{"id":7661,"date":"2020-06-04T11:44:10","date_gmt":"2020-06-04T11:44:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/?p=7661"},"modified":"2020-06-05T16:01:52","modified_gmt":"2020-06-05T16:01:52","slug":"photographers-during-lockdown-around-the-world","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/2020\/06\/04\/photographers-during-lockdown-around-the-world\/","title":{"rendered":"Photographers during lockdown around the world"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Epiphany and Experimentation<\/h2>\n<p>We&#8217;ve received some amazing images and stories from our photographers over the last few months of the worldwide coronavirus lockdown. So here, as promised, is part two of our blog on how they got creative in lockdown &#8211; around the world.<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery gallery-7661 style-standard'><figure class='gallery-item col-0'><div class='gallery-icon landscape'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"360\" height=\"240\" src=\"https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/01648922-360x240.jpg\" class=\"attachment-three-two size-three-two\" alt=\"Photographers in snow-covered mountain landscape. Orsolya Haarberg and Erlend Haarberg. Vaga, Norway. March 2020.\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/01648922-360x240.jpg 360w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/01648922-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/01648922-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/01648922-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/01648922.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/01648922-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/01648922-510x340.jpg 510w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/01648922-320x213.jpg 320w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/01648922-375x250.jpg 375w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/01648922-900x600.jpg 900w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/01648922-159x106.jpg 159w\" sizes=\"100vw\" title=\"Photographers in snow-covered mountain landscape. Orsolya Haarberg and Erlend Haarberg. Vaga, Norway. March 2020.\" \/><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure><figure class='gallery-item col-0'><div class='gallery-icon landscape'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"360\" height=\"240\" src=\"https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01649000-360x240.jpg\" class=\"attachment-three-two size-three-two\" alt=\"Queuing at the supermarket, normally crowded with tourists and locals, during Covid-19 lockdown. Puerto Ayora, Santa Cruz Island, Galapagos Islands April 2020\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01649000-360x240.jpg 360w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01649000-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01649000-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01649000-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01649000.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01649000-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01649000-510x340.jpg 510w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01649000-320x213.jpg 320w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01649000-375x250.jpg 375w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01649000-900x600.jpg 900w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01649000-159x106.jpg 159w\" sizes=\"100vw\" title=\"Queuing at the supermarket, normally crowded with tourists and locals, during Covid-19 lockdown. Puerto Ayora, Santa Cruz Island, Galapagos Islands April 2020\" \/><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure><figure class='gallery-item col-0'><div class='gallery-icon landscape'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"360\" height=\"240\" src=\"https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01648905-360x240.jpg\" class=\"attachment-three-two size-three-two\" alt=\"Red-winged Blackbird (Agelaius phoeniceus) male calling\/displaying, Ithaca, New York, USA. March 2020.\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01648905-360x240.jpg 360w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01648905-1024x684.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01648905-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01648905-510x340.jpg 510w\" sizes=\"100vw\" title=\"Red-winged Blackbird (Agelaius phoeniceus) male calling\/displaying, Ithaca, New York, USA. March 2020.\" \/><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure><figure class='gallery-item col-0'><div class='gallery-icon landscape'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"360\" height=\"240\" src=\"https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01649424-360x240.jpg\" class=\"attachment-three-two size-three-two\" alt=\"Signs explaining that the St Kilda Penguin colony is closed for viewing until further notice due to the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. St Kilda pier, St Kilda, Victoria, Australia. April 2020\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01649424-360x240.jpg 360w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01649424-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01649424-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01649424-768x513.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01649424.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01649424-600x401.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01649424-510x340.jpg 510w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01649424-320x214.jpg 320w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01649424-375x250.jpg 375w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01649424-900x601.jpg 900w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01649424-159x106.jpg 159w\" sizes=\"100vw\" title=\"Signs explaining that the St Kilda Penguin colony is closed for viewing until further notice due to the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. St Kilda pier, St Kilda, Victoria, Australia. April 2020\" \/><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t<\/div><!-- .gallery -->\n\n<h3>Comfort in a Galapagos garden<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Tui De Roy<\/strong> experiences the severe restrictions and curfew on a Galapagos archipelago devoid of tourists &#8211; and finds comfort and wildlife in the garden she has created:<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I returned to Galapagos in December, planning to stay five months preparing to write my autobiography. But now it looks like I might be here for years, with no flights in or out, except for vital goods and the return of a few islanders stranded outside. We\u2019re in total lockdown, house arrest save for one shopping trip per week.\u00a0 At 2pm each day police cars cruise the streets with loudhailers announcing a daily 15-hour curfew.\u00a0 After that, it\u2019s just the occasional siren sending the stragglers home.&#8221;<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-2' class='gallery gallery-7661 style-standard'><figure class='gallery-item col-0'><div class='gallery-icon landscape'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"360\" height=\"240\" src=\"https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01648999-360x240.jpg\" class=\"attachment-three-two size-three-two\" alt=\"Dozens of tour boats lay idle in port,during Covid-19 lockdown, Puerto Ayora, Santa Cruz Island, Galapagos Islands April 2020\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01648999-360x240.jpg 360w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01648999-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01648999-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01648999-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01648999.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01648999-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01648999-510x340.jpg 510w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01648999-320x213.jpg 320w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01648999-375x250.jpg 375w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01648999-900x600.jpg 900w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01648999-159x106.jpg 159w\" sizes=\"100vw\" title=\"Dozens of tour boats lay idle in port,during Covid-19 lockdown, Puerto Ayora, Santa Cruz Island, Galapagos Islands April 2020\" \/><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure><figure class='gallery-item col-0'><div class='gallery-icon landscape'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"360\" height=\"240\" src=\"https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01648996-360x240.jpg\" class=\"attachment-three-two size-three-two\" alt=\"Puerto Ayora, during Covid-19 lockdown, deserted main street and park, normally crowded with tourists and locals, Santa Cruz Island, Galapagos Islands April 2020\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01648996-360x240.jpg 360w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01648996-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01648996-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01648996-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01648996.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01648996-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01648996-510x340.jpg 510w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01648996-320x213.jpg 320w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01648996-375x250.jpg 375w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01648996-900x600.jpg 900w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01648996-159x106.jpg 159w\" sizes=\"100vw\" title=\"Puerto Ayora, during Covid-19 lockdown, deserted main street and park, normally crowded with tourists and locals, Santa Cruz Island, Galapagos Islands April 2020\" \/><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t<\/div><!-- .gallery -->\n\n<h3>Epiphany in a shipping container<\/h3>\n<p>&#8220;For me, who spent four decades of my adult life roaming all seven continents in search of wildlife photos in the planet\u2019s remotest corners, this extraordinary situation produced an epiphany.\u00a0 I quite suddenly discovered the magic of living in a world that stretches no farther than I can throw an orange! \u00a0All at once, I fell in love with my \u2018home\u2019, where I\u2019ve lived off on and for the last year.\u00a0 It is, in fact, not mine: a friend let me plonk three old shipping containers on his unused plot of land. \u00a0I cut doors and windows in my metal boxes, affixed paneling and installed basic mod-coms. It\u2019s a \u2018tiny house\u2019 without the glamour, as the containers must remain functional and portable when I leave or when my friend reclaims his property.&#8221;<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-3' class='gallery gallery-7661 style-scrollingstrip'><figure class='gallery-item col-0'><div class='gallery-icon landscape'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01649007.jpg\" class=\"attachment-gallery-strip-thumb size-gallery-strip-thumb\" alt=\"Photographer Tui De Roy&#039;s tiny house consisting of three 20ft shipping containers, Santa Cruz Island, Galapagos Islands April 2020\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01649007.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01649007-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01649007-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01649007-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01649007-360x240.jpg 360w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01649007-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01649007-510x340.jpg 510w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01649007-320x213.jpg 320w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01649007-375x250.jpg 375w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01649007-900x600.jpg 900w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01649007-159x106.jpg 159w\" sizes=\"100vw\" title=\"Photographer Tui De Roy&#039;s tiny house consisting of three 20ft shipping containers, Santa Cruz Island, Galapagos Islands April 2020\" \/><\/div><div class=\"gallery-overview-caption\"><strong>Photographer Tui De Roy&#039;s tiny house consisting of three 20ft shipping containers, Santa Cruz Island, Galapagos Islands April 2020<\/strong> by Tui De Roy<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure><figure class='gallery-item col-0'><div class='gallery-icon landscape'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/01649008.jpg\" class=\"attachment-gallery-strip-thumb size-gallery-strip-thumb\" alt=\"Photographer Tui De Roy&#039;;s office space, during the Covid-19 lockdown. Santa Cruz Island, Galapagos Islands April 2020\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/01649008.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/01649008-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/01649008-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/01649008-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/01649008-360x240.jpg 360w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/01649008-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/01649008-510x340.jpg 510w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/01649008-320x213.jpg 320w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/01649008-375x250.jpg 375w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/01649008-900x600.jpg 900w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/01649008-159x106.jpg 159w\" sizes=\"100vw\" title=\"Photographer Tui De Roy&#039;;s office space, during the Covid-19 lockdown. Santa Cruz Island, Galapagos Islands April 2020\" \/><\/div><div class=\"gallery-overview-caption\"><strong>Photographer workstation<\/strong> by Tui De Roy<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure><figure class='gallery-item col-0'><div class='gallery-icon portrait'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"683\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01649006.jpg\" class=\"attachment-gallery-strip-thumb size-gallery-strip-thumb\" alt=\"Fibreglass shower decorated with decals of photographer Tui De Roy&#039;s images. Taken during the Covid-19 lockdown, in Tui De Roy&#039;s tiny house consisting of three 20ft shipping containers. Santa Cruz Island, Galapagos Islands April 2020\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01649006.jpg 683w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01649006-100x150.jpg 100w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01649006-300x450.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01649006-320x480.jpg 320w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01649006-375x562.jpg 375w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01649006-600x900.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01649006-71x106.jpg 71w\" sizes=\"100vw\" title=\"Fibreglass shower decorated with decals of photographer Tui De Roy&#039;s images. Taken during the Covid-19 lockdown, in Tui De Roy&#039;s tiny house consisting of three 20ft shipping containers. Santa Cruz Island, Galapagos Islands April 2020\" \/><\/div><div class=\"gallery-overview-caption\"><strong>Fibreglass shower decorated with decals of photographer Tui De Roy's images. Taken during the Covid-19 lockdown, in Tui De Roy's tiny house consisting of three 20ft shipping containers. Santa Cruz Island, Galapagos Islands April 2020<\/strong> by Tui De Roy<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure><figure class='gallery-item col-0'><div class='gallery-icon landscape'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01648993.jpg\" class=\"attachment-gallery-strip-thumb size-gallery-strip-thumb\" alt=\"Photographer Tui De Roy building a new water lily pond with some leftover concrete during Covid-19 lockdown. Santa Cruz Island, Galapagos Islands April 2020\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01648993.