While in Kenya, I was able to photograph two different species of dik-dik, Africa’s smallest antelope species. This is the Günther’s dik-dik. This species can be identified by the light-colored tuft of hair on the top of the head. The diminutive size of these antelope’s is always a bit surprising when spotting them moving through their grassland habitat. Nikon D500 with Nikkor 200-400mm lens (at 360mm) ISO 800, f/4 at 1/1000th of a second.
Hoatzin’s are pretty unique birds. They are pheasant-sized and live in much of northern South America, throughout the Amazon region. They are sometimes called the skunk bird or stinkbird because of the foul oder that comes from the fermentation of food in their digestive system. Another interesting fact is that chicks have claws on two of their wing digits. I photographed this hoatzin from a canoe while in the Bolivian Amazon. Nikon D300 with Nikkor 200-400mm lens (at 400mm) ISO 800, f/5.6 at 1/800th of a second.
I’ve placed my camera trap in a new spot in our back woods which seems to be a highly travelled area for certain nighttime visitors. In addition to this coyote, a bear passed through shortly after early Monday morning. Nikon D810 with Nikkor 20mm lens, ISO 500, f/14 at 1/200th of a second.
I posted an image of this baby steenbok in the past, but it’s worth a re-post. Even as adults these African antelopes are pretty small, so as calves they are really tiny. For perspective, that’s not the entire width of the dirt road the steenbok is standing in. It’s just one of the two tire tracks that make up the single lane road. Photographed on safari in northern Botswana. Nikon D300 with Nikkor 200-400mm lens (at 400mm) ISO 800, f/4 at 1/640th of a second.
Guanacos are to llamas as horses are to donkeys. In other words they are the wild ancestors of their domesticated cousins. This is a young guanaco, photographed in the Patagonian wilds of Torres Del Paine National Park in southern Chile. Nikon D500 with Nikkor 200-400mm lens (at 400mm) ISO 500, f/4 at 1/4000th of a second.
This is a white-eyed vireo. A hungry white-eyed vireo. Doing what hungry white-eyed vireos do when they get hungry. Another from last week’s trip to southwest Florida. Spotting help from my Mom on this one. Nikon D500 with Nikkor 500mm PF lens, ISO 1600, f/5.6 at 1/800th of a second.
While I was scanning the trees for birds in Florida’s Corkscrew Swamp, I spotted this young raccoon filling up on berries. Nikon D500 with Nikkor 500mm PF lens, ISO 800, f/5.6 at 1/400th of a second.
Here’s another one from this week’s trip to Florida. I’m not great with hawk identification so please correct me if I’m wrong, but I believe this to be a juvenile Cooper’s hawk. With just a headshot, you can’t see the banding on the tail, shape of tail feathers and chest pattern, all of which suggest Cooper’s. I also saw many other hawks while hiking through the swamp, including several other (alleged) species, so I’ll post a few of them soon. Nikon D500 with Nikkor 500mm PF lens, ISO 800, f/5.6 at 1/100th of a second.
Just returned from a quick trip down to southwestern Florida to visit my mother. Of course, I worked in a bit of time to get out in the woods to see what I could find. Catfish were jumping all over the place on one particular hike in the Corkscrew Swamp area. Good news for the myriad of wading birds, including this anhinga who had little difficulty spearing breakfast. Nikon D500 with Nikkor 500mm PF lens, ISO 800, f/5.6 at 1/160th of a second.
This coastal brown bear was enjoying a bit of salad in-between trips to the river for the main course of salmon. Photographed at Lake Clark National Park in Alaska. Nikon D500 with Nikkor 200-400mm lens (at 280mm) ISO 800, f/4 at 1/500th of a second.