Wildlife
A couple of animals have been included on this page just because they are animals and I don’t have a suitable page to put them on. The grumpy cat and the Shetland sheepdog are obvious. However the red panda and the sad looking spider monkey were taken in Fota Wildlife Park in Ireland. A place that breeds endangered species. The red squirrel was also a zoo photo opportunity except that he was free to roam all over Berlin if he chose to. The sheep and cow seemed wild to me and the two cute otters were floating in Vancouver aquarium a place that was instrumental in bringing them back from the brink of extinction.
Taken in the Butterfly Park in Kuala Lumpur
This loan sheep stands guard on the ring of Kerry.
An Irish Robin claiming his terrority in the springtime.
Robins can be very territorial.
The thick coat of a Shetland Sheepdog is good at keeping out the wind.
Shetland Sheepdogs are active and clever animals.
Regular Robin singing to protect his territory.
Woodland Robin in the Springtime.
This is Tarzan, a neighbour's cat who comes to visit regularly. He was all upset because I woke him up and kicked him out as I was off on my photo walk.
Gull in Nordnesparken, Bergen, Norway.
Gull in Nordnesparken, Bergen, Norway.
Gull in Nordnesparken, Bergen, Norway.
The red panda is a closer relative to the racoon than the giant panda. However it is closer in cuteness to the latter.
Spider monkey contemplating life in a wildlife park.
Spider monkey contemplating life in a wildlife park.
Gannets are among the most streamlined of birds so they can dive to catch fish.
Dolphin catching the afternoon light of the coast of Baltimore, West Cork.
Dolphin catching the afternoon light of the coast of Baltimore, West Cork.
A wild red squirrel taken while he had lunch in the Berlin Zoo.
How now brown cow.
The young of the Blue-footed Booby, a bird endemic to the Galapagos Islands.
A lone Galapagos Iguana.
Galapagos Hawk. The birds are protected and don't fly away when you approach.
Blue-footed Boobies are common in the Galapagos.
Blue-footed Boobies are common in the Galapagos.
The Blue-footed Booby is endemic to the Galapagos Islands.
Curious Galapagos Hawk taken from only a couple of metres away.
Birds in the Galapagos aren't really afraid of people or of having their photos taken.
Mother with its young seal on the rock on the island of Santa Cruz, in the Galapagos.
One of the many seals in the Galapagos.
One of the many easy to photograph Iguanas in the Galapagos.
Toucanete, a small relative of the Toucan in Mindo Cloud Forest.
Bottlenose Dolphin of the coast of the Florida Keyes.
Two Seals just chilling on Isla Floreana in the Galapagos.
Macaws like to eat nuts, their beaks are extremely strong.
Parrots have extremely strong beaks.
Green Iguana.
Baby macaque refusing to look at the camera. Wild animals often do that though.
Spotted deer in Jim Corbett National Park, India.
Bee-eater in Jim Corbett National Park, India.
Bee-eater in Jim Corbett National Park, India.
Black-faced Langur monkey just outside Bardia National Park.<Buy prints at my personal photography site>
Black-faced Langur just outside Bardia NP in Western Nepal.
Young Macaque monkey just outside Bardia National Park.
Young Macaque Monkeys in Bardia National Park, Western Nepal.
Young Macaque monkey just outside Bardia National Park.
Macaque Monkey in Bardia National Park
Macaque Monkey in Bardia National Park
Macaque Monkey in Bardia National Park
Young Macaque monkey just outside Bardia National Park.
The common black hawk in Africa is actually more of a brown colour.
This lion was a bit tired on the day I photographed him. He just lay there beside the waterhole, waiting for it all to be over.
This lion was a bit tired on the day I photographed him. He just lay there beside the waterhole, waiting for it all to be over.
Leopards spend a lot of time in trees for security.
One of the more common birds in East Africa, Hildebrandt's Starling is nevertheless beautiful.
This young jackal is only a couple of months old.
Weavers get their name from the nests they weave out of dried grasses.
A yellow weaver building its nest in the Serengeti.
Wildebeest in a hurry to get to the next part of the migration and the new grasses.
The flies congreage on the resting lions because there is plenty blood left over from the lions last kill.
A male lion wandering through his territory.
A young zebra with its mother during the great migration in the Serengeti.
The secretary bird can fly but spends most of its time on the ground.
A small family group of vervet monkeys.
One of the less well known habitants of Lake Manyana National Park in Tanzania.
Mountain gorilla in the Bwindi Forest in Uganda. Young Adolescent.
A young male mountain gorilla in Uganda.
Young female mountain gorilla.
A young male mountain gorilla in Uganda.
A young mountain gorilla playing in the trees in Bwindi Forest, Uganda.
Elephants in the Masai Mara.
Vervet monkeys have an extensive vocabulary of sounds to tell each other of the sorts of danger they might face.
Two zebra of the quarter of a million that make up the annual migration in the Serengeti/Masai Mara system.
Two zebra of the quarter of a million that make up the annual migration in the Serengeti/Masai Mara system.
A leopard resting in a tree surveying its territory in the Masai Mara, Kenya.
Young male cheetah looking for a drop of water in the Massai Mara
Young male cheetah out for a stroll in the late afternoon sun in the grasslands of the Masai Mara in Kenya.
Just three of the quarter of a million zebras that make up the Great Migration. The Zebras follow the Wildebeest around the serengeti and the Masai Mara as they eat a different part of the grasses.
Impala generally organize themselves in a harem or young bachelor group.
Elephants march through the grasses of the East African Savannah.
A leopard resting in a tree surveying its territory in the Masai Mara, Kenya.
Young male cheetah out for a stroll in the late afternoon sun in the grasslands of the Masai Mara in Kenya.
Whereever you turn your head in the Massai Mara you will see a wildebeest.
A foal standing safely in the shadow of its mother.
The thompson's gazelle is very common. There are about half a million searching for fresh grasses during the Great Migration.
The serval is one of the lesser known of the African cats.
Elephants use their trunks to pick up grass and feed them selves.
Female lion lying in the grass.
Family normally stay together in family groups.
A herd of elephants gently strolling through the Maasai Mara Game Reserve.
Elephants generally stay together in family groups led by a matriarch.
Single elephant on the plains of East Africa.
A lot of the older elephants have been hunted for their ivory leaving only the ones with smaller tusks.
Female lion keeping an eye out.
The jackal is one of the oldest canid species, quite similar to a fox.
Zebra in Black and White.
Thompsons Gazelles on the lookout for predators
A group of Impala, which normally congregate in herds lead by a single male.
Atlantic Puffin with fish in mouth.
The Arctic Tern has the longest migration of any species, flying halfway round the world twice a year.
The Arctic Tern has the longest migration of any species, flying halfway round the world twice a year.
Seals on the beach on Peninsula Valdez in Argentina. This is the beach famous for beaching Orcas in search of food.
Patagonian Cormorant sitting on an old rotting pier in Puerto Natales, Chile.
At the Mayan ruins of Copan the birds are used to tourists photographing them.
Horeshoe Bay just outside Vancouver is the departure point for the ferries to Vancouver Island and northwards. Birds and Bears like to eat the grain that falls by the wayside.
Portrait of a Marmot in Yoho National Park, Canada.
Sea Otters in British Columbia hold hands so they can stay side by side as they drift along.
Common monkey in the Amzon jungles.
On a boat trip on the upper reaches of the Amazon near Madidi National Park a squirrel monkey comes down to the river bank.