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Young Crested Black Macaques playing on the beach. Crested Black Macaque, also known as the Celebes Crested Macaque or the Sulawesi Crested Macaque, this old world monkey is primarily terrestrial. We found this group on the black beach at the edge of the forest. They...
Crested Black Macaques, Sulawesi, Indonesia. Top of our viewing list on a recent visit to the Tangkoko Reserve in northern Sulawesi, was the critically endangered, Crested Black Macaque. Also known as the Celebes Crested Macaque or the Sulawesi Crested Macaque, this...
Spectral Tarsiers of Sulawesi, Indonesia. These tiny primates are endemic to Sulawesi and a few surrounding islands. Males weigh just 120g and measure 36cm from nose to tail with the tail being 11cm. They have huge round eyes that do not rotate.They are mostly...
The Black Vulture (Coragyps atratus) can be found from the southeastern United States to Central Chile and Uruguay. Black vulture adults stand 64 cm high, weigh 1.8 Kg with a 1.33m wingspan. These were viewed in Costa Rica.
The rather quirky King Vulture. King vultures have very distinctive black and white plumage which makes them easy to identify. However, King Vultures are uncommon and difficult to find. At Laguna del Lagarto there is a hide and bait is put out each day. This attracts...
Three-toed sloth. On our recent trip to Costa Rica we searched for sloths. These are quite common animals but very hard to spot since they live mostly in the tree canopy. Their colour makes them appear as a bunch of leaves. This animal put on a great display,...
Black-mandibled Toucan. Toucans are the quintessential birds of the neotropics. The Black-mandibled Toucan is the largest of the Toucans. We saw this magnificent specimen in Costa Rica.
White-necked Jacobin. Costa Rica enjoys a diverse range of beautiful hummingbirds. Perhaps the most spectacular is the White-necked Jacobin. Its royal blue head is a notable feature. In wet lowland and the foot hills of Costa Rica, these birds are reasonably common....
The Resplendent Quetzal is resplendent indeed! We watched these Resplendent Quetzals in the Savegre Valley of Costa Rica. They were visiting a wild avocado tree close to a small, gurgling stream. They feed mostly on members of the avocado family The striking males...
Amazing leafcutter ants. In Costa Rica we watched as a single ant cut a large segment off a leaf before joining the masses to carry its load back to its colony. Interestingly, the leafcutter ants do not feed on the leaves. Rather, the leaves are used to feed their...
Magenta-throated Woodstar of Costa Rica. A lovely hummingbird! Costa Rica is a wonderful place to view hummingbirds. These birds feed on nectar and to do so have evolved the ability to hover and fly backwards. This and their striking colours make them a delight to...
June 2017 saw us in Indonesia where the prime target was to film Komodo Dragons. We sailed out of Flores on board the delightful MV Adishree. We enjoyed calm seas, lovely weather and spectacular scenery as we headed to Rinca and Komodo Islands. We made one landing on...
Amazing Komodo Dragons. June 2017 saw us in Indonesia where the prime target was to film Komodo Dragons. Sailing out of Flores on board the delightful M/V Adishree, we enjoyed calm seas, lovely weather and spectacular scenery as we headed to Rinca and Komodo Islands....
Some impressive fishing by these assorted Hawks.
Ringed Kingfishers. Although our guide was throwing fish for these birds, their speed made capturing the action on film very challenging indeed.
Mating Jaguars. On this trip we had many superb encounters with the icon species of the Pantanal: the Jaguar. These large and very powerful cats hunt primarily for Capybara and Caiman along the river banks. They stalk their prey until they are close enough to pounce....
These are very striking animals.
We saw these majestic animals several times on this 2015 trip to the Kwando region of Botswana.
We had been tracking three young lionesses for some time when they shot off into the tall grass. We followed and found them digging frantically at an Aardvark hole. Our guides told us that these particular lions specialised in digging Warthogs from these holes where...