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01648993-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01648993-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01648993-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01648993-360x240.jpg 360w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01648993-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01648993-510x340.jpg 510w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01648993-320x213.jpg 320w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01648993-375x250.jpg 375w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01648993-900x600.jpg 900w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01648993-159x106.jpg 159w\" sizes=\"100vw\" title=\"Photographer Tui De Roy building a new water lily pond with some leftover concrete during Covid-19 lockdown. Santa Cruz Island, Galapagos Islands April 2020\" \/><\/div><div class=\"gallery-overview-caption\"><strong>Photographer Tui De Roy building a new water lily pond with some leftover concrete during Covid-19 lockdown. Santa Cruz Island, Galapagos Islands April 2020<\/strong> by Tui De Roy<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t<\/div><!-- .gallery -->\n\n<p>&#8220;To make the grounds less rugged, I pushed back the thorn scrub from my immediate surroundings, had a truckload of volcanic gravel spread over the jagged lava around the foundations and, fortuitously, ordered a truckload of highland soil a couple months ago to create a small garden.&#8221;<\/p>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/stock-photo\/galapagos-carpenter-bee-(xilocopa-darwini)-visiting-native-passionflower\/search\/detail-0_01648982.html\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-7696\" src=\"https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01648982-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"267\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01648982-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01648982-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01648982-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01648982.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01648982-360x240.jpg 360w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01648982-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01648982-510x340.jpg 510w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01648982-320x213.jpg 320w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01648982-375x250.jpg 375w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01648982-900x600.jpg 900w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01648982-159x106.jpg 159w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a>\n<h3>Endemics in the garden<\/h3>\n<p>&#8220;In my miniaturized world, every leaf, every petal, the way they grow and unfurl, every moth and every caterpillar has taken on new meaning.\u00a0 When I step outside at sunrise, the wild passionflower (a Galapagos native) that I use to screen the view across my neighbour\u2019s yard, is fairly strumming with the buzz of big black Galapagos carpenter bees.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;And then there are all the native birds.\u00a0 Darwin\u2019s finches by the score, of several different species. A pair of Galapagos flycatchers, whose twitter is \u00a0the first to greet each dawn.\u00a0 And a family of Galapagos mockingbirds, who successfully raised two clutches of babies this season.&#8221;<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-4' class='gallery gallery-7661 style-standard'><figure class='gallery-item col-0'><div class='gallery-icon landscape'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"360\" height=\"240\" src=\"https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01648976-360x240.jpg\" class=\"attachment-three-two size-three-two\" alt=\"Darwin&#039;s medium ground finch (Geospiza fortis) mixed flock sheltering from the rain in photographer Tui De Roy&#039;s garden, Santa Cruz Island, Galapagos Islands\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01648976-360x240.jpg 360w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01648976-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01648976-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01648976-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01648976.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01648976-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01648976-510x340.jpg 510w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01648976-320x213.jpg 320w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01648976-375x250.jpg 375w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01648976-900x600.jpg 900w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01648976-159x106.jpg 159w\" sizes=\"100vw\" title=\"Darwin&#039;s medium ground finch (Geospiza fortis) mixed flock sheltering from the rain in photographer Tui De Roy&#039;s garden, Santa Cruz Island, Galapagos Islands\" \/><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure><figure class='gallery-item col-0'><div class='gallery-icon landscape'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"360\" height=\"240\" src=\"https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01648980-360x240.jpg\" class=\"attachment-three-two size-three-two\" alt=\"Darwin&#039;s medium ground finch (Geospiza fortis) drinking raindrops from foliage in Tui De Roy&#039;s garden, Santa Cruz Island, Galapagos Islands\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01648980-360x240.jpg 360w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01648980-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01648980-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01648980-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01648980.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01648980-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01648980-510x340.jpg 510w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01648980-320x213.jpg 320w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01648980-375x250.jpg 375w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01648980-900x600.jpg 900w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01648980-159x106.jpg 159w\" sizes=\"100vw\" title=\"Darwin&#039;s medium ground finch (Geospiza fortis) drinking raindrops from foliage in Tui De Roy&#039;s garden, Santa Cruz Island, Galapagos Islands\" \/><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure><figure class='gallery-item col-0'><div class='gallery-icon landscape'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"360\" height=\"240\" src=\"https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01648983-360x240.jpg\" class=\"attachment-three-two size-three-two\" alt=\"Galapagos flycatcher (Myiarchus magnirostris) parent feeding wild berry to fledgling in photographer Tui De Roy&#039;s garden, Santa Cruz Island, Galapagos Islands\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01648983-360x240.jpg 360w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01648983-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01648983-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01648983-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01648983.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01648983-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01648983-510x340.jpg 510w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01648983-320x213.jpg 320w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01648983-375x250.jpg 375w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01648983-900x600.jpg 900w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01648983-159x106.jpg 159w\" sizes=\"100vw\" title=\"Galapagos flycatcher (Myiarchus magnirostris) parent feeding wild berry to fledgling in photographer Tui De Roy&#039;s garden, Santa Cruz Island, Galapagos Islands\" \/><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure><figure class='gallery-item col-0'><div class='gallery-icon landscape'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"360\" height=\"240\" src=\"https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01648991-360x240.jpg\" class=\"attachment-three-two size-three-two\" alt=\"Galapagos mockingbird (Mimus parvulus) catching hawkmoth in photographer Tui De Roy&#039;s garden, Santa Cruz Island, Galapagos Islands\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01648991-360x240.jpg 360w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01648991-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01648991-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01648991-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01648991.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01648991-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01648991-510x340.jpg 510w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01648991-320x213.jpg 320w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01648991-375x250.jpg 375w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01648991-900x600.jpg 900w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01648991-159x106.jpg 159w\" sizes=\"100vw\" title=\"Galapagos mockingbird (Mimus parvulus) catching hawkmoth in photographer Tui De Roy&#039;s garden, Santa Cruz Island, Galapagos Islands\" \/><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t<\/div><!-- .gallery -->\n\n<h3>It&#8217;s been one helluva ride!<\/h3>\n<p>&#8220;There\u2019s no end in sight, with Ecuador ranking 17<sup>th<\/sup> among 187 countries reporting Covid cases.\u00a0 I feel like I\u2019m living in prison because there are bandits (viruses) on the streets, so it\u2019s safer in jail.\u00a0 Frankly, I\u2019d rather face the bandits, live or die, and get on with it whatever the consequence, rather than whittle away life waiting for a miracle. At 66 I am supposedly \u2018high risk\u2019, but there is only one certainty in my life: someday I\u2019ll die.\u00a0 Meanwhile, it\u2019s been onehelluva ride, no complaints, and I want to keep going!&#8221;<\/p>\n<h2>In the Umbrian hills<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Paul Harcourt-Davies<\/strong> tells us how his wild Italian garden became his place of work:<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Serendipity certainly aided my return to Italy: Monday, 9 March was my mother&#8217;s funeral, Tuesday, a return flight brought forward, Wednesday a \u2018significant\u2019 birthday and then wham, lock-down, Italian style. Strict rules apply, solely with trips for essentials and medical reasons\u2026a self declaration form must be carried and there are frequent police checks.&#8221;<\/p>\n<h3>I&#8217;ve been self-isolating for 16 years<\/h3>\n<p>&#8220;My son hit the nail firmly on the head, pointing out that I have been self-isolating for the past 16 years. For, by its very nature, a lot of my work takes place at home. Fortunately there is hectare of wild garden and insecticides, herbicides and artificial fertilisers have never been used. The house, partly ruined, was empty for a decade before we moved in and began the renovation ourselves. We undertook to minimise impact on the \u2018other inhabitants\u2019\u2026two species of swallowtail, eleven of hawk moth, several mantids, numerous nesting nightingales singing day and night\u2026 orioles, hoopoes, wryneck and bee-eaters. To say nothing of porcupine, wild boar, deer, fox and badger! Each day I greet the evening with a glass of red wine and a feeling of gratitude \u2013 I have so many friends who live in apartments with no outside space.&#8221;<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-5' class='gallery gallery-7661 style-scrollingstrip'><figure class='gallery-item col-0'><div class='gallery-icon landscape'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01650780.jpg\" class=\"attachment-gallery-strip-thumb size-gallery-strip-thumb\" alt=\"Home of photographer Paul Harcourt Davies, with self-seeded flowers. Podere Montecucco, Umbria, Italy, June 2020.\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01650780.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01650780-150x113.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01650780-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01650780-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01650780-400x300.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01650780-600x450.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01650780-800x600.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01650780-320x240.jpg 320w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01650780-375x281.jpg 375w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01650780-900x675.jpg 900w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01650780-141x106.jpg 141w\" sizes=\"100vw\" title=\"Home of photographer Paul Harcourt Davies, with self-seeded flowers. Podere Montecucco, Umbria, Italy, June 2020.\" \/><\/div><div class=\"gallery-overview-caption\"><strong>Home of photographer Paul Harcourt Davies, with self-seeded flowers. Podere Montecucco, Umbria, Italy, June 2020.<\/strong> by Paul Harcourt Davies<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure><figure class='gallery-item col-0'><div class='gallery-icon landscape'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01650778.jpg\" class=\"attachment-gallery-strip-thumb size-gallery-strip-thumb\" alt=\"View down drive to photographer&#039;s house, Podere Montecucco, Umbria, Italy, June 2020.\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01650778.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01650778-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01650778-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01650778-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01650778-360x240.jpg 360w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01650778-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01650778-510x340.jpg 510w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01650778-320x213.jpg 320w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01650778-375x250.jpg 375w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01650778-900x600.jpg 900w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01650778-159x106.jpg 159w\" sizes=\"100vw\" title=\"View down drive to photographer&#039;s house, Podere Montecucco, Umbria, Italy, June 2020.\" \/><\/div><div class=\"gallery-overview-caption\"><strong>View down drive to photographer's house, Podere Montecucco, Umbria, Italy, June 2020.<\/strong> by Paul Harcourt Davies<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure><figure class='gallery-item col-0'><div class='gallery-icon landscape'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01650779.jpg\" class=\"attachment-gallery-strip-thumb size-gallery-strip-thumb\" alt=\"Photographer Paul Harcourt Davies taking photographs of flowers in the garden of his home. Podere Montecucco, Umbria, Italy, June 2020.\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01650779.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01650779-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01650779-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01650779-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01650779-360x240.jpg 360w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01650779-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01650779-510x340.jpg 510w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01650779-320x213.jpg 320w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01650779-375x250.jpg 375w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01650779-900x600.jpg 900w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01650779-159x106.jpg 159w\" sizes=\"100vw\" title=\"Photographer Paul Harcourt Davies taking photographs of flowers in the garden of his home. Podere Montecucco, Umbria, Italy, June 2020.\" \/><\/div><div class=\"gallery-overview-caption\"><strong>Photographer Paul Harcourt Davies taking photographs of flowers in the garden of his home. Podere Montecucco, Umbria, Italy, June 2020.<\/strong> by Paul Harcourt Davies<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure><figure class='gallery-item col-0'><div class='gallery-icon landscape'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01648956.jpg\" class=\"attachment-gallery-strip-thumb size-gallery-strip-thumb\" alt=\"Mouse-eared chickweed (Cerastium vulgatum) in flower, Podere Montecucco, Umbria, Italy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01648956.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01648956-150x113.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01648956-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01648956-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01648956-400x300.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01648956-600x450.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01648956-800x600.