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…


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…


Bombus lapidarius

Steinhumle (Bombus lapidarius)

Det er mange humler her - fra tidlig om våren til sent på høsten. De er mest tallrike til omtrent når røsslyngen blomstrer. Deretter minker de i antall. Når de…


Stor jordhumle (Bombus terrestris)

Stor jordhumle (Bombus terrestris)

Vanlig og tallrik i hage og området ellers. Vingene lager en dypere summing enn de mindre humlene. Humler er viktige pollinerere for frøformering såvel som…


Lynghumle (Bombus jonellus)

Lynghumle (Bombus jonellus)

Som navnet tilsier er denne knyttet til lyng som det vokser mye av overalt her. Lynghumlen besøker også andre blomster i nærheten når lyngen ikke er i…