Red-winged Blackbird
If you are reading this in the United States of America, you might be wondering what is so special about the […]
Hanuman’s Warriors – Grey Langur
According to Hindu scripture, during the great battle of Lanka, Hanuman, the monkey god, was in trouble. He had been […]
The Grizzlies of The Great Bear Rainforest
I turned off the lights to the small room in Telegraph Cove, Vancouver Island, plunging it into a blackness that is […]
Monterey Bay’s Long-beaked Common Dolphin
On a cold January morning, I found myself boarding a flight to San Francisco for a few days of work. […]
Sharing the beach – Snowy Plover
Over the years I have had the opportunity to be on many beaches, sometimes for swimming and sometimes just for walking […]
A Fight for Life; Borneo Orang-utans
I had booked the trip of a lifetime and purchased a present to myself; my first DSLR camera was packed […]
Pier 39 and the California Sea Lions
A business trip to San Francisco presented me with another classic incidental wildlife spotting opportunity. I had read about the […]
How to Swim with a Manatee
Sirenia – mermaids or sirens of the sea. Legend has it that for centuries these exquisite ladies, half woman half fish, […]
Surviving The Big Apple – Canada Geese
The Hudson River slices a border between New York and New Jersey. On the Manhattan side is the concrete grid […]
An Ostentation of Peacocks
Is there a more ostentatious bird than the male of the Indian peafowl, the Peacock? I was introduced to this […]
Pink Gold – The Roseate Spoonbill
The sprawling wetlands of Florida form North America’s premier habitat for egret, heron and ibis. Large bodies of shallow and […]
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