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01648956-320x240.jpg 320w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01648956-375x281.jpg 375w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01648956-900x675.jpg 900w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01648956-141x106.jpg 141w\" sizes=\"100vw\" title=\"Mouse-eared chickweed (Cerastium vulgatum) in flower, Podere Montecucco, Umbria, Italy\" \/><\/div><div class=\"gallery-overview-caption\"><strong>Mouse-eared chickweed (Cerastium vulgatum) in flower, Podere Montecucco, Umbria, Italy<\/strong> by Paul Harcourt Davies<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure><figure class='gallery-item col-0'><div class='gallery-icon landscape'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01648953.jpg\" class=\"attachment-gallery-strip-thumb size-gallery-strip-thumb\" alt=\"Crab spider (Thomisus onustus) waiting for ambush on Borage flower, Podere Montecucco, Umbria, Italy.\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01648953.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01648953-150x113.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01648953-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01648953-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01648953-400x300.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01648953-600x450.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01648953-800x600.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01648953-320x240.jpg 320w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01648953-375x281.jpg 375w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01648953-900x675.jpg 900w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01648953-141x106.jpg 141w\" sizes=\"100vw\" title=\"Crab spider (Thomisus onustus) waiting for ambush on Borage flower, Podere Montecucco, Umbria, Italy.\" \/><\/div><div class=\"gallery-overview-caption\"><strong>Crab spider (Thomisus onustus) waiting for ambush on Borage flower, Podere Montecucco, Umbria, Italy.<\/strong> by Paul Harcourt Davies<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure><figure class='gallery-item col-0'><div class='gallery-icon landscape'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01648960.jpg\" class=\"attachment-gallery-strip-thumb size-gallery-strip-thumb\" alt=\"Common swallowtail butterfly (Papilio machaon) caterpillar in early stage (2nd instar) on food plant fennel. Montecucco, Umbria, Italy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01648960.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01648960-150x113.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01648960-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01648960-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01648960-400x300.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01648960-600x450.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01648960-800x600.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01648960-320x240.jpg 320w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01648960-375x281.jpg 375w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01648960-900x675.jpg 900w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01648960-141x106.jpg 141w\" sizes=\"100vw\" title=\"Common swallowtail butterfly (Papilio machaon) caterpillar in early stage (2nd instar) on food plant fennel. Montecucco, Umbria, Italy\" \/><\/div><div class=\"gallery-overview-caption\"><strong>Common swallowtail butterfly (Papilio machaon) caterpillar in early stage (2nd instar) on food plant fennel. Montecucco, Umbria, Italy<\/strong> by Paul Harcourt Davies<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure><figure class='gallery-item col-0'><div class='gallery-icon landscape'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01648951.jpg\" class=\"attachment-gallery-strip-thumb size-gallery-strip-thumb\" alt=\"Cream-spot tiger (Arctia villica) Podere Montecucco, Orvieto, Umbria, Italy.\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01648951.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01648951-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01648951-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01648951-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01648951-360x240.jpg 360w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01648951-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01648951-510x340.jpg 510w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01648951-320x213.jpg 320w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01648951-375x250.jpg 375w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01648951-900x600.jpg 900w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01648951-159x106.jpg 159w\" sizes=\"100vw\" title=\"Cream-spot tiger (Arctia villica) Podere Montecucco, Orvieto, Umbria, Italy.\" \/><\/div><div class=\"gallery-overview-caption\"><strong>Cream-spot tiger (Arctia villica) Podere Montecucco, Orvieto, Umbria, Italy.<\/strong> by Paul Harcourt Davies<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure><figure class='gallery-item col-0'><div class='gallery-icon landscape'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01648950.jpg\" class=\"attachment-gallery-strip-thumb size-gallery-strip-thumb\" alt=\"Lime hawk moth ( Mimas tiliae) portrait, Podere Montecucco, Orvieto, Umbria, Italy.\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01648950.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01648950-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01648950-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01648950-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01648950-360x240.jpg 360w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01648950-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01648950-510x340.jpg 510w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01648950-320x213.jpg 320w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01648950-375x250.jpg 375w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01648950-900x600.jpg 900w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01648950-159x106.jpg 159w\" sizes=\"100vw\" title=\"Lime hawk moth ( Mimas tiliae) portrait, Podere Montecucco, Orvieto, Umbria, Italy.\" \/><\/div><div class=\"gallery-overview-caption\"><strong>Lime hawk moth ( Mimas tiliae) portrait, Podere Montecucco, Orvieto, Umbria, Italy.<\/strong> by Paul Harcourt Davies <\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t<\/div><!-- .gallery -->\n\n<p>&#8220;In a normal year, we would be exploring the hills of the Mediterranean leading tours and running photographic workshops searching for wild orchids and butterflies \u2026 However, spilt milk and lost opportunity are not to be cried over &#8211; one way of staying sane through fallow periods is to keep occupied. When doom-laden thoughts invade, I step outside and listen to bird song, or watch lizards and bees\u2026&#8221;<\/p>\n<h3>Like caged birds when lockdown eased<\/h3>\n<p>&#8220;I eagerly anticipated the ending of lockdown, almost \u00a0like taking school exams years ago &#8211; it seemed life would only begin when the ordeal was over. We were so used to confinement, however, that we were like caged birds when a door is opened. The first trip into the mountains galvanised us &#8211; especially since a rare and local butterfly (Italian marbled white) posed obligingly for images. Seeing, once more, those carpets of mountain flowers in the Apennines was the most natural of therapies. We\u00a0 could breath deeply.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The experience of driving through small towns was surreal with fewer people around and almost everyone masked. We stopped for a coffee and stood the regulation one metre from others with marks on the floor. Instinctively, we gave others outside a wide berth and even teenagers in a group stood apart chatted with masks on. In our part of Italy there seems to be a good sense of self preservation and people are not averse to masks -often worn with Italian style!&#8221;<\/p>\n<h3>Experience and experimentation<\/h3>\n<p>&#8220;Experience over the years has taught me never to put all eggs in a single basket but it seems too many of those eggs were in a basket called &#8220;tourism&#8221; \u2013 a major industry in Italy. We can survive as long as we batten down the hatches: we have to and opportunity knocks for doing a whole host of things. There are jobs in the house and garden that have been neglected. Fortunately, I have always loved making things and woodworking, which was something of a hobby, has become a useful income stream here in Italy\u2026&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Experimentation has always been a part of my life and the macro images I create sometimes necessitate the building of bits of equipment. I like new challenges, have a low boredom threshold and always explore new techniques. Perhaps now is the time to do more filming of the small creatures we find in and around home. It might turn into something or just be a video diary of life at Nutters\u2019 Hill farm (the literal translation of our home Podere Montecucco). It doesn&#8217;t matter at present as long as we are doing something creative and can see results!&#8221;<\/p>\n<h2>In the heart of the Norwegian mountains<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Erlend and Orsolya Haarberg<\/strong> are true wilderness photographers. In the lockdown they were grateful to live in the Norwegian mountains:<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Two years ago we moved to the heart of the Norwegian mountains, to a place surrounded by five national parks, in order to travel less and start working more locally. This seems to be a good decision these days when travelling is restricted all around the world. In mid-March we spent three days on a mountain called Skaihoe, which is just 5 hours walk on skis from our house \u2013 the elevations were more than 1000m so it was a tough walk with our sledges though. We had beautiful mountain views in all directions from the top. We find it is a great privilege to live so close to wild nature!&#8221;<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-6' class='gallery gallery-7661 style-standard'><figure class='gallery-item col-0'><div class='gallery-icon landscape'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"360\" height=\"240\" src=\"https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01648920-360x240.jpg\" class=\"attachment-three-two size-three-two\" alt=\"Orsolya Haarberg and Erlend Haarberg pulling sledges in the Jotunheimen mountains, with the Mt Store Smorstabbtinden in the background. Norway. April 2020.\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01648920-360x240.jpg 360w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01648920-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01648920-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01648920-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01648920.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01648920-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01648920-510x340.jpg 510w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01648920-320x213.jpg 320w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01648920-375x250.jpg 375w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01648920-900x600.jpg 900w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01648920-159x106.jpg 159w\" sizes=\"100vw\" title=\"Orsolya Haarberg and Erlend Haarberg pulling sledges in the Jotunheimen mountains, with the Mt Store Smorstabbtinden in the background. Norway. April 2020.\" \/><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure><figure class='gallery-item col-0'><div class='gallery-icon landscape'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"360\" height=\"240\" src=\"https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01648923-360x240.jpg\" class=\"attachment-three-two size-three-two\" alt=\"Camping on Mt Skaihoe in March. Orsolya Haarberg and Erlend Haarberg making snow angels. Vaga, Norway. March 2020.\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01648923-360x240.jpg 360w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01648923-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01648923-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01648923-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01648923.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01648923-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01648923-510x340.jpg 510w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01648923-320x213.jpg 320w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01648923-375x250.jpg 375w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01648923-900x600.jpg 900w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01648923-159x106.jpg 159w\" sizes=\"100vw\" title=\"Camping on Mt Skaihoe in March. Orsolya Haarberg and Erlend Haarberg making snow angels. Vaga, Norway. March 2020.\" \/><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure><figure class='gallery-item col-0'><div class='gallery-icon landscape'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"360\" height=\"240\" src=\"https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01648897-360x240.jpg\" class=\"attachment-three-two size-three-two\" alt=\"Photographers camping in the Jotunheimen mountains. Mt Kyrkja in the background. Norway. April 2020.\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01648897-360x240.jpg 360w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01648897-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01648897-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01648897-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01648897.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01648897-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01648897-510x340.jpg 510w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01648897-320x213.jpg 320w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01648897-375x250.jpg 375w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01648897-900x600.jpg 900w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01648897-159x106.jpg 159w\" sizes=\"100vw\" title=\"Photographers camping in the Jotunheimen mountains. Mt Kyrkja in the background. Norway. April 2020.\" \/><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t<\/div><!-- .gallery -->\n\n<h3>A national park on our doorstep<\/h3>\n<p>A short drive from home is the Jotunheimen National Park where there are more than 200 peaks over 2000 meters. In the beginning of April we joined the reindeer herders of Lom village while they were moving a large flock of semi-domesticated reindeer to their calving area in the Jotunheimen National Park. Following more than 2000 reindeer through the lenses of our cameras, surrounded by majestic mountains, was an adventure we have long been dreaming of..<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-7' class='gallery gallery-7661 style-standard'><figure class='gallery-item col-0'><div class='gallery-icon landscape'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"360\" height=\"240\" src=\"https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01649947-360x240.jpg\" class=\"attachment-three-two size-three-two\" alt=\"Reindeer herders on snowmobiles, moving a large flock of semi-domesticated Reindeer (Rangifer tarandus), to the reindeer calving areas in the Jotunheimen National Park, Norway. April.\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01649947-360x240.jpg 360w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01649947-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01649947-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01649947-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01649947.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01649947-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01649947-510x340.jpg 510w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01649947-320x213.jpg 320w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01649947-375x250.jpg 375w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01649947-900x600.jpg 900w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01649947-159x106.jpg 159w\" sizes=\"100vw\" title=\"Reindeer herders on snowmobiles, moving a large flock of semi-domesticated Reindeer (Rangifer tarandus), to the reindeer calving areas in the Jotunheimen National Park, Norway. April.