in the wild

The End

2011-09-04T14:49:00.000+01:00

This blog has come to an end.

Thank you so much to all followers and readers, it's been great fun.

Photos taken in the wild will be posted on my travel blog from now on.

Cheers

Red Means Poison

2011-09-01T16:00:00.000+01:00

Tortuguero National Park, Costa Rica

Flamingo

2011-08-30T16:18:00.001+01:00

Lake Bogoria (Rift Valley), Kenya
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Nubian Wild Ass

2011-08-28T16:57:00.000+01:00

Northern Kenya

Take notice of the mark on the shoulder, it's not a shadow! :-)

Kalandula Waterfalls

2011-08-26T22:24:00.000+01:00

This photo of the former Duke of Bragança Waterfalls was taken in the early 70's when Angola was still a Portuguese colony

Beach Party

2011-08-23T13:25:00.001+01:00

Boulders Beach, Cape Peninsula, South Africa
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Arenal

2011-08-20T16:18:00.000+01:00

Active volcano in central Costa Rica

Ostrich

2011-08-16T19:02:00.001+01:00

Ngorongoro Crater, Tanzania
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Heliconia (II)

2011-08-13T21:12:00.000+01:00

Iguazu National Park, Argentina

Tropicbird

2011-08-08T23:37:00.001+01:00

Cousin Island, Seychelles
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Summer Monsoon

2011-08-05T12:59:00.000+01:00

Himalayan slope, Nepal

Dumbo

2011-07-31T19:21:00.002+01:00

A youngster on the shore of Lake Manyara, Tanzania

On the Edge

2011-07-29T23:00:00.000+01:00

Placencia, Belize

Sarus Crane

2011-07-26T15:46:00.001+01:00

Keoladeo National Park
Bharatpur (Rajasthan), India

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Undisturbed

2011-07-24T16:04:00.000+01:00

Ngorongoro Crater, Tanzania

Our Camp

2011-07-22T19:03:00.000+01:00

Lake Turkana, northern Kenya

Tender Couple

2011-07-19T13:47:00.001+01:00

Punta Tombo (Patagonia), Argentina
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Lake Manyara

2011-07-17T17:06:00.000+01:00

Northern Tanzania

Duiker

2011-07-15T11:49:00.000+01:00

Samburu National Reserve, Kenya

Flamingo

2011-07-12T16:24:00.003+01:00

Lake Bogoria, Kenya
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Ewaso Nyiro River

2011-07-10T19:56:00.000+01:00

Giraffe family, Samburu National Reserve, Kenya

Strangler Fig

2011-07-08T19:19:00.000+01:00

Iguazu National Park, Argentina

These plants begin life as epiphytes, when their seeds, often bird-dispersed, germinate in crevices atop other trees. These seedlings grow their roots downward and envelop the host tree while also growing upward to reach into the sunlight zone above the canopy. An original support tree can sometimes die, so that the Strangler Fig becomes a "columnar tree" with a hollow central core. (Wikipedia)

Secretary Bird

2011-07-05T18:46:00.004+01:00

Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya

Its common name is popularly thought to derive from the crest of long quill-like feathers, lending the bird the appearance of a secretary with quill pens tucked behind his or her ear, as was once common practice. A more recent hypothesis is that "secretary" is borrowed from a French corruption of the Arabic saqr-et-tair or "hunter-bird". (Wikipedia)
The long legs, which increases the bird’s height to around 1.3 m tall, help him catching his favourite prey: snakes.
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Intruder

2011-07-03T12:57:00.000+01:00

I found this Baboon on my balcony. We stared at each other for a while and then he jumped to the next bungallow.

Ngorongoro Crater, Tanzania

Resting in the Shade

2011-07-01T13:18:00.000+01:00

MalaMala Game Reserve, South Africa

Ocellated Turkey

2011-06-28T18:17:00.001+01:00

Tikal National Park, Guatemala
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It's Safari Time

2011-06-26T12:43:00.001+01:00

MalaMala Game Reserve main lodge, South Africa

"H" Island

2011-06-23T13:04:00.000+01:00

Beagle Channel (Tierra del Fuego), Argentina

Red-billed Hornbill

2011-06-21T00:08:00.001+01:00

Samburu National Reserve, Kenya
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Deserted Beach

