National Park, and I'm exploring the wide variety of nocturnal activities here. This large yellow cururu…


Cristalino Jungle Lodge frog 01

Cristalino Jungle Lodge frog 01

The new rooms at Cristalino Jungle Logde have a great open air shower, and thus a great place to observe visiting frogs after dark. Not all were in reach of my…


Northern Lights (Aurora Borealis)

Northern Lights (Aurora Borealis)

Northern lights (Aurora Borealis) over Oslo. It was a clear sky this evening, and as I was walking my dog away from my house I didn't notice anything in the…


Oslo night sky – waiting for the northern lights

Oslo night sky – waiting for the northern lights

Catching the Aurora Borealis is perhaps easy in the northern parts of Norway or in general around the Arctic Circle, but at 60 degrees north where Oslo resides…


Northern Lights (Aurora Borealis)

Northern Lights (Aurora Borealis)

Northern lights (Aurora Borealis) over Oslo. Yet another brief and weak display. Only the green was visible to my eye, so without the camera I would not have…


Northern Lights (Aurora Borealis)

Northern Lights (Aurora Borealis)

The moon is adding a lot of light to this vista of a calm ocean and an almost cloudless sky.