\" \/><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure><figure class='gallery-item col-0'><div class='gallery-icon landscape'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"360\" height=\"240\" src=\"https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01648895-360x240.jpg\" class=\"attachment-three-two size-three-two\" alt=\"Reindeer herders moving a large flock of semi-domesticated Reindeer (Rangifer tarandus) with the help of snowmobiles, to the reindeer calving areas in the Jotunheimen National Park, Norway. Mt Semmelholstind can be seen in the background. April 2020.\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01648895-360x240.jpg 360w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01648895-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01648895-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01648895-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01648895.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01648895-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01648895-510x340.jpg 510w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01648895-320x213.jpg 320w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01648895-375x250.jpg 375w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01648895-900x600.jpg 900w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01648895-159x106.jpg 159w\" sizes=\"100vw\" title=\"Reindeer herders moving a large flock of semi-domesticated Reindeer (Rangifer tarandus) with the help of snowmobiles, to the reindeer calving areas in the Jotunheimen National Park, Norway. Mt Semmelholstind can be seen in the background. April 2020.\" \/><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure><figure class='gallery-item col-0'><div class='gallery-icon landscape'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"360\" height=\"240\" src=\"https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01648924-360x240.jpg\" class=\"attachment-three-two size-three-two\" alt=\"Reindeer herders moving a large flock of semi-domesticated Reindeer (Rangifer tarandus), with the help of snowmobiles, to the reindeer calving areas in the Jotunheimen National Park, Norway. Here, the flock is resting at the foot of Mt Kyrkja.\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01648924-360x240.jpg 360w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01648924-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01648924-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01648924-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01648924.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01648924-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01648924-510x340.jpg 510w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01648924-320x213.jpg 320w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01648924-375x250.jpg 375w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01648924-900x600.jpg 900w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01648924-159x106.jpg 159w\" sizes=\"100vw\" title=\"Reindeer herders moving a large flock of semi-domesticated Reindeer (Rangifer tarandus), with the help of snowmobiles, to the reindeer calving areas in the Jotunheimen National Park, Norway. Here, the flock is resting at the foot of Mt Kyrkja.\" \/><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t<\/div><!-- .gallery -->\n\n<p>&#8220;At the end of April, we packed our sledges again and climbed one of the many 2000 meter peaks in Jotunheimen and photographed the neighboring peaks in the low-angle morning and evening lights. Up there it is still winter conditions with cold nights and a lot of snow, but you can enjoy the warming rays of the sun during the day. It is a wonderful time to be in the mountains and experience nature before winter turns to spring and life awakens in the higher regions.&#8221;<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_7684\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7684\" style=\"width: 700px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-7684\" src=\"https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01648919-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"700\" height=\"467\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01648919-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01648919-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01648919-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01648919.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01648919-360x240.jpg 360w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01648919-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01648919-510x340.jpg 510w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01648919-320x213.jpg 320w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01648919-375x250.jpg 375w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01648919-900x600.jpg 900w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01648919-159x106.jpg 159w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-7684\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">View over Mt Saksa, Storebjorn and Kniven in the Jotunheimen National Park in evening light, Norway. April 2020.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>Bird life in Bangalore<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Shanthi Chandola<\/strong> told us how photographing the local birds was her inspiration and her Bangalore garden became her sanctuary.<\/p>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-7676\" src=\"https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01648887-300x267.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"356\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01648887-300x267.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01648887-150x133.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01648887-768x683.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01648887.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01648887-320x285.jpg 320w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01648887-375x334.jpg 375w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01648887-600x534.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01648887-900x801.jpg 900w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01648887-119x106.jpg 119w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/>\n<h3>A rare visitor<\/h3>\n<p>&#8220;When lockdown was suddenly announced in India, starting on the 25th of March, I was fortunate to be based at home &#8211; with a large garden and a few trees.\u00a0 We generally see quite a few birds out here and with gyms and parks closed, the garden became my sanctuary.\u00a0 I had a surprise visitor\u00a0in the form of a blue-capped rock thrush, a winter migrant to the Western Ghats, which on its way back to the foothills of the Himalayas took a detour via Bangalore!&#8221;<\/p>\n<h3>No traffic noise &#8211; I could hear the birds<\/h3>\n<p>The other birds were regulars and not uncommon.\u00a0 What was different however, was the quiet &#8211; no traffic noise and no people on the streets having\u00a0loud conversations. \u00a0 I think to a lot of city folk, the palpable hush may have been disquieting, but for me it was wonderful &#8211; one could certainly hear the birds much better.\u00a0 I had recently bought\u00a0a new 200-500mm lens, so I was very happy just shooting birds in the garden.\u00a0 Getting a good photograph of an ashy prinia &#8211; a generally shy bird was thrilling.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-8' class='gallery gallery-7661 style-standard'><figure class='gallery-item col-0'><div class='gallery-icon landscape'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"360\" height=\"240\" src=\"https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01648893-360x240.jpg\" class=\"attachment-three-two size-three-two\" alt=\"Ashy prinia (Prinia socialis), Whitefield, Bangalore, India, March.\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01648893-360x240.jpg 360w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01648893-1024x684.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01648893-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01648893-510x340.jpg 510w\" sizes=\"100vw\" title=\"Ashy prinia (Prinia socialis), Whitefield, Bangalore, India, March.\" \/><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure><figure class='gallery-item col-0'><div class='gallery-icon landscape'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"360\" height=\"240\" src=\"https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01648894-360x240.jpg\" class=\"attachment-three-two size-three-two\" alt=\"Common Myna ( Acridotheres tristis) nesting in tree outside high rise buildings. Whitefield, Bangalore, April 2020\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01648894-360x240.jpg 360w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01648894-1024x684.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01648894-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01648894-510x340.jpg 510w\" sizes=\"100vw\" title=\"Common Myna ( Acridotheres tristis) nesting in tree outside high rise buildings. Whitefield, Bangalore, April 2020\" \/><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure><figure class='gallery-item col-0'><div class='gallery-icon portrait'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"360\" height=\"240\" src=\"https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01648886-360x240.jpg\" class=\"attachment-three-two size-three-two\" alt=\"Purple Sunbird (Nectarinia asiatica ), female - Whitefield, Bangalore, April.\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01648886-360x240.jpg 360w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01648886-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01648886-510x340.jpg 510w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01648886-1017x675.jpg 1017w\" sizes=\"100vw\" title=\"Purple Sunbird (Nectarinia asiatica ), female - Whitefield, Bangalore, April.\" \/><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure><figure class='gallery-item col-0'><div class='gallery-icon landscape'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"360\" height=\"240\" src=\"https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01648891-360x240.jpg\" class=\"attachment-three-two size-three-two\" alt=\"Spotted dove ( Streptopilea chinenesis) pair mating, Whitefield , Bangalore, April.\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01648891-360x240.jpg 360w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01648891-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01648891-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01648891-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01648891.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01648891-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01648891-510x340.jpg 510w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01648891-320x213.jpg 320w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01648891-375x250.jpg 375w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01648891-900x600.jpg 900w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01648891-159x106.jpg 159w\" sizes=\"100vw\" title=\"Spotted dove ( Streptopilea chinenesis) pair mating, Whitefield , Bangalore, April.\" \/><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t<\/div><!-- .gallery -->\n\n<h3>A sad outcome for the magpie robins<\/h3>\n<p>Meanwhile in our own garden a magpie robin pair had occupied one of the nest boxes.\u00a0 It is summer and peak nesting time for birds in much of India.\u00a0 There couldn&#8217;t have been a happier person on the planet during lockdown!\u00a0 For an entire month, I observed and photographed the birds when possible.<\/p>\n<p>But the magpie robins were unlucky.\u00a0 One afternoon there was a lot of commotion in the back garden.\u00a0 I ran out without my camera to see a 6 foot rat snake enter the magpie robin nest box.\u00a0 The adult birds were pecking at it and trying to deter it.\u00a0 The ashy prinia and a three-striped palm squirrel were calling loudly in alarm.\u00a0 The snake was in the box for about 40-50 seconds and then it left.\u00a0 The robins looked shocked as they went in to check. \u00a0 Silence enveloped the garden.\u00a0 The next day, the magpie robins, my companions for a month, decided to move.\u00a0 I do hope they come back next year.&#8221;<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-9' class='gallery gallery-7661 style-standard'><figure class='gallery-item col-0'><div class='gallery-icon landscape'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"360\" height=\"240\" src=\"https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/01648890-360x240.jpg\" class=\"attachment-three-two size-three-two\" alt=\"Oriental Magpie Robin (Copsychus saularis) - pair in nest box, Whitefield, Bangalore, India, March.\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/01648890-360x240.jpg 360w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/01648890-1024x684.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/01648890-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/01648890-510x340.jpg 510w\" sizes=\"100vw\" title=\"Oriental Magpie Robin (Copsychus saularis)  - pair in nest box, Whitefield, Bangalore, India, March.\" \/><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure><figure class='gallery-item col-0'><div class='gallery-icon landscape'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"360\" height=\"240\" src=\"https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01648885-360x240.jpg\" class=\"attachment-three-two size-three-two\" alt=\"Oriental Magpie Robin (Copsychus saularis) female, Whitefield, Bangalore, India, March.\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01648885-360x240.jpg 360w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01648885-1024x684.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01648885-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01648885-510x340.jpg 510w\" sizes=\"100vw\" title=\"Oriental Magpie Robin (Copsychus saularis) female, Whitefield, Bangalore, India, March.\" \/><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t<\/div><!-- .gallery -->\n\n<h3>A tiny turtle provides entertainment in the Japanese state of emergency<\/h3>\n<p>Tony Wu, based in Japan, told us how a rescued baby turtle kept him well occupied over the last weeks:<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Back in May 2018, I stumbled upon a tiny turtle on the asphalt in front of my house while I was working out. It was a hot day, around 28\u00baC, with harsh sun. The turtle was only 2.8cm long, sun-baked and motionless, far away from water. My wife and I revived him and nursed him back to health, named him Oogway &#8211; after the character in the film <em>Kung Fu Panda<\/em>.&#8221;<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-10' class='gallery gallery-7661 style-standard'><figure class='gallery-item col-0'><div class='gallery-icon landscape'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"360\" height=\"240\" src=\"https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01649951-360x240.jpg\" class=\"attachment-three-two size-three-two\" alt=\"Juvenile Chinese pond turtle (Mauremys reevesii), taking walk on a hot summer day. Rescued from a road, hand-reared now, Japan. Controlled conditions.\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01649951-360x240.jpg 360w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01649951-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01649951-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01649951-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01649951.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01649951-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01649951-510x340.jpg 510w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01649951-320x213.jpg 320w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01649951-375x250.jpg 375w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01649951-900x600.jpg 900w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01649951-159x106.jpg 159w\" sizes=\"100vw\" title=\"Juvenile Chinese pond turtle (Mauremys reevesii), taking walk on a hot summer day. Rescued from a road, hand-reared now, Japan. Controlled conditions.