Socotran Fig (Dorstenia gigas)

Socotran Fig (Dorstenia gigas)

The Socotran Fig (Dorstenia gigas) is almost without exception found on steep or vertical cliffs, and at this location I encountered not only beautiful…


Socotran Fig (Dorstenia gigas)

Socotran Fig (Dorstenia gigas)

The Socotran Fig (Dorstenia gigas) is almost without exception found on steep or vertical cliffs, and at this location I encountered not only beautiful…


Sika Deer (Cervus nippon)

Sika Deer (Cervus nippon)

During the winter months male sika Deer (Cervus nippon), called bucks or stags, wander out to the coast, and in this case to the beautiful Notsuke Peninsula,…


Sika Deer (Cervus nippon)

Sika Deer (Cervus nippon)

During the winter months male sika Deer (Cervus nippon), called bucks or stags, wander out to the coast, and in this case to the beautiful Notsuke Peninsula,…


Sika Deer (Cervus nippon)

Sika Deer (Cervus nippon)

During the winter months male sika Deer (Cervus nippon), called bucks or stags, wander out to the coast, and in this case to the beautiful Notsuke Peninsula,…


Sapphire-vented Puffleg (Eriocnemis luciani)

Sapphire-vented Puffleg (Eriocnemis luciani)

Sapphire-vented puffleg (Eriocnemis luciani) is a frequent visitor to feeders in Ecuador and here its visiting a brugmansia trumpet flower.


Sapphire-vented Puffleg (Eriocnemis luciani)

Sapphire-vented Puffleg (Eriocnemis luciani)

A frequent visitor to feeders in Ecuador. Here it's visiting one of a large number of species of fuchsia. It sounds like this: Elevation: 3211 meters……


Sparkling violetear (Colibri coruscans)

Sparkling violetear (Colibri coruscans)

It resembles the lesser violetear (Colibri cyanotus), but the lesser is distinctly smaller.


Shining sunbeam (Aglaeactis cupripennis)⠀

Shining sunbeam (Aglaeactis cupripennis)⠀

A fitting name, as in the right light and angle the rump and lower back will truly shine brilliantly in green and purple. In all other angles it seems rather…


Crowned Woodnymph (Thalurania colombica) & White-necked Jacobin (Florisuga mellivora)

Crowned Woodnymph (Thalurania colombica) & White-necked Jacobin (Florisuga mellivora)

On occasion there might be a few hummingbirds feeding at the same time on a given flower, but that is usually a very brief moment in time, as many are…