Pangot, Uttarakhand
Bird of the Day: Wedge-tailed Green Pigeon
Pangot, Uttarakhand
Conservation Tourism
Bird of the Day: Magpie Shrike
Dinokeng Game Reserve, Pretoria, SA
Bird of the Day: White-bellied Emerald
Gallon Jug Estate, Belize
Bird of the Day: Rose-ringed Parakeets
Sivarpanam Palace, Tamil Nadu
Bird of the Day: Yellow-eyed Babbler
Bangalore, Karnataka
Bird of the Day: Eastern Imperial Eagle
Little Rann of Kutch, Gujurat
Bird of the Day: Slaty-tailed Trogon
male – Gallon Jug Estate, Belize
Bird of the Day: Great Egret
Estero San Jose del Cabo, BCS, Mexico
Bird of the Day: Spotted Thick-knee
Dinokeng Game Reserve, Pretoria, SA
Bird of the Day: Red-billed Leiothrix
Sattal, Uttarakhand
Bird of the Day: Sooty-capped Chlorospingus
Barva Volcano, Costa Rica
Bird of the Day: Rain Quail
Outskirts of Bangalore, Karnataka
Bird of the Day: Red-faced Mousebird
Dinokeng Game Reserve, Pretoria, SA
Bird of the Day: Coppersmith Barbet and Jungle Myna
Bangalore, Karnataka
Elusive Mammals
Jaguar, the indomitable beast. Photo © The Nature Conservancy (Matt Miller)
The photo above is one of the highlights of this story at Cool Green Science. We have been to the location where this photo was taken and agree it is an awesome spot in terms of probabilities. But not as good as the probabilities in the wilderness surrounding Chan Chich Lodge:
Where to See 10 Impossibly Elusive Mammals
BY MATT MILLER
I grew up dreaming about seeing the world’s rarest and most elusive animals. I knew that some would be extremely unlikely if not impossible. See a snow leopard? Biologists spent months, years, seeking snow leopards and never caught so much as a glimpse.
In reality, you can now see many of these cryptic creatures, if you know where to travel and search. Continue reading
Bird of the Day: California Scrub-Jay (Villa del Faro)
Baja California Sur, Mexico
Bird of the Day: Asian Paradise Flycatcher
female – Dandeli, Karnataka
From Recent Chan Chich Lodge Guests
When this family told me about their encounter with a troupe of monkeys I had not yet seen these photographs, which they shared as they were preparing to depart Chan Chich Lodge. Looking at the photos now I understand why they were so thrilled by the wilderness setting. The first one I saw, above, was just a blur so I skipped it, but when I came back to it I realized this was what the son in the family had most loved–the exploration, the search to see his first animal in the wild. Continue reading
Bird of the Day: Blue Jay
Dunwoody, Georgia
Bird of the Day: Red-headed Weaver
Dinokeng Game Reserve, Pretoria, SA
Organikos 