I spent I don’t know how many hours poring over the thousands of pictures in my hard drive to find these. It happened on March 30, 2016, at my old house. These 3 opossums suddenly appeared in my backyard in broad daylight, they frolicked, and ran around, sometimes after each other, exploring, smelling this and …
This series of pictures was taken just last Wednesday. I had gone hiking in the morning around lake Hodges, and on the trail, met an older gentleman with a serious camera and lens, so it was inevitable that we talk. He asked me if I saw anything interesting. So I mentioned the belted kingfisher I …
As promised I am showing you the second set of pictures taken on Christmas day. It’s always a bit tough for me to decide which picture makes it and which doesn’t. I hesitate for a while looking at the details, the composition, the background, the posture of the animal, and of course, the most important …
All the pictures in this post were taken on Christmas day at lake Hodges. I went there the previous day but it was very crowded so, after 5 minutes of looking at all the people parking and walking to the trailhead, I just gave up and drove back home. I figured there is no way …
This is going to be the last post about Costa Rica’s wildlife. Although I do have a few more pictures which one might find interesting, they were all taken in the La Paz Waterfall Garden, the same place where the first Costa Rica post pics were taken. These pictures show a few felines and some …
Today, we continue with Costa Rica, and as I told you last week, we are going to see a few creatures I encountered during a couple of visits to the wilderness. The animal who impressed me the most was this beautiful green iguana. It was just laying on a branch, lazily looking at us passing …
Back in 2018 we traveled to Costa Rica, and my wife asked me why I don’t post some of these great pictures I took during that trip. Well, I said, that does sound like a wonderful idea. The animals I saw there are definitely more glamorous. Most of them have such vibrant colors and complex …
Today we have a couple of praying mantises which I photographed back in September. It is interesting because, they have very different colors, one is tan/orange, the other green, and yet, both look like leaves. The praying mantis is one of the most fascinating insects. There are many reasons for that. It is the only …
Today our gallery is focused on 2 long legged birds. I believe that the great blue heron in my pictures is rather young. I have been trying to get closer to these birds, and once again, persistence paid off. The bird in our gallery happened to be standing in the middle of the green plants, …
Today we are going back to visit our rattling friends. It was a while ago that if you will recall in this post, I showed you a hole where I found 2 rattlesnakes, the smaller one was sitting inside the hole, and the big one, outside hidden under a dried out bush.Since then, as I …