\" \/><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure><figure class='gallery-item col-0'><div class='gallery-icon landscape'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"360\" height=\"240\" src=\"https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01649956-360x240.jpg\" class=\"attachment-three-two size-three-two\" alt=\"Juvenile Chinese pond turtle (Mauremys reevesii) on hand, a few days old. Rescued from a road, hand-reared now, Japan.\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01649956-360x240.jpg 360w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01649956-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01649956-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01649956-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01649956.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01649956-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01649956-510x340.jpg 510w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01649956-320x213.jpg 320w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01649956-375x250.jpg 375w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01649956-900x600.jpg 900w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01649956-159x106.jpg 159w\" sizes=\"100vw\" title=\"Juvenile Chinese pond turtle (Mauremys reevesii) on hand, a few days old. Rescued from a road, hand-reared now, Japan.\" \/><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure><figure class='gallery-item col-0'><div class='gallery-icon landscape'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"360\" height=\"240\" src=\"https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01649950-360x240.jpg\" class=\"attachment-three-two size-three-two\" alt=\"Juvenile Chinese pond turtle (Mauremys reevesii), taking food from hand. A tiny food pellet is visible at the tip of the finger. Rescued from a road, hand-reared now, Japan.\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01649950-360x240.jpg 360w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01649950-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01649950-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01649950-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01649950.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01649950-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01649950-510x340.jpg 510w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01649950-320x213.jpg 320w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01649950-375x250.jpg 375w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01649950-900x600.jpg 900w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01649950-159x106.jpg 159w\" sizes=\"100vw\" title=\"Juvenile Chinese pond turtle (Mauremys reevesii), taking food from hand. A tiny food pellet is visible at the tip of the finger. Rescued from a road, hand-reared now, Japan.\" \/><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t<\/div><!-- .gallery -->\n\n<p>&#8220;Oogway has grown so much in the two years he\u2019s been with us. I devoted time during the state of emergency in Japan to playing with him and of course, photographing him even more than I normally do, partly as a means of staying familiar with my gear, but mostly to enjoy the time with this wonderful little turtle, and also to wish him a happy second birthday. Who could have imagined that a tiny turtle could be so engaging and endearing?&#8221;<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-11' class='gallery gallery-7661 style-standard'><figure class='gallery-item col-0'><div class='gallery-icon landscape'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"360\" height=\"240\" src=\"https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01649952-360x240.jpg\" class=\"attachment-three-two size-three-two\" alt=\"Juvenile Chinese pond turtle (Mauremys reevesii), measuing 9.5cm, exploring plastic plubing joint. Rescued from a road, hand-reared now, Japan. Controlled conditions.\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01649952-360x240.jpg 360w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01649952-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01649952-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01649952-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01649952.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01649952-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01649952-510x340.jpg 510w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01649952-320x213.jpg 320w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01649952-375x250.jpg 375w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01649952-900x600.jpg 900w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01649952-159x106.jpg 159w\" sizes=\"100vw\" title=\"Juvenile Chinese pond turtle (Mauremys reevesii), measuing 9.5cm, exploring plastic plubing joint. Rescued from a road, hand-reared now, Japan. Controlled conditions.\" \/><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure><figure class='gallery-item col-0'><div class='gallery-icon landscape'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"360\" height=\"240\" src=\"https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01649953-360x240.jpg\" class=\"attachment-three-two size-three-two\" alt=\"Juvenile Chinese pond turtle (Mauremys reevesii), measuing 10cm, in terrarium. Rescued from a road, hand-reared now, Japan. Controlled conditions.\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01649953-360x240.jpg 360w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01649953-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01649953-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01649953-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01649953.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01649953-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01649953-510x340.jpg 510w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01649953-320x213.jpg 320w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01649953-375x250.jpg 375w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01649953-900x600.jpg 900w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01649953-159x106.jpg 159w\" sizes=\"100vw\" title=\"Juvenile Chinese pond turtle (Mauremys reevesii), measuing 10cm, in terrarium. Rescued from a road, hand-reared now, Japan. Controlled conditions.\" \/><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t<\/div><!-- .gallery -->\n\n<h2>A view from down under<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Doug Gimesy<\/strong> explains the challenges and unexpected benefits he has experienced during lockdown in Australia:<\/p>\n<h3>What were the challenges?<\/h3>\n<p>&#8220;Having spent a lot of time\u00a0recently\u00a0in the field covering the Australian bushfires, being forced to spend time around\u00a0home and in my\u00a0neighbourhood\u00a0has actually been a nice change.&#8221;<\/p>\n<h3><strong>And what were the opportunities?<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>&#8220;Time to spend upskilling &#8211; doing Lightroom tutorials for processing, practicing use of additional lighting (on my cats and partner). Editing photos and metadata for NPL. Finished a children&#8217;s wildlife book (on Grey-headed Flying-foxes). Writing articles for photography magazines. Speaking to people about my next self driven conservation project.&#8221;<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-12' class='gallery gallery-7661 style-standard'><figure class='gallery-item col-0'><div class='gallery-icon landscape'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"360\" height=\"240\" src=\"https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/01649478-360x240.jpg\" class=\"attachment-three-two size-three-two\" alt=\"Portrait of domestic ragdoll cat , male &#039;Shiloh&#039; age 13 on a bed. Brighton, Victoria, Australia.\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/01649478-360x240.jpg 360w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/01649478-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/01649478-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/01649478-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/01649478.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/01649478-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/01649478-510x340.jpg 510w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/01649478-320x213.jpg 320w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/01649478-375x250.jpg 375w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/01649478-900x600.jpg 900w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/01649478-159x106.jpg 159w\" sizes=\"100vw\" title=\"Portrait of domestic ragdoll cat , male &#039;Shiloh&#039; age 13 on a bed. Brighton, Victoria, Australia.\" \/><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure><figure class='gallery-item col-0'><div class='gallery-icon landscape'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"360\" height=\"240\" src=\"https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/01649419-360x240.jpg\" class=\"attachment-three-two size-three-two\" alt=\"Portrait of female rag doll cat , Chloe, relaxing on a couch whilst her owner, checks her phone. Brighton, Victoria, Australia. April 2020. Model released.\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/01649419-360x240.jpg 360w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/01649419-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/01649419-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/01649419-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/01649419.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/01649419-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/01649419-510x340.jpg 510w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/01649419-320x213.jpg 320w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/01649419-375x250.jpg 375w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/01649419-900x600.jpg 900w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/01649419-159x106.jpg 159w\" sizes=\"100vw\" title=\"Portrait of female rag doll cat , Chloe, relaxing on a couch whilst her owner, checks her phone. Brighton, Victoria, Australia. April 2020. Model released.\" \/><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t<\/div><!-- .gallery -->\n\n<h3>Impact and travel<\/h3>\n<p>&#8220;I normally like to focus on conservation stories relatively close to home. However the lockdown has given me the opportunity to really concentrate on my local urban wildlife, and\u00a0I\u2019ve started to see some things I&#8217;d never taken the time to notice before. I\u2019m really not documenting for a photo story,\u00a0I\u2019m just enjoying the wildlife near home and looking for an interesting image.\u201d<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-13' class='gallery gallery-7661 style-standard'><figure class='gallery-item col-0'><div class='gallery-icon landscape'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"360\" height=\"240\" src=\"https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01649472-360x240.jpg\" class=\"attachment-three-two size-three-two\" alt=\"Eastern great egret (Ardea modesta) standing under a bridge in a canal looking for fish that may have come upstream during the tide. Elwood canal, Elwood, Victoria, Australia. May.\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01649472-360x240.jpg 360w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01649472-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01649472-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01649472-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01649472.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01649472-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01649472-510x340.jpg 510w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01649472-320x213.jpg 320w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01649472-375x250.jpg 375w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01649472-900x600.jpg 900w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01649472-159x106.jpg 159w\" sizes=\"100vw\" title=\"Eastern great egret (Ardea modesta) standing under a bridge in a canal looking for fish that may have come upstream during the tide. Elwood canal, Elwood, Victoria, Australia. May.\" \/><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure><figure class='gallery-item col-0'><div class='gallery-icon landscape'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"360\" height=\"240\" src=\"https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01649438-360x240.jpg\" class=\"attachment-three-two size-three-two\" alt=\"Head close up of a Rainbow lorikeet (Trichoglossus moluccanus) sitting on a eucalyptus tree, ?Gardenvale, Victoria, Australia.\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01649438-360x240.jpg 360w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01649438-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01649438-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01649438-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01649438.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01649438-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01649438-510x340.jpg 510w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01649438-320x213.jpg 320w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01649438-375x250.jpg 375w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01649438-900x600.jpg 900w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01649438-159x106.jpg 159w\" sizes=\"100vw\" title=\"Head close up of a Rainbow lorikeet (Trichoglossus moluccanus) sitting on a eucalyptus tree, ?Gardenvale, Victoria, Australia.\" \/><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure><figure class='gallery-item col-0'><div class='gallery-icon landscape'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"360\" height=\"240\" src=\"https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01649427-360x240.jpg\" class=\"attachment-three-two size-three-two\" alt=\"Purple swamphen (Porphyrio porphyrio) prepares to land on rushes.?Elsternwick Nature Reserve, Elsternwick, Victoria, Australia. May.\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01649427-360x240.jpg 360w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01649427-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01649427-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01649427-768x513.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01649427.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01649427-600x401.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01649427-510x340.jpg 510w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01649427-320x214.jpg 320w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01649427-375x250.jpg 375w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01649427-900x601.jpg 900w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01649427-159x106.jpg 159w\" sizes=\"100vw\" title=\"Purple swamphen (Porphyrio porphyrio) prepares to land on rushes.?Elsternwick Nature Reserve, Elsternwick, Victoria, Australia. May.\" \/><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure><figure class='gallery-item col-0'><div class='gallery-icon landscape'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"360\" height=\"240\" src=\"https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01649414-360x240.jpg\" class=\"attachment-three-two size-three-two\" alt=\"White-faced heron (Egretta novaehollandiae) standing on seaweed in the intertidal zone (shoreline) of Port Philip Bay. Ricketts Point, Beaumaris, Victoria, Australia, May.\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01649414-360x240.jpg 360w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01649414-1024x684.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01649414-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01649414-510x340.jpg 510w\" sizes=\"100vw\" title=\"White-faced heron (Egretta novaehollandiae) standing on seaweed in the intertidal zone (shoreline) of Port Philip Bay. Ricketts Point, Beaumaris, Victoria, Australia, May.\" \/><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t<\/div><!-- .gallery -->\n\n<h3>Changes in the natural world<\/h3>\n<p>&#8220;\u2018With the St Kilda penguin colony closed for viewing, and fishing prohibited until last week, I\u2019m sure this has been been great for the penguins.