22 Oct 2017
Principe sunbird (Anabathmis hartlaubii)
I arrived in Principe just in time to enjoy the birds building nests or just in the early stages of incubation. I even followed a pair in the process of…
15 Apr 2017
Black-throated sunbird (Aethopyga saturata)
Jigme Dorji National Park, Bhutan Sunbirds are strikingly colorful, and you definitely get associations to the hummingbirds of the New World. Depending on the…
7 Apr 2017
Fire-tailed sunbird (Aethopyga ignicauda)
Driving ever higher, seeing more and more frost from last night, together with larger and larger patches of snow, one might not expect to see such lavishly…
10 Nov 2016
Seychelles Sunbird (Cinnyris dussumieri)
As the name implies this is a species endemic to Seychelles, but fortunately it is so common it is not threatened. You will see it on many of the larger…
8 Nov 2016
Seychelles Sunbird (Cinnyris dussumieri)
As the name implies this is a species endemic to Seychelles, but fortunately it is so common it is not threatened. You will see it on many of the larger…
3 Feb 2015
Socotra Sunbird (Chalcomitra balfouri)
A Socotra sunbird drinking nektar from the flowers of the endemic Trichocalyx orbiculatus. These two species are likely locked evolutionary, as the Socotra…
3 Feb 2015
Socotra Sunbird (Chalcomitra balfouri)
A Socotra sunbird sitting in a flowering cucumber tree (Dendrosicyos socotranus).
23 Jul 2011
Burotstengelvikler (Epiblema foenella)
Et ganske lite insekt, og en av de mange viklerartene som flyr inn gjennom de åpne vinduene. Som navnet tilsier er larvene til denne knyttet til burot. Burot…
13 Jul 2011
Krattrosevikler (Notocelia roborana)
En relativt liten nattsommerfugl som flyr gjennom de åpne viduene og inn mot innelyset denne julinatten. Larvene spinner silke rundt roseskuddene og knasker i…
26 Jun 2011
Bjørkeløvvikler (Apotomis betuletana)
Det er slutten av juni og den lyseste delen av sommeren, men selv da blir det litt mørkt noen timer sent på natten og om man er nattmenneske som meg må det…