09/26/2023 | Picture of the month
SEPTEMBER 2023 During our summer vacation in Carinthia, Austria i was able to spend some days in the Hohe Tauern National Park to photograph alpine ibex. It’s so amazing to see how they are climbing effortless steep mountain walls and rugged terrain. This young...
08/06/2023 | Picture of the month
AUGUST 2023 The white-bellied rat snake (ptyas fusca) belongs to the colubrid snake family and can be found in Indonesia, Thailand, Malaysia and Singapore. Their habitat is mostly forest area where they prey on lizards, frogs and fish. When threatened they can rise...
07/10/2023 | Picture of the month
JULY 2023 The tule elk is a subspecies of elk and can only be found in California. While there were 500.000 elk when the first settlers arrived today only a couple thousands of them can be found in small seperated protected areas. And even there they are not able to...
06/10/2023 | Picture of the month
JUNE 2023 Burrowing owls are small, long-legged owls and can be found throughout open landscapes across North and South America. They are the only owls nesting in burrows, often abandoned prairie dog burrows. Unlike like most of the owls burrowing owls can be active...
05/28/2023 | Picture of the month
MAY 2023 Grey partridges belong to the game birds in the pheasant family and used to be widely spread across Europe and Asia. Nowadays however they are listed as critically endangered to threatened in many countries in Europe. Funny the fact they got so endangered as...
04/21/2023 | Picture of the month
APRIL 2023 During my last layover in Rio de Janeiro i was not only exploring the city but also some nature sites nearby. Next to the busy beach of the famous Copacabana is a small hill covered with tropical rainforest. While hiking to the top the sound of the city was...
