Brown-necked Raven (Corvus ruficollis)

Brown-necked Raven (Corvus ruficollis)

This was a lovely encounter as they were so relaxed and unprovoked by my presence. They are not endemic to Socotra and are as such not a threatened species.……


Grey treepie (Dendrocitta formosae)

Grey treepie (Dendrocitta formosae)

In flight the tail of the grey treepie (Dendrocitta formosae) tail is all fun, but when perched it can be somewhat cumbersome after landing, as it comes on the…


Grey treepie (Dendrocitta formosae)

Grey treepie (Dendrocitta formosae)

This is one of many opportunities that just presented itself after I had given up on getting any good captures during my Bhutan journey. I had just finished my…


Red-billed chough (Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax)

Red-billed chough (Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax)

This was such a beautiful spring morning, with soft light, haze and mist in layers low above the farmland. The air perfectly still. There were quite a number…


ed-billed chough (Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax)

Red-billed chough (Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax)

This was my very first encounter with red-billed chough (Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax), and what a lovely first contact. These two were enjoying what seemed like…


Sandwich Tern (Thalasseus sandvicensis)

Sandwich Tern (Thalasseus sandvicensis)

There are many hotels very close to the nature reserve in Paracas, and here you will see many birds close to the hotels. As there are no trees here, many like…


Royal Tern (Thalasseus maximus)

Royal Tern (Thalasseus maximus)

The entire coastline of Peru is a desert, but the cold and nutrient rich ocean is rich with fish due to the cold Humbolt Current. Thus the coast was once…


Inca Tern (Larosterna inca)

Inca Tern (Larosterna inca)

In the harbor and waters around the fishing village of Pucusana in Peru I found lots of inca terns, and some places they were so tame that I could walk among…


Curl-crested Jay (Cyanocorax cristatellus)

Curl-crested Jay (Cyanocorax cristatellus)

The only encounter with curl-crested Jay (Cyanocorax cristatellus) during my short stay inside Chapada dos Guimaraes National Park. Unfavourable background,…


Large-billed Tern (Phaetusa simplex)

Large-billed Tern (Phaetusa simplex)

Large-billed tern (Phaetusa simplex) juveniles waiting for more free food, but are likely not getting much as they are old and strong enough to fly and get…