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…


Himalayan bulbul (Pycnonotus leucogenys)

Himalayan bulbul (Pycnonotus leucogenys)

A beautiful pose of a bird you'll hear and see throughout the Himalayas. Here it's on its way to drinking water provided by a house owner during the dry…


Himalayan bulbul (Pycnonotus leucogenys)

Himalayan bulbul (Pycnonotus leucogenys)

A bird with lovely simple vocalizations that you hear throughout Bhutan and the Himalayas and is one of 9 species in Bhutan. You will see this common species…


Red-vented bulbul (Pycnonotus cafer)

Red-vented bulbul (Pycnonotus cafer)

No matter how common a species is I love to capture them when they have positioned themselves in an aesthetic or artistic way, and this one was in no rush to…


Chamaecrista desvauxii

Chamaecrista desvauxii

Native range is Mexico to tropical South America. -15.2997,-55.8406


Chamaecrista desvauxii UV

Chamaecrista desvauxii UV

Perhaps even more beautiful in UV as the dark center is contrasting the bright petals, opposed to all yellow we humans see? -15.2997,-55.8406……


Chamaecrista desvauxii

Chamaecrista desvauxii

Native range is Mexico to tropical South America. -15.2997,-55.8406