2 Feb 2023
Plocama puberula
My first encounter of this species. It's growing in a crack of the wall of Dirhur canyon, where it is accessing water seepage that lasts long after the winter…
11 Dec 2014
Hoatzin (Opisthocomus hoazin)
The iconic Hoatzin is a strange looking bird as well as in behaviour, but it's also beautiful I think. It's like no other bird! It raises the head plume as…
11 Dec 2014
Hoatzin (Opisthocomus hoazin)
I'm fascinated by these prehistoric-like birds of the Amazon rainforest - they are like no other bird! They can hardly fly, they sound like a magpie stuck on…
2 Dec 2014
Green Iguana (Iguana iguana)
This one was sitting in branches overhanging the river, and if you're not really looking it's almost impossible to locate it!
23 Nov 2012
Hoatzin (Opisthocomus hoazin)
It was perched in such a nice position and light, as if it wanted me to take a picture. Usually they prefer some distance, and if the comfort zone is about to…
22 Nov 2012
Hoatzin (Opisthocomus hoazin)
The sun has set and the Hoatzin is prepping for the nocturnal activities. The moon is bright, and that sometimes brings out sounds never heard during the day.…
9 Dec 2011
Hoatzin (Opisthocomus hoazin)
The unmistakable profile of the Hoatzin - even close to darkness you know immediately what bird it is. Yasuni National Park-0.526667, -76.434167…
8 Dec 2011
Hoatzin (Opisthocomus hoazin)
What a peculiar bird. For one its song repertoire is stuck on one note - the intro of the Magpie which it will repeat over and over again. Then there is the…
27 Nov 2011
Green Iguana (Iguana iguana)
A beautiful and large reptile that is very difficult to see - despite its size! Alongside the Rio Palenque in Rio Palenque Biological Centre I found quite a…