Bukruk Urban Art Festival took place in January this year in Bangkok, Thailand. During the festival the walls of two opposite buildings at Soi Charoen Krung 28 were the huge canvases of street artists Bon and Saddo. – I saw their artworks … Continue reading
The black-winged kite (Elanus caeruleus, liitohaukka in Finnish) is a species primarily of open land and semi-deserts in sub-Saharan Africa and tropical Asia, but it has a foothold in Spain and Portugal also. I photographed this beautiful red-eyed bird of pray in Kgalagadi, South … Continue reading
Sometimes as a photographer you have to accept that the target is not in the optimal position – like in this case with the Martial eagle (Polemaetus bellicosus, gasellikotka in Finnish). Nevertheless, this is a mighty bird, can be almost one … Continue reading
The fluted, quiet whistles tells that the Eurasian bullfinches (Pyrrhula pyrrhula, punatulkku in Finnish) are in the trees, probably in rowans somewhere near. The brighter males and greyer females are often in pairs. All pictures are taken in Mäntsälä, Finland. … Continue reading
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King Bhumibol, who celebrates his 86th anniversary today December 5th, is the world’s longest-serving current head of state, over 67 years now, in Thailand. It would be hard to find any other person in such…
“Tämä köyhä kansa, tämä kurja kansa, on tähän saakka aina herroja kumarrellut.” Kalle Holmberg kuoli 77-vuotiaana kuukausi sitten 12.9.2016. Hän ei elämässään ollut herrojen kumartelija. Savonlinnan oopperajuhlien kesän 1982 uutuutena oli Aulis Sallisen (s. 1935) Punainen viiva. Syksyllä 1983 YLE nauhoitti oopperasta tv-version (esitettiin tv:ssä … Continue reading
Mainly black and white, and red eyes, that is Blacksmith lapwing (also known as blacksmith plover,Vanellus armatus, seppähyyppä in Finnish). The name derives from the repeated metallic ‘tink, tink, tink’ alarm call, like a blacksmith’s hammer striking an anvil. Blacksmith lapwings can be seen from Kenya through … Continue reading
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