These guys are very small — only about an inch in length. They’re mostly spotted on the ground in leaf litter, but they also climb trees. In fact, mother’s will climb to the top of tall rainforest trees to deposit their tadpoles in the water of bromeliad plants growing from branches near the canopy. They are also called blue jeans frogs, as you can see from those legs. I photographed this one in central Costa Rica. Nikon D200 with Nikkor 70-200mm lens (at 190 with Canon 500D close up filter) ISO 100, f/5 at 1/6th of a second.
Occasionally I see a pileated woodpecker in my yard in Connecticut. On my recent trip to Florida, I saw them all over the place in the Corkscrew Swamp area. These are the largest woodpeckers in the United States (assuming you consider the ivory-billed woodpecker extinct) and third largest in the world. Nikon D500 with Nikkor 500mm PF lens, ISO 800, f/5.6 at 1/250th of a second.
A baby stump-tailed macaque peers through the thick vegetation, near Kaeng Krachan National Park on the Malay Peninsula of Thailand. Nikon D810 with Nikkor 200-400mm lens (at 280mm) ISO 1600, f/5.6 at 1/250th of a second.
Here’s another one from Carcass Island in the Falklands. A blackish oystercatcher. Not much to say here, it’s an oystercatcher and it’s, well, blackish. Nikon D800 with Nikkor 200-400mm lens (at 400mm) ISO 400, f/4 at 1/1000th of a second.
Male southern sea lions live up to the name with their rather large and furry heads — at their furriest best when blown dry by the sub-Antarctic winds. This guy was enjoying the weather on the southern tip of Carcass Island in the Falklands. Nikon D800 with Nikkor 200-400mm lens (400mm) ISO 400, f/8 at 1/500th of a second.
Panama has a reputation for being one of the best birding destinations in the world. In the two times I’ve been there, I got a glimpse of just why. This image is from the highlands of El Valle — an orange-bellied trogon. Nikon D810 with Nikkor 200-400mm lens (at 400mm) ISO 800, f/4 at 1/200th of a second.
Wikipedia tells me this of the masked palm civet — “When alarmed, the animal sprays a secretion from its anal gland against the predator. The spray is similar in function to that of a skunk.” I’m happy to report that I must not have “alarmed” this palm civet. Photographed while camping in Kaeng Krachan National Park in Thailand. Nikon D810 with Nikkor 200-400mm lens (at 210mm) ISO 400, f/18 at 1/60th of a second, two Nikon SB-900 flash units.
It felt like a kangaroo day today. This field in Tasmania was full of eastern grey kangaroos, locally known as foresters. I was only at this national park in the far north for one night and thankfully the sky cooperated. Nikon D800 with Nikkor 70-200mm lens (at 70mm) ISO 800, f/6.3 at 1/60th of a second.
A female lion doing her best downward dog. This image was captured in the Kalahari Desert of Botswana, which proved to be a surprisingly good location for lion sightings. I, of course, wish I could have gotten a lower perspective, but not a good idea to get out of a safari vehicle with big cats present. Nikon D300 with Nikkor 200-400mm lens (at 250mm) ISO 400, f/5.6 at 1/2000th of a second.
The blue dacnis is also known as the turquoise honeycreeper, although it’s not really a honeycreeper. It’s a tanager found throughout much of Central America and the northern half of South America. This is the female. The male is more uniformly blue, or turquoise as the alternate name suggests. I photographed this one in Soberania National Park in Panama. Nikon D810 with Nikkor 200-400mm lens (at 400mm) ISO 800, f/4 at 1/8000th of a second.
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These guys are very small — only about an inch in length. They’re mostly spotted on the ground in leaf litter, but they also climb trees. In fact, mother’s will climb to the top of tall rainforest trees to deposit their tadpoles in the water of bromeliad plants growing from branches near the canopy. They are also called blue jeans frogs, as you can see from those legs. I photographed this one in central Costa Rica. Nikon D200 with Nikkor 70-200mm lens (at 190 with Canon 500D close up filter) ISO 100, f/5 at 1/6th of a second.