2011-06-18T13:48:00.001+01:00

Manuel Antonio National Park, Costa Rica

Two Tall Guys

2011-06-14T21:50:00.000+01:00

MalaMala Game Reserve, South Africa

Sea Lion

2011-06-12T16:17:00.000+01:00

Peninsula Valdez (Patagonia), Argentina

17 Lions

2011-06-09T17:21:00.000+01:00

Serengeti National Park, Tanzania

Augur Buzzard

2011-06-07T16:36:00.001+01:00

Ngorongoro Crater, Tanzania

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Mother and Cub

2011-06-04T17:53:00.000+01:00

Samburu National Reserve, Kenya

Koroli Desert

2011-06-02T18:35:00.000+01:00

Northern Kenya

Fairy Tern

2011-05-31T14:30:00.002+01:00

Cousin Island, Seychelles

Formerly a coconut plantation, this island was purchased in 1968 by the International Council for Bird Preservation and turned into a reserve.
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Very Close to Mr. Big

2011-05-29T11:44:00.001+01:00

MalaMala Game Reserve, South Africa

Agua Azul

2011-05-25T17:54:00.000+01:00

Chiapas, Mexico

Heading for Water

2011-05-22T15:10:00.001+01:00

Buffalos in a queue (and some zebra in the foreground).

Ngorongoro Crater, Tanzania

Breakfast

2011-05-19T18:14:00.000+01:00

MalaMala Game Reserve, South Africa

Egyptian Vulture

2011-05-17T17:54:00.001+01:00

Mandawa (Rajasthan), India
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Adrenaline

2011-05-13T23:26:00.000+01:00

20 minutes later we would be on that boat! :-)

Iguazu Falls, Argentina

Green Parrots

2011-05-10T19:22:00.001+01:00

Madre de Dios River, Manu Biosphere Reserve, Peruvian Amazon

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Above the Jungle Canopy

2011-05-08T16:32:00.000+01:00

Birth of the day at the ancient Mayan City of Tikal

Tikal National Park, Guatemala

Seal Island

2011-05-06T17:12:00.000+01:00

Cape Peninsula, South Africa

Wildebeest

2011-05-04T18:47:00.000+01:00

MalaMala Game Reserve, South Africa

Big Male Baboon

2011-05-02T19:33:00.000+01:00

... feeding on the vegetable leftovers of our lunch

Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya

Deserted Coral Beach

2011-04-30T23:11:00.000+01:00

Unguja Island, Zanzibar, Tanzania

Orange Butterfly for Lunch?

2011-04-28T19:27:00.000+01:00

Manuel Antonio National Park, Costa Rica

Crowned Plover

2011-04-26T18:07:00.001+01:00

... and a croc.

Lake Turkana, Kenya
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Black Mane

2011-04-24T21:36:00.000+01:00

Masai Mara National Reserve, Kanya

At the Kitchen Door

2011-04-23T12:43:00.000+01:00

Carrapateira sand dunes, Portugal

Thérèse Island

2011-04-21T16:15:00.000+01:00

An emerald uninhabited paradise off the western coast of Mahé, Seychelles

Pale-winged Trumpeter

2011-04-19T16:22:00.001+01:00

Manu Biosphere Reserve, Peruvian Amazon
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Mussel Habitat

2011-04-18T11:43:00.000+01:00

São Pedro do Estoril, Portugal

That Look In Her Eyes

2011-04-15T11:51:00.000+01:00

A young mother at the Samburu National Reserve, Kenya

Madre de Dios River

2011-04-13T21:51:00.001+01:00

Peruvian Amazon

Beautiful Oryx

2011-04-11T22:26:00.000+01:00

Samburu National Reserve, Kenya

Ice

2011-04-09T19:13:00.000+01:00

Perito Moreno Glacier (Patagonia), Argentina

Wasp 'Ball'

2011-04-07T22:23:00.000+01:00

Carcavelos, Portugal

Nesting Everywhere

2011-04-05T17:43:00.002+01:00

(Click to enlarge)

