Last Valentine's Day one...a bit late but it's such a great holiday it should last all week ;-)
Feb 15, 2012
Feb 14, 2012
Be Mine
Happy Valentine's Day!! This has to be the best holiday of the year!!
Here's one of Buddy used by The Hydrant for their web banner :-)
Feb 13, 2012
Who likes you?
Lost track of time? Valentine's Day Kids Cards for you to print from the Nature Conservancy Website...including one of my most popular owl images.
Feb 12, 2012
Don't call me a birder ;-)
Black-headed Oriole
Kruger National Park, South Africa
My guide had to drag me away kicking and screaming from camp one morning...there were interesting birds everywhere providing wonderful opportunities for nice clean images. Lots of these oriole's around....not to mention a Blue Waxbill, Sunbirds, Stonechats and Bulbuls.
Feb 11, 2012
Feb 10, 2012
Feb 9, 2012
Feb 8, 2012
"Make sure you get my good side!"
When planning the South Africa trip, I had almost decided to skip Cape Town and the surrounding areas because I wanted to maximize my time in the bush. Thankfully I came to my senses and decided if I was going all the way to SA, then I had to experience the cape. I didn't want to cut out any of the time I'd planned to spend at Kruger and the Sabi Sands - so I just extended the trip ;-)
Seeing the penguins was really important to me and because of that...I didn't need to look around to see where I wanted to stay. I knew that I wouldn't get better opportunities than the ones at Boulder's Beach Lodge. I didn't even have to take the short walk to Boulder's or Foxy Beach for this one...it was taken right at the parking area of Boulder's Beach Lodge and shows the 540 million year old granite boulders that partially enclose the beach in the background.
Did you know:
•African Penguins have a black stripe and black spots on the chest, the pattern of spots being unique for every penguin, like human fingerprints.
•They have pink glands above their eyes, which are used for thermoregulation. The hotter the penguin gets, the more blood is sent to these glands so it may be cooled by the surrounding air, thus making the glands more pink.
•This species exhibits slight sexual dimorphism: the males are larger than the females and have larger beaks.
•Their distinctive black and white colouring is a vital form of camouflage – white for underwater predators looking upwards and black for predators looking down onto the dark water. This is called countershading.
Feb 7, 2012
Feb 6, 2012
Feb 4, 2012
A Different World
On the way from Tortilis Camp to Ol Tukai we took a "shortcut" which was a dirt road littered with the volcanic rock from Kilimanjaro. Not much of a shortcut since we had to crawl along to avoid damaging the vehicle but it was a memorable afternoon filled with great wildlife sightings and the most incredible landscapes and as an added bonus I had a Maasai in the 4x4 who was happy to share stories and customs.
Feb 1, 2012
Pennies For The Planet
National Audubon Society - Pennies For The Planet Campaign
Ocelot © Megan Lorenz
Ocelot © Megan Lorenz
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