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Costa Rica 2014 Part 2

By Kaleel|2018-10-24T19:54:23+01:0014 Mar 2014|Categories: Agoutis, Amphibians, Birds, Costa Rica, Crabs, Frogs, Honeycreepers, Hummingbirds, Invertebrates, Mammals, Monkeys, Orioles, Parrots, Toucans, Wildlife|Tags: Agalychnis callidryas, agouti, Alouatta palliata, amphibians, animal photography, Baltimore oriole, birds, Brown-hooded parrot, Central American agouti, Chlorophanes spiza, Corcovado National Park, Costa Rica, Cyanerpes cyaneus, Dasyprocta punctata, female Central American agouti, female green honeycreeper, flying toucan, frog, frogs, golden mantled howler monkey, golden mantled howling monkey, green honeycreeper, hermit crab, howler monkey, howling monkey, Icterus galbula, Keel-billed toucan, male red-legged honeycreeper, mammals, mantled howler monkey, monkey, nature photography, Pacific beach, Pacific shore, palm tree, Pyrilia haematotis, rain forest, rainforest, Ramphastos sulfuratus, Red-eyed tree frog, red-legged honeycreeper, silhouette, toucan in flight, tree frog, tropical beach, tropical shore, wildlife, wildlife photography|

The adventure continues! Here are some more images from my recent trip to Costa Rica. Here also are parts 1 and 3. Red-eyed tree frog silhouette Mantled howler monkey Keel-billed toucan in flight Rainforest and palm trees on rocky Pacific shore [...]

Nikon D4s preview

By Kaleel|2018-10-24T19:54:24+01:0026 Feb 2014|Categories: Camera reviews, Equipment, Gear reviews|Tags: D4, D4s, first look, gear review, Nikon, Nikon D4s, preview, review|

The new Nikon D4s - image courtesy of Nikon With a certain amount of fanfare, Nikon has just released the new Nikon D4s, which the usual suspects are now advertising to be available from March onwards in the UK. From the spec sheet, this is a formidable flagship [...]

Costa Rica 2014 Part 1

By Kaleel|2018-10-24T19:54:24+01:0025 Feb 2014|Categories: Amphibians, Birds, Birds of prey, Coatis, Costa Rica, Crocodilians, Dolphins, Frogs, Hummingbirds, Jacamars, Mammals, Monkeys, Parrots, Quetzals, Reptiles, Tanagers, Tapirs, Toucans, Trogons, Whales, Wildlife|Tags: Amazilia tzacati, American crocodile, aracari, Ateles geoffroyi, Baird's Tapir, birds, Brown-hooded parrot, Canal zone tree frog, capuchin, Cebus capucinus, coati, coatimundi, Collared araçari, Corcovado National Park, Costa Rica, crocodile, Crocodylus acutus, False killer whale, frog, Galbula ruficauda, Geoffroy's spider monkey, hummingbird, Humpback whale, Hypsiboas rufitelus, jacamar, Keel-billed toucan, Megaptera novaeangliae, monkeys, Monteverde, Nasua narica, Passerini's tanager, Pharomachrus moccino costaricensis, Pseudorca crassidens, Pteroglossus torquatus, Pyrilia haematotis, quetzal, rainbow-billed toucan, Ramphastos sulfuratus, Ramphocelus passerinii, Resplendent quetzal, Rufous-tailed hummingbird, Rufous-tailed jacamar, Slaty-tailed trogon, tanager, Tapirus bairdii, toucan, tree frog, trogon, Trogon massena, whale, White-faced capuchin, White-nosed coati|

[Here are parts 2 and 3] In January I went to Costa Rica to take photos of the incredible wildlife. What an amazing place. I went to three different areas to see what I could find. There's so much more to explore there and the more I've photographed, the more [...]

Two wildlife opinions: badger cull and critically endangered tigers

By Kaleel|2018-10-24T19:54:25+01:005 Dec 2013|Categories: Badgers, Conservation, Magazine articles, Magazines, Mammals, North East England, Northumberland, Photography writing, Tigers, Wildlife|Tags: badger, badger conservation, badger cull, badger photography, conservation, critically endangered, Gloucestershire badger cull, Meles meles, Panthera tigris, pilot cull, Somerset badger cull, tiger, tiger conservation, tiger photography|

In December's Wild Planet Photo Magazine I have two pieces; one on why the badger cull defies science and common sense, and the other on just how critically endangered tigers are. The Nov, Dec and Jan issues are all free. I'm delighted to see that the culls have failed, [...]

Vagrant: lesser grey shrike

By Kaleel|2018-10-24T19:54:26+01:0026 Nov 2013|Categories: Birds, North East England, Northumberland, Shrikes|

We've had an unusual visitor: a lesser grey shrike Lanius minor. This bird sometimes 'larders' its surplus food on a thorn to keep for later. I wouldn't like to be a butterfly or cricket when it's around! Even though it was lovely yesterday to see such an oddity in the north [...]

Stealth Gear one man chair hide M2 field test & review

By Kaleel|2018-10-24T19:54:26+01:008 Nov 2013|Categories: Gear reviews, Hide photography, Magazine articles, Magazines|

Hot on the heels of the Nikon D4 camera review (see previous post), I've also done a one person chair hide review in the same issue of the magazine. As always, completely unbiased, I own the product myself and have tested it over a long period of time. You can [...]