Black-tailed crake (Zapornia bicolor)

Black-tailed crake (Amaurornis bicolor)

It’s quite amazing to hear this loud and striking sound and not being able to see where it's coming from. In this case, all I saw was a waterlogged landscape…


Yellow-cheeked tit (Machlolophus spilonotus)

Yellow-cheeked tit (Machlolophus spilonotus)

A brief encounter with yellow-cheeked tit (Machlolophus spilonotus), one of the many species (12 to date) of tits. It was foraging inside thickets alongside…


Common Moorhen (Gallinula chloropus)

Common Moorhen (Gallinula chloropus)

Constance Lemuria is one of many hotels in Seychelles that follow conservation best-practices, and what follow is a unique experience with nature and creature…


Phyllanthus maderaspatensis

Phyllanthus maderaspatensis

I found phyllanthus maderaspatensis in Socotra's dry riverbeds. Native range is Africa West Indian Ocean, Arabian Peninsula, Pakistan to Australia.


Phyllanthus maderaspatensis

Phyllanthus maderaspatensis

I found phyllanthus maderaspatensis in Socotra's dry riverbeds. Native range is Africa West Indian Ocean, Arabian Peninsula, Pakistan to Australia.……


Rainbow Metalmark (Caria trochilus)

Rainbow Metalmark (Caria trochilus)

A large tree had fallen down, and under the root a small pond had formed. This together with a cone of light where the canopy of the fallen tree once was, I…


Ladder-tailed nightjar (Hydropsalis climacocerca)

Ladder-tailed nightjar (Hydropsalis climacocerca)

Here in the Peruvian Amazon I found many nightjars around an oxbow lake at Amazon Research and Conservation Center (ARCC), and this ladder-tailed nightjar…


Azure Gallinule (Porphyrio flavirostris)

Azure Gallinule (Porphyrio flavirostris)

Usually well hidden inside dense vegetation where the vocalization is the only sign it's there. The oxbow lake at the Amazon Research and conservation Center…


Lysippus Metalmark (Riodina lysippus)

Lysippus Metalmark (Riodina lysippus)

I visited Pantanal just as the rainy season was beginning, and the rivers still not covering the sandbanks. Thus I could enjoy all the different kinds of…


Svart høstlibelle (Sympetrum danae)

Svart høstlibelle (Sympetrum danae)

Jeg var her i fjor på samme tid, men så da kun hanner, så jeg takker denne hunnen for sin kortvarige tilgjengelighet. Denne så jeg på vegetasjonen rundt…