\u201d<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-14' class='gallery gallery-7661 style-standard'><figure class='gallery-item col-0'><div class='gallery-icon landscape'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"360\" height=\"240\" src=\"https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01649426-360x240.jpg\" class=\"attachment-three-two size-three-two\" alt=\"Signs explaining that the St Kilda Penguin colony is closed for viewing until further notice due to the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. St Kilda pier, St Kilda, Victoria, Australia. April 2020\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01649426-360x240.jpg 360w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01649426-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01649426-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01649426-768x513.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01649426.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01649426-600x401.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01649426-510x340.jpg 510w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01649426-320x214.jpg 320w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01649426-375x250.jpg 375w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01649426-900x601.jpg 900w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01649426-159x106.jpg 159w\" sizes=\"100vw\" title=\"Signs explaining that the St Kilda Penguin colony is closed for viewing until further notice due to the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. St Kilda pier, St Kilda, Victoria, Australia. April 2020\" \/><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure><figure class='gallery-item col-0'><div class='gallery-icon landscape'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"360\" height=\"240\" src=\"https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01649425-360x240.jpg\" class=\"attachment-three-two size-three-two\" alt=\"Signs explaining that the St Kilda Penguin colony is closed for viewing until further notice due to the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. St Kilda pier, St Kilda, Victoria, Australia. April 2020\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01649425-360x240.jpg 360w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01649425-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01649425-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01649425-768x513.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01649425.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01649425-600x401.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01649425-510x340.jpg 510w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01649425-320x214.jpg 320w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01649425-375x250.jpg 375w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01649425-900x601.jpg 900w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01649425-159x106.jpg 159w\" sizes=\"100vw\" title=\"Signs explaining that the St Kilda Penguin colony is closed for viewing until further notice due to the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. St Kilda pier, St Kilda, Victoria, Australia. April 2020\" \/><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure><figure class='gallery-item col-0'><div class='gallery-icon landscape'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"360\" height=\"240\" src=\"https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01649423-360x240.jpg\" class=\"attachment-three-two size-three-two\" alt=\"Storm clouds above Sandringham yacht club (in Port Philip Bay). Sandringham, Victoria, Australia. May 2020.\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01649423-360x240.jpg 360w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01649423-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01649423-510x340.jpg 510w\" sizes=\"100vw\" title=\"Storm clouds above Sandringham yacht club (in Port Philip Bay). Sandringham, Victoria, Australia. May 2020.\" \/><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t<\/div><!-- .gallery -->\n\n<p>&#8220;Port Philip Bay is cleaner \u00a0&#8211; you can see more fish and can see the bottom in parts I couldn&#8217;t before! The sky is cleaner. The bay and suburbs are quieter \u00a0&#8211; so I can hear the birds more easily. I really like the slower, quieter, cleaner pace.&#8221;<\/p>\n<h2>A view from the States<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Tim Laman, Marie Read and George Sanker<\/strong>, all based in the eastern USA, found opportunities for photography in their &#8220;backyard&#8221;, which in George&#8217;s case turns out to be part of the Acadia National Park! Meanwhile <strong>Doc White<\/strong> found hummingbirds nesting just outside his door in California and <strong>David Fleetham<\/strong> had an interesting time getting into the ocean in Hawaii&#8230;<\/p>\n<h3>Tim Laman<\/h3>\n<p>&#8220;Here is a selection of my backyard images from the last couple weeks.\u00a0 In addition to my actual yard, where I\u2019m shooting songbirds mainly, I also am able to go to Walden Pond State Reservation, which is still open and only 6 miles from my house.\u00a0 Though a small natural area in the suburbs, it has some very natural habitats, and I just photographed Canada Geese with goslings yesterday there for example. &#8221;<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-15' class='gallery gallery-7661 style-scrollingstrip'><figure class='gallery-item col-0'><div class='gallery-icon landscape'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01648879.jpg\" class=\"attachment-gallery-strip-thumb size-gallery-strip-thumb\" alt=\"Canada goose (Branta canadensis) with gosling, a few days old. Massachusetts, USA. April.\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01648879.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01648879-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01648879-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01648879-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01648879-360x240.jpg 360w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01648879-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01648879-510x340.jpg 510w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01648879-320x213.jpg 320w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01648879-375x250.jpg 375w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01648879-900x600.jpg 900w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01648879-159x106.jpg 159w\" sizes=\"100vw\" title=\"Canada goose (Branta canadensis) with gosling, a few days old. Massachusetts, USA. April.\" \/><\/div><div class=\"gallery-overview-caption\"><strong>Canada goose (Branta canadensis) with gosling, a few days old. Massachusetts, USA. April.<\/strong> by Tim Laman<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure><figure class='gallery-item col-0'><div class='gallery-icon landscape'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01648874.jpg\" class=\"attachment-gallery-strip-thumb size-gallery-strip-thumb\" alt=\"Canada goose (Branta canadensis) pair with goslings, a few days old. Massachusetts, USA. April.\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01648874.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01648874-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01648874-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01648874-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01648874-360x240.jpg 360w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01648874-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01648874-510x340.jpg 510w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01648874-320x213.jpg 320w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01648874-375x250.jpg 375w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01648874-900x600.jpg 900w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01648874-159x106.jpg 159w\" sizes=\"100vw\" title=\"Canada goose (Branta canadensis) pair with goslings, a few days old. Massachusetts, USA. April.\" \/><\/div><div class=\"gallery-overview-caption\"><strong>Canada goose (Branta canadensis) pair with goslings, a few days old. Massachusetts, USA. April.<\/strong> by Tim Laman<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure><figure class='gallery-item col-0'><div class='gallery-icon landscape'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01648873.jpg\" class=\"attachment-gallery-strip-thumb size-gallery-strip-thumb\" alt=\"Canada goose (Branta canadensis) with gosling, a few days old. Massachusetts, USA. April.\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01648873.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01648873-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01648873-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01648873-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01648873-360x240.jpg 360w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01648873-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01648873-510x340.jpg 510w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01648873-320x213.jpg 320w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01648873-375x250.jpg 375w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01648873-900x600.jpg 900w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01648873-159x106.jpg 159w\" sizes=\"100vw\" title=\"Canada goose (Branta canadensis) with gosling, a few days old. Massachusetts, USA. April.\" \/><\/div><div class=\"gallery-overview-caption\"><strong>Canada goose (Branta canadensis) with gosling, a few days old. Massachusetts, USA. April.<\/strong> by Tim Laman<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure><figure class='gallery-item col-0'><div class='gallery-icon landscape'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01648870.jpg\" class=\"attachment-gallery-strip-thumb size-gallery-strip-thumb\" alt=\"Red-bellied Woodpecker (Melanerpes carolinus) resting on tree branch, Massachusetts, USA. April.\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01648870.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01648870-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01648870-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01648870-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01648870-360x240.jpg 360w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01648870-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01648870-510x340.jpg 510w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01648870-320x213.jpg 320w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01648870-375x250.jpg 375w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01648870-900x600.jpg 900w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01648870-159x106.jpg 159w\" sizes=\"100vw\" title=\"Red-bellied Woodpecker (Melanerpes carolinus) resting on tree branch, Massachusetts, USA. April.\" \/><\/div><div class=\"gallery-overview-caption\"><strong>Red-bellied Woodpecker (Melanerpes carolinus) resting on tree branch, Massachusetts, USA. April.<\/strong> by Tim Laman<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure><figure class='gallery-item col-0'><div class='gallery-icon landscape'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01648864.jpg\" class=\"attachment-gallery-strip-thumb size-gallery-strip-thumb\" alt=\"Tufted titmouse (Baeolophus bicolor) perched on pine boughs during spring snowfall. Massachusetts, USA. April.\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01648864.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01648864-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01648864-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01648864-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01648864-360x240.jpg 360w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01648864-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01648864-510x340.jpg 510w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01648864-320x213.jpg 320w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01648864-375x250.jpg 375w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01648864-900x600.jpg 900w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01648864-159x106.jpg 159w\" sizes=\"100vw\" title=\"Tufted titmouse (Baeolophus bicolor) perched on pine boughs during spring snowfall. Massachusetts, USA. April.\" \/><\/div><div class=\"gallery-overview-caption\"><strong>Tufted titmouse (Baeolophus bicolor) perched on pine boughs during spring snowfall. Massachusetts, USA. April.<\/strong> by Tim Laman<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t<\/div><!-- .gallery -->\n\n<h3>Marie Read<\/h3>\n<p>&#8220;With travel restricted and photo trips cancelled, my biggest challenge has been to come up with creative ways to portray common birds and other nature subjects close to home, to make images that are different from the standard coverage I already have. So I\u2019m using such techniques as backlighting, shooting through vegetation, seeking out interesting backgrounds and foregrounds, exploring abstract natural patterns\u2014it\u2019s actually very liberating! &#8221;<\/p>\n<h3>Experimenting with bokeh balls<\/h3>\n<p>&#8220;One phenomenon that has me particularly excited is \u201cbokeh balls\u201d\u2014the out of focus circles of light produced by specular highlights as viewed through a long telephoto lens. In my favorite shot, the backlit Red-winged Blackbird image, I composed to include bokeh balls for an artistic background. In the Canada goose gosling, they occur due to the sun shining through water droplets in the foreground. Another of my favorite strategies is to explore natural patterns with my long telephoto as I\u2019ve done with the newly leafed-out willow branches against a background of red maple flowers.&#8221;<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-16' class='gallery gallery-7661 style-scrollingstrip'><figure class='gallery-item col-0'><div class='gallery-icon landscape'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"769\" src=\"https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/01648915.jpg\" class=\"attachment-gallery-strip-thumb size-gallery-strip-thumb\" alt=\"Photographer Marie Read in hide, May 2020.\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/01648915.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/01648915-150x113.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/01648915-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/01648915-768x577.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/01648915-400x300.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/01648915-600x451.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/01648915-800x600.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/01648915-320x240.jpg 320w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/01648915-375x282.jpg 375w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/01648915-900x676.jpg 900w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/01648915-141x106.jpg 141w\" sizes=\"100vw\" title=\"Photographer Marie Read in hide, May 2020.\" \/><\/div><div class=\"gallery-overview-caption\"><strong>Photographer Marie Read in hide, May 2020.<\/strong> by Marie Read<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure><figure class='gallery-item col-0'><div class='gallery-icon landscape'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"752\" src=\"https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01648905.jpg\" class=\"attachment-gallery-strip-thumb size-gallery-strip-thumb\" alt=\"Red-winged Blackbird (Agelaius phoeniceus) male calling\/displaying, Ithaca, New York, USA. March 2020.\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01648905.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01648905-150x110.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01648905-300x220.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01648905-768x564.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01648905-320x235.jpg 320w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01648905-375x275.jpg 375w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01648905-600x441.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01648905-900x661.jpg 900w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01648905-144x106.jpg 144w\" sizes=\"100vw\" title=\"Red-winged Blackbird (Agelaius phoeniceus) male calling\/displaying, Ithaca, New York, USA. March 2020.\" \/><\/div><div class=\"gallery-overview-caption\"><strong>Red-winged Blackbird (Agelaius phoeniceus) male calling\/displaying, Ithaca, New York, USA. March 2020.