Category Wildlife

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

Elk Alces alces • Augstroze, Latvia

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

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…

Weka Gallirallus australis • New Zealand

South Island robin Petroica australis • Mt. Aspiring National Park, New Zealand

South Island Pied Oystercatcher Haematopus finschi • Marlborough Sounds, New Zealand

Kea Nestor notabilis • Mt. Cook National Park, New Zealand

White-fronted Tern Sterna striata • Ashley river estuary, New Zealand

Bar-tailed godwit Limosa lapponica • Ashley river estuary, New Zealand

Yellow-eyed penguin Megadyptes antipodes • New Zealand

Australasian gannet Morus serrator • Cape Kidnappers, New Zealand

  Banded dotterel Charadrius bicinctus • New Zealand

Sinclair Head • New Zealand