swimmin’ to places

Beaver Castor fiber • Augstroze, Latvia
Dāvis Ūlands Photography
Dāvis Ūlands Photography

Beaver Castor fiber • Augstroze, Latvia

Scots pine Pinus sylvestris • Lielais Ķemeru tīrelis, Latvia

Multiple heads, multiple mushrooms • near Limbaži, Latvia

Common cranes Grus grus • Ķemeri National Park, Latvia
Three-toed Woodpecker Picoides tridactylus • Gauja National Park, Latvia

Common cranes Grus grus • Ķemeri National Park, Latvia

Rakiura National Park • Stewart Island, New Zealand

Rakiura National Park • Stewart Island, New Zealand

Common cranes Grus grus • Ķemeri National Park, Latvia

Common cranes Grus grus • Ķemeri National Park, Latvia

Ankle deep in the mud, common cranes are doing their morning preening and grooming thingies… Common crane Grus grus • Ķemeri National Park, Latvia

Storslett • Norway

Augstroze • Latvia

Elk Alces alces • Augstroze, Latvia

Humboldt Mountains • Mt. Aspiring National Park, New Zealand

Stewart Island • New Zealand

Roe deer Capreolus capreolus • Ruņupe protected nature area, Latvia

Two (out of five altogether) long-eared owl (Asio otus) chicks, since almost sundown keeps shrieking. Shrieking through the short summer night is a sure thing how to get food from parent owls… Long-eared owl Asio otus • Madona, Latvia

Kingfisher Alcedo atthis • Gauja National Park, Latvia

Dzelve raised bog • Latvia

Southern brown kiwi or Stewart Island tokoeka Apteryx australis lawryi I froze the movement, because of some tiny light speck of blinking eye… And yeah, there it was – a kiwi bird. Not too far away. Probably i accidentally could…

Mt. Cook National Park • New Zealand

See You Later, Alligator..! To all the incredible Kiwi’s and New Zealand in general! Thanks for a great year! 🙂 Mt. Taranaki • New Zealand

Egmont National Park • New Zealand