Myricaria rosea

Myricaria rosea

Myricaria rosea is found in Sikkim's temperate to alpine biomes to 4500 meters elevation. Elevation: 3636 meters. Native range is Nepal to China.


Myricaria rosea

Myricaria rosea

Myricaria rosea is found in Sikkim's temperate to alpine biomes to 4500 meters elevation. Elevation: 3636 meters. Native range is Nepal to China.


Myricaria rosea

Myricaria rosea

Myricaria rosea is found in Sikkim's temperate to alpine biomes to 4500 meters elevation. Elevation: 3636 meters. Native range is Nepal to China.


Tamarix nilotica

Tamarix nilotica

Tamarix nilotica thrives by the sand dunes of Arher, where it forms dense thickets. On Socotra It is also found in sand dunes in many other locations near the…


Tamarix nilotica

Tamarix nilotica

Tamarix nilotica is an incredible plant growing to small trees here in Stera of south Socotra. Earlier this morning I saw "bleeding" on the trunks and branches…


Little egret (Egretta garzetta)

Little egret (Egretta garzetta)

This is the second of just 3 bird species I encountered at this lagoon in the Shuab valley on the west coast of Socotra. Here a little egret (Egretta garzetta)…


Capped Heron (Pilherodius pileatus)

Capped Heron (Pilherodius pileatus)

The oxbow lake at Amazon Research and Conservation Center, deep in the Peruvian Amazon, was almost still as I watched this capped heron (Pilherodius pileatus)…


Blue-banded Morpho (Morpho achilles)

Blue-banded Morpho (Morpho achilles)

Morphos are mesmerizing! In flight you see the flash of blue, but when they sit they're invisible as they almost never open the wings and the underside is like…


Boat-billed Heron (Cochlearius cochlearius)

Boat-billed Heron (Cochlearius cochlearius)

It's the end of the dry season in the Pantanal, and the torrential downpour of last night is now flowing towards the permanent rivers and lakes. In this photo…


Wattled Jacana (Jacana jacana)

Wattled Jacana (Jacana jacana)

This wattled jacana (Jacana jacana) I encountered as it was preening the feathers, and my entrance did not disturb this behavior, so I could watch as it was…