Chameleon Plant (Houttuynia cordata)

Chameleon Plant (Houttuynia cordata)

Houttuynia cordata is found in Sikkim's subtropical to temperate biomes to 2500 meters elevation. Elevation: 1665 meters. Native range is Himalaya to Temperate…


Lesser flamingo (Phoenicoparrus minor)

Lesser flamingo (Phoenicoparrus minor)

Namibias Walvis Bay is perhaps most known for its marine life. But just a bit inland there is an explosion of life in between the huge sand dunes! Huge reeds…


Lesser flamingo (Phoenicoparrus minor)

Lesser flamingo (Phoenicoparrus minor)

There are two species of flamingo in Namibia, the other species is the greater flamingo which has a dark tip on a pink beak. I found large groups of flamingos…


Greater Flamingo (Phoenicopterus roseus)

Greater Flamingo (Phoenicopterus roseus)

A lonely greater flamingo (Phoenicopterus roseus) feeding in one of the salt pans in Walvis Bay.


Lesser flamingo (Phoenicoparrus minor)

Lesser flamingo (Phoenicoparrus minor)

A single, juvenile, greater flamingo (Phoenicopterus roseus) resting in a flock of lesser flamingos in Walvis Bay, Namibia. It was cloudy this day, as so many…


Greater Flamingo (Phoenicopterus roseus)

Greater Flamingo (Phoenicopterus roseus)

A mixed flock of greater and lesser flamingos, with the greater flamingos in the front, with a dark tip on a pink beak. Walvis bay is a flamingo haven, and you…


Hassel (Corylus avellana)

Hassel (Corylus avellana)

Det meste går mennesket hus forbi - enten fordi det er så lite, elelr fordi det har en livsrytme så forskjellig fra oss. Hver våre klages det høylydt i media…


Dvergbjørk (Betula nana)

Dvergbjørk (Betula nana)

Myrene rundt Steinsjøen nord i Akershus ligger kun 400 meter over havet eller så, og er den laveste beliggenhet jeg har kommet over dvergbjerken som de aller…


James’s Flamingo (Phoenicoparrus jamesi)

James’s Flamingo (Phoenicoparrus jamesi)

When their food, algae, is getting scarce on the shallows, they venture out as deep as needed to get to where the algae is. Here they seem to be floating as…


James’s Flamingo (Phoenicoparrus jamesi)

James’s Flamingo (Phoenicoparrus jamesi)

Even at these muddy sections of the lagoon, the flamingos find food that seemingly outweighs the energy spent ovecoming the suction of the mud. A few flaps of…