Mountain Willow (Salix fruticulosa)

Mountain Willow (Salix fruticulosa)

Mountain Willow (Salix fruticulosa) is found in Sikkim's subalpine biome. Elevation: 3636 meters. Native range is Central and Eeast Himalaya to Tibet.


Mountain Willow (Salix fruticulosa)

Mountain Willow (Salix fruticulosa)

Mountain Willow (Salix fruticulosa) is found in Sikkim's subalpine biome. Elevation: 3636 meters. Native range is Central and Eeast Himalaya to Tibet.


Mountain Willow (Salix fruticulosa)

Mountain Willow (Salix fruticulosa)

Mountain Willow (Salix fruticulosa) is found in Sikkim's subalpine biome. Elevation: 3636 meters. Native range is Central and Eeast Himalaya to Tibet.


Salix myrtillacea

Salix myrtillacea

Salix myrtillacea is found in Sikkim's temperate biome. Elevation: 3789 meters. Native range is Himalaya from Pakistan to China and Myanmar.


Myrvier (Salix glauca)

Myrvier (Salix glauca)

Sjølitjernet i Skogbygda er omkranset av myr og sumpaktig landskap der mange myrbundne arter som Myrvier (Salix glauca) trives. Hele bestanden av myrvier er…


Robber fly (Subfamily Asilinae)

Robber fly (Subfamily Asilinae)

A brief encounter with one of perhaps more species of robber flies on Socotra. Elevation: 918 meters.


White-tailed Tropicbird (Phaethon lepturus)

White-tailed Tropicbird (Phaethon lepturus)

This is an amazingly elegant and beautiful species! Whether you see them fly together or individually between the trees or above you against the blue sky,…


Socotra cormorant (Phalacrocorax nigrogularis)

Socotra cormorant (Phalacrocorax nigrogularis)

Two Socotra cormorants was actually unusual, as I mostly saw them in one large mass. The Socotra cormorant (Phalacrocorax nigrogularis) is found in large…


Socotra cormorant (Phalacrocorax nigrogularis)

Socotra cormorant (Phalacrocorax nigrogularis)

The Socotra cormorant (Phalacrocorax nigrogularis) is both endemic to the region and thus a vulnerable species, but also due to excessive habitat loss caused…


Guanay Cormorant (Phalacrocorax bougainvilliorum)

Guanay Cormorant (Phalacrocorax bougainvilliorum)

Guanay cormorant (Phalacrocorax bougainvilliorum) has become a more uncommon species, and even here around havens like the Ballestas Islands in Peru I saw only…