Verreaux’s Eagle Owl – Bubo Lacteus, also known as the Giant Eagle Owl. Early morning, in fact about 20 to 30 minutes before sunrise, so really low light levels. It’s a testament to digital technology that we were able to get useful photographs of these birds at all.
some important points to remember if photographing from the air.
banded mongoose live in large colonies and are active, social animals, spending much of their time foraging through leaf litter looking for insects and grubs.
Early morning in the Okavango Delta, with low angled, warm light, a majestic lion patrols his territory.
A pied kingfisher obligingly poses on a twig. This species is frequently sighted both hovering over water and also perched as shown here.
a lilac breasted roller sits on a twig and plays catch with his lunch.
The Okavango Delta, Botswana and 3 spoonbills find that the top branches of a tree make a good vantage point.
A male impala shown in its environment in the Okavango Delta, Botswana
snow monkeys, more correctly macaque monkeys. For several years people have enticed the monkeys to come to the edge of a forest by scattering loose corn for them.
A blue-footed booby (maybe that should read ‘sure-footed booby’) tries to scratch himself whilst teetering on the edge of a cliff.