Tag: wildlife
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Costa Rica (2024): La Fortuna
My passion for the natural world has been with me as long as I can remember, but there was a place I visited as a kid I vividly remember it igniting fully for the first time. Costa Rica. I was on the verge of turning seven years old. My parents, wanting to bring my lively…
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India (2024): Birding in Udaipur and Agra
This post is an account of all the birding I did over the course of three days in Udaipur and 24 hours in Agra during my family’s March 2024 trip to India. It also showcases the best of my 2024 India wildlife photography, apart from the photos taken on our Leopard safari. A broader summary…
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India (2024): Leopard Spotting in Amagarh Leopard Reserve
When most people think of Jaipur, the capital city of the Indian state of Rajasthan, they imagine unique cultural sites like the fabulous Amber Palace or the vibrant, pink buildings of the city center. But there is a completely different side of Jaipur worth experiencing—an important piece of heritage that isn’t known to many but…
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Nocturnal Herping and Anting on the Mandai T15 Trail
The roughly 7km Mandai T15 Trail, beginning on the outskirts of the lush Central Catchment Nature Reserve and finishing within its heart, is a paradise for nature lovers and mountain bikers. It is notable for being one of the few rainforests in Singapore accessible after dark to the general public, and is among my favorite…
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Borneo (2023): the Kinabatangan River
Malaysia’s second-longest river, the Kinabatangan, and its surrounding floodplain forests, are two exquisite ecological gems constituting the jewel-studded crown of Borneo. I was grateful to spend two nights exploring this incredible ecosystem on my March 2023 Borneo trip. The Kinabatangan River possesses an ecosystem so bountiful in wildlife that it is often marketed as ‘Asia’s…
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Borneo (2023): Selingan Island and the Sepilok Sanctuaries
Welcome to part 2 of my March 2023 Borneo adventure! Hopefully you’ve read through part 1 and are up to date on the beginning of the trip for some background information. This post marks roughly the middle of the weeklong vacation: day 4 and half of day 5. We had a wide range of experiences…
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Borneo (2023): the West Coast of Sabah
To start my recounting of this trip, I’ll recite an excerpt from my journal: “When you love a place without having ever truly explored it, and finally get a chance to see it for yourself, you will almost certainly face disappointments and enchantments beyond anything you could’ve pieced together through imagination. This is what I’ve…
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A Day of Wildlife Watching at Sungei Buloh (Owls, Otters, Crocodiles and Waders)
Last Sunday, the 30th of October, I embarked on a morning birding quest to Sungei Buloh Wetland Reserve with my girlfriend, determined to log some lifers. We planned to arrive at low tide, around 8:30am, in time to see Sungei Buloh’s famous migratory wading birds foraging on intertidal mudflats. Altogether, we had a truly amazing…
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Wildlife Watching at Sungei Buloh Wetland Reserve (First Post From Singapore)
Upon arriving in Singapore very early in the morning on the 31st of July, my family has managed to see some of the sights and sounds of the city despite being highly jetlagged and grumpy. Myself, full of excitement to be (now) living in an equatorial city-state containing pristine tropical rainforest and diverse and exotic…
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An Amazing 2 Weeks in Southern Utah: Hoodoos, Canyons and High Desert!
Recently I have returned from Southern Utah from what was an exceptional and diverse 2-week adventure. It consisted of a four-day national park exploration with my dad, followed by a memorable week of Boy Scout camp located on the top of a high mountain at around 9,500 feet of elevation. The American West is truly…
Bennett Gardner Wildlife Watching 