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Panama: Canopy Lodge
Photos from in and around Canopy Lodge, in El Valle de Antón. The lodge is at about 650m above sea level in a valley surrounded by a caldera. The habitat is mostly cloud forest and the altitude makes the temperature 4 or 5 degrees C off than lowland Panama.
Panama: Southern Coclé
These photos were taken on a day trip from Canopy Lodge down the Pacific slope to the ocean at Juan Hombrón. I have separated them because of the different habitats compared to the rest of my trip: open farmland, mangrove and one taken on the beach.
Panama: Canopy Tower
Photos from Canopy Tower in the Soberania National Park near Panama City. The main environments are rain forest, forest canopy and some wetlands in the nearby Canal Zone. The tower itself has an observation deck at canopy level as well as hummingbird feeders.
Salins du Lion
Some disused salt pans near Marseille Airport form this small ornithological reserve. I went at the end of the day to enjoy the flamingos in the setting sun.
Danube Delta
A rainy day photographing birds in the Danube delta while on a holiday to Romania and Bulgaria. Highlights were the white-tailed eagles, pygmy cormorants and Pallas’s gulls. We took a boat tour from Tulcea to the area around Mila 23 fishing village and back.
Skomer Island
Wonderful time on Skomer Island, just off the coast in Pembrokeshire, South Wales. The island is famed for its puffins, who at this time of year are busy fetching sand eels and other fish for their young. They are mostly safe here because there are no rats or other mammal predators on the island. The Read More
Camargue bird watching
An afternoon and evening in two locations in the Camargue: the Scamandre Discovery Centre and the Pont-de-Gau Ornithological Site. The highlight was seeing courtship between two spoonbills at Scamandre, the male in breeding plumage.
Bay of the Somme
Three days in the Bay of the Somme area, including two nature reserves – Grand-Laviers and Parc du Marquenterre – and walks near the coast. Weather ranged through rain, overcast, sun and early-morning mist.
Sri Lanka Endemic Birds
Sri Lankans are rightly proud of their 34 endemic bird species and on our trip we managed to see all except the Green-billed Coucal. I got usable photos of 24 of the species. The junglefowl is the national bird.
Sri Lanka Birds (non-endemic)
Some of the many bird species in Sri Lanka that are not endemic to the country. Most of these photos were taken at Negombo and the Muthurajawela Sanctuary, Aniwilundawa Bird Sanctuary, Wilpattu National Park, Horton Plains National Park, Sinharaja Rain Forest and Lunugamvehera National Park (the ones in the rain).