Tag: Nature | Christopher Harper

Another Bittern

This is not the first time I have come across a young Yellow Bittern that has fallen from the nest. Poor little bird.

Recent heavy rains seem to have created the right conditions for mushrooms. I'm seeing them in a variety of new places lately.

Walking around Adelup after the rain I found many of these leaves wet and crushed under car and foot traffic.

This is a view from the trail to Tinago Falls in Inarajan. I think this will become one of our favorite hikes on the island.

There is an impressive colony of Black and Brown noddy or Fåhang in the CHamoru language taking up residence in Merizo.

We saw a number of Coconut crabs on our recent 1,000 Steps hike. This female was near the cliff edge and carrying eggs.

When I have a chance to explore the island, it is often the little things that catch my attention, like this Western Honey Bee.

I found a Yellow Bittern nest today. Two fledgling chicks were hidden well. I was just able to catch their emerging heads.

I've been shooting with an Olympus OM-D E-M5 Mark III for over a month now. So far, I'm very happy with it!

I followed and tried to photograph a pair of Yellow Bitterns today, but wound up getting a better shot of this White Tern.

I was glad to see a light morph Pacific Reef Heron tonight. The dark morph seems to be more common around here.

All the White (Fairy) Terns I saw today were peeking out from behind branches. I just caught this one as it looked my way.