Category: Photo safari
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Southern Right Whale breaching in front of Hermanus
Hermanus, in South Africa, considers itself as the world capital of “whale watching from the coast”. Reading this on the Internet reeks of overblown marketing. You can easily imagine this applied to the back of a whale far on the horizon calling for the use of the biggest binoculars. Nothing would be more wrong! You…
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Rhinoceros
A rhino mother and her calf as seen from the road in Hluwluwe Park, South Africa, August 2015.
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Crested guineafowl
Aren’t they punk guineafowls? Crested guineafowl (Guttera pucherani), Pintade de Pucheran Hluhluwe park, South Africa, August 2015.
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Brown-hooded kingfisher
Brown-hooded kingfisher (Halcyon albiventris), Martin-chasseur à tête brune Hluhluwe park, South Africa, August 2015.
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Little bee-eater
Little bee-eater (Merops pusillus), Guêpier nain Hluhluwe park, South Africa, August 2015.
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Whales in False Bay, seen from a boat
While you may be lucky enough to see whales from the sky like we did in August 2015, thanks to African Wings in Hermanus, the most common way to approach these huge mammals is taking a boat tour in a location where they are seen quite usually. Since whales are relatively common during Summer near…
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Whales in Hermanus, seen from above
To start the publication of a series of photos shot in South Africa, here is gallery of some quite unusual pictures: Whales shot from a small plane (African Wings) in Hermanus, about one hour driving out of Cape Town. We could see quite clearly a large number of whales like this Southern Right Whale paddling…
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Costa Rica: Hummingbirds in flight 3/3
Scaly-breasted Hummingbird (Phaeochroa cuvierii, Colibri de Cuvier). Costa Rica, 2015.
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Costa Rica: Hummingbirds in flight 2/3
For this hummingbird, the identification is more difficult. Even its name (Stripe-throated Hermit) does not seem very apparent on the photos. But it’s even worse when you see this little hummingbird in flight and not simply on a computer screen. Stripe-throated Hermit (Phaethornis striigularis, Ermite à gorge rayée). Costa Rica, 2015.