<\/strong> by Marie Read<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure><figure class='gallery-item col-0'><div class='gallery-icon landscape'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01648913.jpg\" class=\"attachment-gallery-strip-thumb size-gallery-strip-thumb\" alt=\"Canada Goose (Branta canadensis) gosling flapping its &#039;wings&#039;, Ithaca, New York, USA. April 2020.\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01648913.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01648913-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01648913-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01648913-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01648913-360x240.jpg 360w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01648913-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01648913-510x340.jpg 510w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01648913-320x213.jpg 320w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01648913-375x250.jpg 375w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01648913-900x600.jpg 900w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01648913-159x106.jpg 159w\" sizes=\"100vw\" title=\"Canada Goose (Branta canadensis) gosling flapping its &#039;wings&#039;, Ithaca, New York, USA. April 2020.\" \/><\/div><div class=\"gallery-overview-caption\"><strong>Canada Goose (Branta canadensis) gosling flapping its 'wings', Ithaca, New York, USA. April 2020.<\/strong> by Marie Read<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure><figure class='gallery-item col-0'><div class='gallery-icon landscape'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01648909.jpg\" class=\"attachment-gallery-strip-thumb size-gallery-strip-thumb\" alt=\"Yellow Warbler (Setophaga petechia, formerly Dendroica petechia), male in breeding plumage, Ithaca, New York, USA. May 2020.\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01648909.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01648909-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01648909-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01648909-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01648909-360x240.jpg 360w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01648909-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01648909-510x340.jpg 510w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01648909-320x213.jpg 320w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01648909-375x250.jpg 375w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01648909-900x600.jpg 900w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01648909-159x106.jpg 159w\" sizes=\"100vw\" title=\"Yellow Warbler (Setophaga petechia, formerly Dendroica petechia), male in breeding plumage, Ithaca, New York, USA. May 2020.\" \/><\/div><div class=\"gallery-overview-caption\"><strong>Yellow Warbler (Setophaga petechia, formerly Dendroica petechia), male in breeding plumage, Ithaca, New York, USA. May 2020.<\/strong> by Marie Read<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure><figure class='gallery-item col-0'><div class='gallery-icon landscape'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01648908.jpg\" class=\"attachment-gallery-strip-thumb size-gallery-strip-thumb\" alt=\"Weeping Willow (Salix babylonica) newly leafed-out branches against distant flowering red maple (Acer rubrum) in spring, Ithaca, New York, USA. April 2020.\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01648908.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01648908-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01648908-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01648908-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01648908-360x240.jpg 360w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01648908-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01648908-510x340.jpg 510w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01648908-320x213.jpg 320w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01648908-375x250.jpg 375w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01648908-900x600.jpg 900w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01648908-159x106.jpg 159w\" sizes=\"100vw\" title=\"Weeping Willow (Salix babylonica) newly leafed-out branches against distant flowering red maple (Acer rubrum) in spring, Ithaca, New York, USA. April 2020.\" \/><\/div><div class=\"gallery-overview-caption\"><strong>Weeping Willow (Salix babylonica) newly leafed-out branches against distant flowering red maple (Acer rubrum) in spring, Ithaca, New York, USA. April 2020.<\/strong> by Marie Read<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure><figure class='gallery-item col-0'><div class='gallery-icon landscape'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01648911.jpg\" class=\"attachment-gallery-strip-thumb size-gallery-strip-thumb\" alt=\"Blue jays (Cyanocitta cristata) confrontation in snow, April 2020. New York State, USA.\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01648911.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01648911-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01648911-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01648911-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01648911-360x240.jpg 360w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01648911-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01648911-510x340.jpg 510w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01648911-320x213.jpg 320w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01648911-375x250.jpg 375w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01648911-900x600.jpg 900w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01648911-159x106.jpg 159w\" sizes=\"100vw\" title=\"Blue jays (Cyanocitta cristata) confrontation in snow, April 2020. New York State, USA.\" \/><\/div><div class=\"gallery-overview-caption\"><strong>Blue jays (Cyanocitta cristata) confrontation in snow, April 2020. New York State, USA.<\/strong> by Marie Read<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure><figure class='gallery-item col-0'><div class='gallery-icon landscape'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"646\" src=\"https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01648916.jpg\" class=\"attachment-gallery-strip-thumb size-gallery-strip-thumb\" alt=\"Northern Cardinals (Cardinalis cardinalis) male and female in the snow, photographed from low angle, Freeville, New York, USA. April 2020.\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01648916.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01648916-150x95.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01648916-300x189.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01648916-768x485.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01648916-320x202.jpg 320w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01648916-375x237.jpg 375w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01648916-600x379.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01648916-900x568.jpg 900w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01648916-168x106.jpg 168w\" sizes=\"100vw\" title=\"Northern Cardinals (Cardinalis cardinalis) male and female in the snow, photographed from low angle, Freeville, New York, USA. April 2020.\" \/><\/div><div class=\"gallery-overview-caption\"><strong>Northern Cardinals (Cardinalis cardinalis) male and female in the snow, photographed from low angle, Freeville, New York, USA. April 2020.<\/strong> by Marie Read<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t<\/div><!-- .gallery -->\n\n<h3>George Sanker<\/h3>\n<p>&#8220;The Covid-19 lockdown took away my planned 5-week photo expedition to Yellowstone in May, but it also provided a photographic opportunity. I own a small business called Acadia Frameworks in Bar Harbor, Maine.\u00a0 It is a custom picture framing shop and gallery.\u00a0 Due to the lockdown, instead of going to the shop most days, I have been out photographing nature. My home shares a border with Acadia National Park and sits next to a small beaver pond.\u00a0 I can walk through the woods to the ocean for landscape photography, or stay by the pond for wildlife photography, without contacting another human being.&#8221;<\/p>\n<h3>A strange irony<\/h3>\n<p>&#8220;Spring has arrived at the pond and with it wild turkeys and wood ducks looking for mates, great blue herons, a northern goshawk and a mink looking for prey, and red and gray squirrels everywhere.\u00a0 I set up a photo blind some time ago and have used it extensively during the pandemic. I love what I am doing right now but am well aware of the nightmare others are experiencing.\u00a0 It is a strange irony.&#8221;<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-17' class='gallery gallery-7661 style-scrollingstrip'><figure class='gallery-item col-0'><div class='gallery-icon landscape'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01648867.jpg\" class=\"attachment-gallery-strip-thumb size-gallery-strip-thumb\" alt=\"Wild turkey (Meleagris gallopavo) male, Massachusetts, USA. April.\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01648867.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01648867-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01648867-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01648867-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01648867-360x240.jpg 360w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01648867-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01648867-510x340.jpg 510w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01648867-320x213.jpg 320w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01648867-375x250.jpg 375w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01648867-900x600.jpg 900w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01648867-159x106.jpg 159w\" sizes=\"100vw\" title=\"Wild turkey (Meleagris gallopavo) male, Massachusetts, USA. April.\" \/><\/div><div class=\"gallery-overview-caption\"><strong>Wild turkey (Meleagris gallopavo) male, Massachusetts, USA. April.<\/strong> by Tim Laman<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure><figure class='gallery-item col-0'><div class='gallery-icon landscape'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01649475.jpg\" class=\"attachment-gallery-strip-thumb size-gallery-strip-thumb\" alt=\"American red squirrel (Tamiasciurus hudsonicus) on tree trunk drinking in a beaver pond early in the morning. Acadia National Park, Maine, USA. May.\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01649475.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01649475-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01649475-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01649475-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01649475-360x240.jpg 360w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01649475-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01649475-510x340.jpg 510w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01649475-320x213.jpg 320w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01649475-375x250.jpg 375w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01649475-900x600.jpg 900w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01649475-159x106.jpg 159w\" sizes=\"100vw\" title=\"American red squirrel (Tamiasciurus hudsonicus) on tree trunk drinking in a beaver pond early in the morning. Acadia National Park, Maine, USA. May.\" \/><\/div><div class=\"gallery-overview-caption\"><strong>American red squirrel (Tamiasciurus hudsonicus) on tree trunk drinking in a beaver pond early in the morning. Acadia National Park, Maine, USA. May.<\/strong> by George Sanker<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure><figure class='gallery-item col-0'><div class='gallery-icon landscape'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01648842.jpg\" class=\"attachment-gallery-strip-thumb size-gallery-strip-thumb\" alt=\"Wood duck (Aix sponsa) pair in early spring. Acadia National Park, Maine, USA. April.\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01648842.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01648842-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01648842-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01648842-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01648842-360x240.jpg 360w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01648842-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01648842-510x340.jpg 510w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01648842-320x213.jpg 320w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01648842-375x250.jpg 375w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01648842-900x600.jpg 900w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01648842-159x106.jpg 159w\" sizes=\"100vw\" title=\"Wood duck (Aix sponsa) pair in early spring. Acadia National Park, Maine, USA. April.\" \/><\/div><div class=\"gallery-overview-caption\"><strong>Wood duck (Aix sponsa) pair in early spring. Acadia National Park, Maine, USA. April.<\/strong> by George Sanker<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure><figure class='gallery-item col-0'><div class='gallery-icon landscape'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01648841.jpg\" class=\"attachment-gallery-strip-thumb size-gallery-strip-thumb\" alt=\"American mink (Neovison vison). Acadia National Park, Maine, USA. April.\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01648841.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01648841-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01648841-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01648841-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01648841-360x240.jpg 360w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01648841-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01648841-510x340.jpg 510w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01648841-320x213.jpg 320w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01648841-375x250.jpg 375w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01648841-900x600.jpg 900w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01648841-159x106.jpg 159w\" sizes=\"100vw\" title=\"American mink (Neovison vison). Acadia National Park, Maine, USA. April.\" \/><\/div><div class=\"gallery-overview-caption\"><strong>American mink (Neovison vison). Acadia National Park, Maine, USA. April.<\/strong> by George Sanker<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure><figure class='gallery-item col-0'><div class='gallery-icon landscape'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01648833.jpg\" class=\"attachment-gallery-strip-thumb size-gallery-strip-thumb\" alt=\"Northern goshawk (Accipiter gentilis) after capturing a wood duck. Acadia National Park, Maine, USA. April.\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01648833.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01648833-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01648833-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01648833-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01648833-360x240.jpg 360w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01648833-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01648833-510x340.jpg 510w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01648833-320x213.jpg 320w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01648833-375x250.jpg 375w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01648833-900x600.jpg 900w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01648833-159x106.jpg 159w\" sizes=\"100vw\" title=\"Northern goshawk (Accipiter gentilis) after capturing a wood duck. Acadia National Park, Maine, USA. April.\" \/><\/div><div class=\"gallery-overview-caption\"><strong>Northern goshawk (Accipiter gentilis) after capturing a wood duck. Acadia National Park, Maine, USA. April.<\/strong> by George Sanker<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t<\/div><!-- .gallery -->\n\n<h3>Doc White<\/h3>\n<p>California-based marine specialist Doc White found hummingbirds nesting just outside his studio door:<\/p>\n<p><em>&#8220;<\/em>While being\u00a0shut-in, an Anna&#8217;s\u00a0 hummingbird made a nest at eye level just outside my studio door. I was lucky enough to\u00a0photograph her building the next, laying the eggs, hatching them, feeding the young,\u00a0until the chicks made their first flight. \u00a0It was a wonderful experience, especially while being stuck at home.