11/09/2023 | Picture of the month
NOVEMBER 2023 While on vacation at the Algarve coast in Southern Portugal in early November i had again the opportunity to go birding in the Ria Formoso National Park. Had nice encounters with shore birds and wading birds of all kinds but my most fascinating encounter...
10/09/2023 | Picture of the month
OCTOBER 2023 During my stay at Dovrefjell National Park the main focus was of course to find and photograph the muskoxen. But during dusk and dawn the goal was to find another big mammal, the european moose. My guide told me, that they can best be seen at dusk and...
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...
