Hvitbergknapp (Sedum album)

Hvitbergknapp (Sedum album)

Hvitbergknapp (Sedum album) vokser spredt på Fyrsteilene og trives der nesten ingen andre arter klarer seg. Denne vokser stor og livskraftig i skråningen ned…


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…


Jabiru Stork (Jabiru mycteria)

Jabiru Stork (Jabiru mycteria)

The huge jabiru stork (Jabiru mycteria) is a Pantanal icon, and I was in luck to encounter a few nests with chicks during my trips up and down the many rivers…


Smørbukk (Hylotelephium maximum)

Smørbukk (Hylotelephium maximum)

Smørbukk (Hylotelephium maximum) er en sentblomstrende redning for mange insekter, og selv langt ut i september kan de blomstre og om man sitter litt ved en…


Smørbukk (Hylotelephium maximum) UV

Smørbukk (Hylotelephium maximum) UV

I UV lys er smørbukken variert og spennende - kanskje mer enn i det synlige lyset? Det er spesielt humler og bier som besøker smørbukken, og er en siste…


Jabiru Stork (Jabiru mycteria)

Jabiru Stork (Jabiru mycteria)

Jabiru stork (Jabiru mycteria) is a very large stork, with an equally huge nest! I saw several nests high up in the largest power pylons crossing the Pantanal.…


Maguari Stork (Ciconia maguari)

Maguari Stork (Ciconia maguari)

Many long-billed bird species including storks are attracted to the rice fields of Fazenda San Fransico. Due to the need of large amounts of water these…


Wood Stork (Mycteria americana)

Wood Stork (Mycteria americana)

One of several stork species I encountered here at Fazenda San Fransico, and the only one I didn't see up close. In fact this is my closet encounter. It…