There’s been a bit of hubbub in the Annapolis area this past week. Hugh Vandervoort, a local Nature Photographer spends a lot of time in parks near Annapolis and discovered a nesting hole for a family of Pileated Woodpeckers. Sharing his discovery on social media, this family of […]
The Wading Bird Rookery at the St. Augustine Alligator Farm is a wonderful place to get up and personal with nesting wildlife. When I had visited in early December, the marsh was a ghost town. With just the alligators hissing in the muddy waters, I thought that surely […]
Along with the lion, one of the other animals that best says Africa is the grand Elephant. There were several large mammals we were able to observe including the Elephant, Hippopotamus, Rhinoceros, and the Water Buffalo. One of the more rare sightings was of a baby Hippo and […]
Click on any of these images to see the full Lion series. All images are available for purchase. If you ever want to go to Africa and see lions, Tanzania is the place to visit. During our African Safari, we were privileged to see lions in a number […]
One of the more curious things I pondered while on our African safari in Tanzania is how many animals spent their time along the road. Busy with trucks filled with tourists, you would think the wildlife would go find a quiet area far off in the distant plains […]
One of my favorite animals on my African Safari is no surprise. As a horse lover, it was only natural for me to immediately fall in love with the Zebras. Add to the lovefest, baby zebras were all over the place. Cute as a button they are. Little […]
The Vervet Monkeys is a smaller monkey in Tanzania and a nice colony lives in the forest of Ngorongoro Crater. The parents interchange baby watch and have no problem handling a child that isn’t their own. Such a wonderful community where mom’s help each other.
In honor of Mother’s Day this Sunday, it seems only fitting that I finally begin sharing some of the wonderful animal babies we enjoyed while in Tanzania in March. One of the animals that I ended up having fun watching were the Baboons and their families. Staying together […]
It was dawn and the sun was slowly rising behind me warming the cool, damp sand below me. It was low tide along the Matanzas Inlet and there were several tide pools left behind The light was glowing at first, casting its golden sheen upon the water. Minnows […]
During our African Safari with Easy Travel Tours of Arusha I mentioned to our driver/guide Endeni that one of the things I was hoping to see was the many flamingos that I knew where somewhere in Northern Tanzania. We were at Lake Manyara National Park and I could […]
Emily Carter ~ Nature as Art 