30 Apr 2018
Himalayan Pika (Ochotona roylei)
This little cutie was in full swing eating the delicious primula flowers and other species now in bloom, but I just missed it having a mountful of flowers.…
30 Apr 2018
Himalayan Pika (Ochotona roylei)
This little cutie was in full swing eating the delicious primula flowers and other species now in bloom, and here it had a very short break on an outcrop to…
14 Apr 2017
Pika (Ochotona sp)
This is one of several individuals I encountered roaming around a small area of grassy ground, and it was in and out of this burrow as if playing hide and seek…
14 Apr 2017
Pika (Ochotona sp)
I got up very early this morning to get to this location before sunrise to capture the snow capped mountains amongst the flowering rhododendrons, and I was…
2 Feb 2015
Common Sandpiper (Actitis hypoleucos)
I found quite a few of this species in the small mangrove lagoon in the Shuab valley of western Socotra. They are migrants and will soon leave northwards to…
17 Dec 2014
Whimbrel (Numenius phaeopus)
A few places rock of unusual colors come up to the surface on the beaches of Peru, and here an entire beach is red by this rock. It has become so popular with…
24 Nov 2013
Southern Soldiers (Cladonia didyma)
The very last couple of kilometres of road to the plateau of Itatiaia National Park is blocked by the park entrance, and even though you can drive to the…
3 Dec 2011
Whimbrel (Numenius phaeopus)
A large wader, and even though it does not breed here it is most definitely behaving like a permanent resident as it's not at all afraid of human presence. I'm…