Chameleon Plant (Houttuynia cordata)

Chameleon Plant (Houttuynia cordata)

Chameleon Plant (Houttuynia cordata) is found in Sikkim's subtropical to temperate biomes to 2500 meters elevation. Elevation: 1665 meters. Native range is…


Oriental turtle dove (Streptopelia orientalis)

Oriental turtle dove (Streptopelia orientalis)

As the day is nearing its end, this oriental turtle dove (Streptopelia orientalis) is resting atop this tree stub as it's possibly well fed for the day. If not…


Seychelles blue pigeon (Alectroenas pulcherrimus)

Seychelles blue pigeon (Alectroenas pulcherrimus)

The Seychelles blue pigeon is beautiful and common species throughout the Seychelles islands, but on Bird Island where this was shot I encountered only two. It…


Seychelles blue pigeon (Alectroenas pulcherrimus)

Seychelles blue pigeon (Alectroenas pulcherrimus)

A common resident throughout the Seychelles archipelago you likely will see for the first time around the airport. On Bird Island, where this was shot, I did…


Stankstorkenebb (Geranium robertianum)

Stankstorkenebb (Geranium robertianum)

Alle som har tatt borti en stankstorkenebb (Geranium robertianum) får en luktopplevelse som nok gjør at de er litt mer forsiktig neste gang. Lukten er såpass…


Laughing kookaburra (Dacelo novaeguineae)

Laughing kookaburra (Dacelo novaeguineae)

During my stay in Sydney I got real close to a family of kookaburras residing in the park just outside the house of my friend Pia Lindgren. First of all I was…


Corchorus erodioides UV

Corchorus erodioides UV

Another example of a yellow flower in visible light that is very dark in UV. It is endemic to Socotra.


Corchorus erodioides

Corchorus erodioides

On the hills overlooking the Detwah lagoon on the west coast of Socotra I found many interesting flowers, and luckily some not destroyed by goats, like this…


Corchorus erodioides

Corchorus erodioides

On the hills overlooking the Detwah lagoon on the west coast of Socotra I found many interesting flowers, and luckily some not destroyed by goats, like this…


Scaled Dove (Columbina squammata)

Scaled Dove (Columbina squammata)

As I was waiting for the toucan parents to return with food to a nest I could also observe all the other species moving in and out of my area, and this scaled…