Pretoria, South Africa to the Drakensberg Escarpment chasing Cistugo
March 29, 2014
Merlin and I flew from Austin to Houston, Texas last Tuesday the 25th of March, and flew overnight to Frankfurt, Germany, waited 11 hours in
Merlin and I flew from Austin to Houston, Texas last Tuesday the 25th of March, and flew overnight to Frankfurt, Germany, waited 11 hours in
Merlin’s talks in Tennessee last weekend went really well. He received a standing ovation from a very appreciative audience at the All Taxa Biodiversity Index
Merlin’s photo of pollen-gilded Cuban flower bat (Phyllonycteris poeyi) emerging from a flower of the blue mahoe tree (Talipariti elatum) is the National Geographic Photo
Finally I got around to creating a gallery to display Merlin’s magnificent bat photographs. This website now displays examples of all 18 of the world’s currently
Merlin went to Costa Rica last week, with hopes to photograph a Northern ghost bat (Diclidurus albus) roosting beneath a palm frond. Researchers rarely have
Last night in the Mexican desert Merlin was perched on the roof of Fred and Paul’s suburban alongside a giant cardon cactus. He mounted his
Last night our amazing bat-catching team: Fred Frick, Paul Heady and their friend and colleague, Marm Kilpatrick, succeeded in capturing a Western Yellow bat, a
Everything doesn’t go so great all the time. We have our bad nights too. On our second night with bats in the studio, we shot 300
We spent the afternoon looking for night roosts, because the cold front and high winds would minimize bat activity. We drove for miles, looking under
Arriving in a country with 350 pounds of photographic and field gear is always stressful. The immigration folks at the airport carefully examined every piece
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