Posted on February 26, 2016
by neuroticphilosopher
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For my trip to Costa Rica, I am relegating my trip experience to the photos I took…..As in any tropical country, the jungles made me feel alive and the birds and animals, much closer than I have usually seen, reminded me of Trinidad more… Continue Reading “CR stories #1: Marvin Rockwell, a pioneer, a businessman, naturalist, paramedic, rockstar-superman!”
Category: Environment, I think.., Photography, Travelogue, World CultureTags: Adventure, Airstrip, Cheese, Children's Eternal forest, Cloud Forest, conservation, Costa Rica, happiness, Hummingbirds, Marvin Rockwell, Monteverde, nature, Orchids, Pan-American highway, Pioneers, Professions, Quakers, Rainforest, stories, Success, Superman, Tour-guide
Posted on January 21, 2016
by neuroticphilosopher
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It has been months since our return from Costa Rica, and as I sort through photos and wait for the right day that I feel up to the task of making a photo gallery (instead of a trip report this time), I lag further… Continue Reading “Collared Aracari (and its berry)”
Category: Environment, Photography, TravelogueTags: Aracaris, Berry, Big bill, Bill, birding, birds, Collared aracari, Costa Rica, macro, Macro photography, melastoma, nature, Photography, Red yellow and black, Tortuguero, Toucan, Travel
These are a couple of endangered birds, one of which we saw in the wild too. Photos are taken in the Belize zoo. We are yet to see a Harpy Eagle in the wild, but we saw the yellow headed parrot (using a scope)… Continue Reading “Endangered”
Category: Environment, PhotographyTags: Belize, birds, Eagle, Endangered, exotic, Harpy Eagle, nature, parrot, Photography, Travel, wildlife, Yellow headed parrot, zoo
There was a time I thought I would not return to any place until I have seen all I want to see. I was wrong, won’t be the first or last time of course. I have returned to Peru and to Yellowstone only to… Continue Reading “A wolf howls as wilderness calls: two days in Yellowstone NP”
Category: Environment, Photography, TravelogueTags: Alpha male and female, Bear tooth highway, Bison, food, Glaciers, Grizzly bear, Ground squirrel, Hayden Valley, Lamar Valley, LeHardy rapids, Leucistic red tailed hawk, Mammoth Springs, Pronghorn, Wolf Tracking, Yellowstone Caldera, Yellowstone wolves
Posted on October 5, 2015
by neuroticphilosopher
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As I have mentioned before, I believe carefully attended zoos are an important and indispensable resource for humans, because not everyone can go out into the wild and find the animals and birds and not everyone may want to. All people want, en masse,… Continue Reading “Life in a cage, feelings unbound.”
Category: Environment, Philosophy, Phlog, PhotographyTags: Animal cruelty, Animals, Boundaries, Cuckatoo, GW exotic animal park, nature, PETA, Rage, Tigers, zoo