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A journey to meet the Red-throated Caracara in Guyana
Recently, I made a long journey in South America, up the Rewa River in Guyana, in search of caracaras and other Amazonian fauna. The story of this trip takes a bit of explaining. Last year, after our...
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On the river
For the journey up the Rewa river, we were to travel into the forest by boat. From Georgetown, that involved a flight to the interior of the country. These flights leave from Ogle, a smaller airport...
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Going on Vacation!!!!
So Catherine and I have a week off this coming week, so we are planning to go for a bit of a vacation in the Okanagan. We will be mostly in the boonies, camping and searching for critters, so will be...
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Guyana Riverside Birds
A juvenile Great Black Hawk, Buteogallus urubutinga. These large buteos are probably the most visible raptor along the rivers, although they are often quiet. In French Guiana, they are called “Buse...
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Guyana: the other archosaurs
On my trip to Guyana, I was not only on the lookout for birds, but also their relatives, the crocodilians. Guyana is home to 4 species of caiman, including the largest and smallest species in the...
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Accumulation: excess photos from the past few weeks
Myrmica rubra tending aphids, Annacis Island. I am working again with ants this summer, and have been getting out a bit for work and on the weekends for special outings. I have been accumulating a...
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Guyana: a myrmicine trapjaw ant
Sometimes, I never really know just how special the subjects I photograph really are. During the second night we spent on the Rewa river, I was dealing with blistered, sunburned hands as well as...
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Cheapskate Tuesday 27: the Yongnuo 35 mm F2
So my soujourn in Guyana was not entirely without casualties. Although I avoided getting eaten by the jaguar, my Canon 50 mm 1.8 II died. I have no idea what happened, but the whole front assembly...
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Drifting on the Rewa
To get back to my posting on the trip to Guyana I made this spring, I should get some of the most charismatic megafauna out of the way. But before I get into that, please consider filling out this...
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My favourite photos from Guyana
In case you missed it, here is a link to the Science Borealis Reader’s Survey: http://bit.ly/ScienceBorealisSurvey. Feedback from this survey will help me better understand my readership. Sometimes,...
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A very spidrous summer planned
So this is where I find myself: I am currently employed as a field assistant to my partner Catherine Scott, as she spends the spring and summer of 2016 doing thesis research on Vancouver Island. Over...
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