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…


Black-crowned Sparrow-Lark (Eremopterix nigriceps ssp. melanauchen)

Black-crowned Sparrow-Lark (Eremopterix nigriceps ssp. melanauchen)

This location was full of bird song from the black-crowned sparrow-lark and other bird species. Most of Socotra is rather silent in regards to bird sounds. You…


South African Ground Squirrel (Geosciurus inauris)

South African Ground Squirrel (Geosciurus inauris)

The South African ground squirrel (Geosciurus inauris) squirrel is as cute to us humans as any species of squirrels with their fast pace an entertaining…


Variegated Squirrel (Sciurus variegatoides)

Variegated Squirrel (Sciurus variegatoides)

A common species in Costa Rica, and a frequent visitor to easy meals provided by humans - just like the squirrels in Europe and North America, except it is not…


Blue-throated barbet (Psilopogon asiaticus)

Blue-throated barbet (Psilopogon asiaticus)

Barbets are such colorful birds and when seen out in the open on a naked branch, you would not think of this as a bird very hard to locate once it’s in the…


Ekorn (Sciurus vulgaris)

Ekorn (Sciurus vulgaris)

Denne sommeren har vært den morsomste av alle årene jeg har bodd her når det kommer til ekorn (Sciurus vulgaris). Av en eller annen grunn har minst to…


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…