5 Feb 2023
Red-eyed Reef Crab (Eriphia smithii)
The marine life around Socotra is rich and diverse, but I am focusing on the flora and fauna on land. However, I had a short window of opportunity during low…
12 Oct 2018
Great white pelican (Pelecanus onocrotalus)
Namibia's Walvis Bay area is rich in wildlife, reliant on the abundance of marine life found in the cold and nutrient rich Atlantic waters, governed by the…
15 Dec 2014
Black-fronted Nunbird (Monasa nigrifrons)
If you don't see the nunbirds you definitely hear them, as they are very vocal. I found many of them in the forest aorund the Amazon Research and Conservation…
11 Dec 2014
Kinkajou (Potos flavus)
I wish I had more time here at the Amazon Research and Conservation Center (ARCC), as I would then had time to focus on nocturnal life in addition to the…
3 Dec 2014
Yacare caiman (Caiman yacare)
A downpour last night has made old and dry waterways yet again flowing with water and this caiman is old enough to remember. Thus it's waiting here where the…
28 Nov 2014
Yacare caiman (Caiman yacare) eggs
With so many caimans I should have found many nests, but only found this one, so they hide their eggs very well - at leas for a human. It appeared it was…
27 Nov 2014
Yacare caiman (Caiman yacare)
This was one of many caimans resting on a sandbank island that is slowly disappearing in the rising waters. I was here for five days, and this was the only…
5 Jul 2014
Maurgullbasse (Protaetia cuprea)
Om du ikke ser denne fantastiske billen, så kan du høre den dype summingen når den flyr. Hver sommer ser jeg maurgullbasse (Protaetia cuprea) slå seg ned på…
18 Nov 2013
Black-fronted Nunbird (Monasa nigrifrons)
Black-fronted nunbird (Monasa nigrifrons) is commonly seen and heard around the buildings of Cristalino Jungle Lodge. Not so common to see three together like…
8 Nov 2013
Broad-Snouted Caiman (Caiman latirostris)
Where there's water there's a caiman, and where there's a caiman there's a multitude of insects. Here a benign glittering sapphire (Lasaia agesilas) sits on it…