Crested Barbet

Crested Barbet, South Africa, September 2005. Wacky looking, but stunning with it.

Young Kestrel

This juvenile Kestrel allowed an exceptionally close approach. These shots are taken with just my Coolpix. Broom, 24th July 2008.

Magic Tree Frogs

Tree Frog, Blackwoods Camp, Goa, December 2007.

When we stayed at Blackwoods, there were lots of these wonderful frogs in our 'bathroom'. It wasn't so much a bathroom, more an open topped toilet/shower!

Anyway, very often you'd open the loo lid and get surprised by one of these things leaping out at you. Most of the time they'd hop out of the toilet, but sometimes, especially when you flush, they fall back in, doomed for the cesspit!

Well, that's what you would think happened, right? Wrong! As if by magic, the next time you'd go to the loo, they'd be back in exactly the same place. How they get back so quickly is a mystery, as that loo has a ferocious suck on it...

Oh and don't worry, this one wasn't photographed IN the loo, it was on the wall just beside it.

Keel-billed Toucan

Keel-billed Toucan, Costa Rica, Febuary 2007. That has got to be one of the best looking beaks of all birds?

Prothonotary Warbler

Prothonotary Warbler, Costa Rica, February 2007. Big and bright; just how I like my warblers!