Punta Tombo (Patagonia), Argentina

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Laziness

2011-04-03T12:39:00.000+01:00

Cheetah at the Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya

Getting Some Moisture On The River Bank

2011-04-01T21:50:00.001+01:00

Manu Biosphere Reserve, Peru

There Is Water In The Valley

2011-03-31T11:47:00.001+01:00

The Andes, Copiapó region, Chile

South American Tern

2011-03-29T16:21:00.002+01:00

Beagle Channel (Tierra del Fuego), Argentina

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Angry Mother

2011-03-28T11:33:00.000+01:00

Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya

Beaver Dam

2011-03-26T12:46:00.000Z

Tierra del Fuego National Park, Argentina

Low Speed

2011-03-24T12:05:00.000Z

Assinie, Ivory Coast

Superb Starling

2011-03-22T16:23:00.003Z

... showing the beautiful blue nape of the neck. :-)

Samburu National Reserve, Kenya

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Rhesus Macaque (III)

2011-03-20T15:57:00.000Z

Galta (Rajasthan), India

The Nile

2011-03-17T18:00:00.001Z

Three-day sail in a felucca between Assuam and Edfu, Egypt

Pink Flamingo

2011-03-15T17:56:00.007Z

Salt Lake Magadi at the Ngorongoro Crater, Tanzania
Two or three million years ago a giant volcano exploded and collapsed on itself forming this huge crater (260 km²/100 sq mi) which is 610 m (2,000 ft) deep.

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Grévy's Zebra

2011-03-13T18:23:00.000Z

Samburu National Reserve, Kenya

Rocky Islet

2011-03-10T15:24:00.001Z

High and low tides at Mahé Island, Seychelles

Camouflage

2011-03-08T15:51:00.002Z

Ruddy Turnstone flock at Parede, Portugal

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Two Hippos

2011-03-07T11:35:00.000Z

Serengeti National Park, Tanzania

Clown Tang

2011-03-05T16:51:00.001Z

Thérèse Island, Seychelles

He Didn't Give A Damn About Us

2011-03-03T17:07:00.000Z

Leopard at the MalaMala Game Reserve, South Africa

Nesting Rock Shag

2011-03-01T18:28:00.005Z

Phalacrocorax magellanicus (Magellanic Cormorant)

Beagle Channel, Tierra del Fuego, Argentina

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Three Restless Cubs

2011-02-26T18:31:00.000Z

Cheetah at the MalaMala Game Reserve, South Africa

Turquoise Waters

2011-02-24T19:23:00.000Z

Yamdrok-tso Lake (alt.: 4.488m), Tibet

Sleeping Penguin

2011-02-22T13:09:00.002Z

Boulders Beach, Cape Peninsula, South Africa

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Caiman

2011-02-20T12:50:00.000Z

Tortuguero National Park, Costa Rica

Camel Ride with the Samburu People (II)

2011-02-18T16:55:00.001Z

Maralal, Kenya

Flamingo Paradise

2011-02-16T13:06:00.002Z

Lake Bogoria, Kenya

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Family Walk

2011-02-14T22:37:00.000Z

Samburu National Reserve, Kenya

Sea Lion and Cormorant

2011-02-13T14:25:00.002Z

Beagle Channel, Tierra del Fuego, Argentina

Bored

2011-02-11T12:18:00.000Z

MalaMala Game Reserve, South Africa

African Vastness (III)

2011-02-09T13:14:00.000Z

Ngorongoro, Tanzania

Tarantula

2011-02-07T11:59:00.000Z

Taking care of a egg white ball

Monkey River, Belize

Leaving The Tree

2011-02-04T19:51:00.000Z

Serengeti National Park, Tanzania

World's Southernmost Park

2011-02-03T12:50:00.004Z

Tierra del Fuego National Park, Argentina

Usted esta aqui (You are here)
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2000+ Years Old 'Birdhouse'

2011-02-01T15:23:00.004Z

Unidentified bird at the Temple of Horus, Edfu, Egypt
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Forest Buffalo

2011-01-31T12:21:00.000Z

Abokouamekro Game Reserve, Côte d'Ivoire (Ivory Coast)

Triggerfish

2011-01-29T13:41:00.000Z

Oeiras, Portugal

Jesus Christ Lizard Couple

2011-01-27T23:37:00.000Z

Yes, they can walk on water. Check this NG video

Chan Chich, Belize

The Relevance Of Silence

2011-01-26T23:21:00.001Z

Integrated Fauna Reserve of Peninsula Valdés (Patagonia), Argentina
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Macaw (II)

2011-01-25T17:11:00.004Z

Panajachel, Guatemala

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Tall Guy

2011-01-24T13:19:00.000Z

MalaMala Game Reserve, South Africa