<em>&#8220;<\/em><\/p>\n<div id='gallery-18' class='gallery gallery-7661 style-scrollingstrip'><figure class='gallery-item col-0'><div class='gallery-icon landscape'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01649750.jpg\" class=\"attachment-gallery-strip-thumb size-gallery-strip-thumb\" alt=\"Anna&#039;s hummingbird (Calypte anna), female sitting on nest, Southern California, USA\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01649750.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01649750-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01649750-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01649750-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01649750-360x240.jpg 360w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01649750-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01649750-510x340.jpg 510w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01649750-320x213.jpg 320w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01649750-375x250.jpg 375w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01649750-900x600.jpg 900w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01649750-159x106.jpg 159w\" sizes=\"100vw\" title=\"Female Anna&#039;s hummingbird (Calypte anna), female sitting on nest, Southern California, USA\" \/><\/div><div class=\"gallery-overview-caption\"><strong>Anna's hummingbird (Calypte anna), female sitting on nest, Southern California, USA<\/strong> by Doc White<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure><figure class='gallery-item col-0'><div class='gallery-icon landscape'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01649752.jpg\" class=\"attachment-gallery-strip-thumb size-gallery-strip-thumb\" alt=\"Anna&#039;s hummingbird (Calypte anna) mother feeding chicks, Southern California, USA\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01649752.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01649752-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01649752-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01649752-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01649752-360x240.jpg 360w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01649752-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01649752-510x340.jpg 510w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01649752-320x213.jpg 320w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01649752-375x250.jpg 375w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01649752-900x600.jpg 900w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01649752-159x106.jpg 159w\" sizes=\"100vw\" title=\"Anna&#039;s hummingbird (Calypte anna) mother feeding chicks, Southern California, USA\" \/><\/div><div class=\"gallery-overview-caption\"><strong>Anna's hummingbird (Calypte anna) mother feeding chicks, Southern California, USA<\/strong> by Doc White<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure><figure class='gallery-item col-0'><div class='gallery-icon landscape'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01649755.jpg\" class=\"attachment-gallery-strip-thumb size-gallery-strip-thumb\" alt=\"Anna&#039;s hummingbird (Calypte anna) with young at nest, Southern California, USA\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01649755.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01649755-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01649755-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01649755-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01649755-360x240.jpg 360w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01649755-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01649755-510x340.jpg 510w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01649755-320x213.jpg 320w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01649755-375x250.jpg 375w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01649755-900x600.jpg 900w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01649755-159x106.jpg 159w\" sizes=\"100vw\" title=\"Anna&#039;s hummingbird (Calypte anna) with young at nest, Southern California, USA\" \/><\/div><div class=\"gallery-overview-caption\"><strong>Anna's hummingbird (Calypte anna) with young at nest, Southern California, USA<\/strong> by Doc White<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure><figure class='gallery-item col-0'><div class='gallery-icon landscape'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01649753.jpg\" class=\"attachment-gallery-strip-thumb size-gallery-strip-thumb\" alt=\"Anna&#039;s hummingbird (Calypte anna) chicks waiting to be fed by mother, Southern California, USA\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01649753.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01649753-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01649753-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01649753-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01649753-360x240.jpg 360w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01649753-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01649753-510x340.jpg 510w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01649753-320x213.jpg 320w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01649753-375x250.jpg 375w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01649753-900x600.jpg 900w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01649753-159x106.jpg 159w\" sizes=\"100vw\" title=\"Anna&#039;s hummingbird (Calypte anna) chicks waiting to be fed by mother, Southern California, USA\" \/><\/div><div class=\"gallery-overview-caption\"><strong>Anna's hummingbird (Calypte anna) chicks waiting to be fed by mother, Southern California, USA<\/strong> by Doc White<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure><figure class='gallery-item col-0'><div class='gallery-icon landscape'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01649754.jpg\" class=\"attachment-gallery-strip-thumb size-gallery-strip-thumb\" alt=\"Anna&#039;s hummingbird (Calypte anna) young, perched at the edge of nest, Southern California, USA\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01649754.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01649754-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01649754-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01649754-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01649754-360x240.jpg 360w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01649754-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01649754-510x340.jpg 510w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01649754-320x213.jpg 320w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01649754-375x250.jpg 375w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01649754-900x600.jpg 900w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01649754-159x106.jpg 159w\" sizes=\"100vw\" title=\"Two Anna&#039;s hummingbird (Calypte anna) young, perched at the edge of nest, Southern California, USA\" \/><\/div><div class=\"gallery-overview-caption\"><strong>Anna's hummingbird (Calypte anna) young, perched at the edge of nest, Southern California, USA<\/strong> by Doc White<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure><figure class='gallery-item col-0'><div class='gallery-icon landscape'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01649748.jpg\" class=\"attachment-gallery-strip-thumb size-gallery-strip-thumb\" alt=\"Anna&#039;s hummingbird (Calypte anna) young leaving the nest, Southern California, USA\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01649748.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01649748-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01649748-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01649748-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01649748-360x240.jpg 360w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01649748-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01649748-510x340.jpg 510w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01649748-320x213.jpg 320w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01649748-375x250.jpg 375w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01649748-900x600.jpg 900w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01649748-159x106.jpg 159w\" sizes=\"100vw\" title=\"Anna&#039;s hummingbird (Calypte anna) young leaving the nest, Southern California, USA\" \/><\/div><div class=\"gallery-overview-caption\"><strong>Anna's hummingbird (Calypte anna) young leaving the nest, Southern California, USA<\/strong> by Doc White<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t<\/div><!-- .gallery -->\n\n<h3>David Fleetham<\/h3>\n<p>&#8220;Hawaii seems to be doing fairly well through all of these virus times. The beaches were shut down right away. You could not lay out and get a tan, but you could cross the sand to access the ocean. All of the local dive boats were closed so my &#8220;plan B&#8221; was my Hobie kayak that you peddle rather than paddle. I can load my scuba gear on the back and my camera fits down into a forward hatch.<\/p>\n<h3>When I see something, I just drop the anchor and shoot<\/h3>\n<p>I have a small anchor that I drop as I assemble myself on the surface. The camera drops over the side first on a line, clipped at about 20 feet. I then pull my scuba gear off the back and put it on in the water. The outriggers on the kayak eliminate any chance of it tipping over as you get off and back on. I then grab my camera and once on the bottom I pick up the anchor and pull the kayak with me along on the dive. When I see something to photograph I just drop the anchor and shoot.<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-19' class='gallery gallery-7661 style-scrollingstrip'><figure class='gallery-item col-0'><div class='gallery-icon portrait'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01649814.jpg\" class=\"attachment-gallery-strip-thumb size-gallery-strip-thumb\" alt=\"Photographer David Fleetham&#039;s kayak used for diving and photography off Maui&#039;s beaches. The inflatable outriggers make it very stable for getting into and out of. Dive gear and tank are strapped on at the back and camera with waterproof housing and strobes sit safely in the forward hatch in the hull, Hawaii.\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01649814.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01649814-113x150.jpg 113w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01649814-300x400.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01649814-320x427.jpg 320w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01649814-375x500.jpg 375w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01649814-600x800.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01649814-80x106.jpg 80w\" sizes=\"100vw\" title=\"Photographer David Fleetham&#039;s kayak used for diving and photography off Maui&#039;s beaches. The inflatable outriggers make it very stable for getting into and out of. Dive gear and tank are strapped on at the back and camera with waterproof housing and strobes sit safely in the forward hatch in the hull, Hawaii.\" \/><\/div><div class=\"gallery-overview-caption\"><strong>Photographer David Fleetham's kayak used for diving and photography off Maui's beaches. The inflatable outriggers make it very stable for getting into and out of. Dive gear and tank are strapped on at the back and camera with waterproof housing and strobes sit safely in the forward hatch in the hull, Hawaii.<\/strong> by David Fleetham<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure><figure class='gallery-item col-0'><div class='gallery-icon landscape'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01649813.jpg\" class=\"attachment-gallery-strip-thumb size-gallery-strip-thumb\" alt=\"Photographer David Fleetham&#039;s camera in waterproof dry-lock housing with twin strobe, stored in the forward hatch of kayak, Hawaii.\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01649813.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01649813-150x113.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01649813-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01649813-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01649813-400x300.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01649813-600x450.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01649813-800x600.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01649813-320x240.jpg 320w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01649813-375x281.jpg 375w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01649813-900x675.jpg 900w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01649813-141x106.jpg 141w\" sizes=\"100vw\" title=\"Photographer David Fleetham&#039;s camera in waterproof dry-lock housing with twin strobe, stored in the forward hatch of kayak, Hawaii.\" \/><\/div><div class=\"gallery-overview-caption\"><strong>Photographer David Fleetham's camera in waterproof dry-lock housing with twin strobe, stored in the forward hatch of kayak, Hawaii.<\/strong> by David Fleetham<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure><figure class='gallery-item col-0'><div class='gallery-icon landscape'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"574\" src=\"https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01649815.jpg\" class=\"attachment-gallery-strip-thumb size-gallery-strip-thumb\" alt=\"Selfie taken by photographer David Fleetham on a kayak, the Pali, Hawaii.\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01649815.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01649815-150x84.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01649815-300x168.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01649815-768x431.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01649815-400x225.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01649815-320x179.jpg 320w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01649815-375x210.jpg 375w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01649815-600x336.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01649815-900x504.jpg 900w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01649815-189x106.jpg 189w\" sizes=\"100vw\" title=\"Selfie taken by photographer David Fleetham on a kayak, the Pali, Hawaii.\" \/><\/div><div class=\"gallery-overview-caption\"><strong>Selfie taken by photographer David Fleetham on a kayak, the Pali, Hawaii.<\/strong> by David Fleetham<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure><figure class='gallery-item col-0'><div class='gallery-icon landscape'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01649698.jpg\" class=\"attachment-gallery-strip-thumb size-gallery-strip-thumb\" alt=\"Underside of a slate pencil sea urchin (Heterocentrotus mammillatus), Hawaii.\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01649698.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01649698-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01649698-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01649698-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01649698-360x240.jpg 360w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01649698-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01649698-510x340.jpg 510w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01649698-320x213.jpg 320w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01649698-375x250.jpg 375w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01649698-900x600.jpg 900w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01649698-159x106.jpg 159w\" sizes=\"100vw\" title=\"Underside of a slate pencil sea urchin (Heterocentrotus mammillatus), Hawaii.\" \/><\/div><div class=\"gallery-overview-caption\"><strong>Underside of a slate pencil sea urchin (Heterocentrotus mammillatus), Hawaii.<\/strong> by David Fleetham<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure><figure class='gallery-item col-0'><div class='gallery-icon landscape'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01649697.jpg\" class=\"attachment-gallery-strip-thumb size-gallery-strip-thumb\" alt=\"Bluespotted cornetfish (Fistularia commersonii), Hawaii.\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01649697.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01649697-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01649697-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01649697-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01649697-360x240.jpg 360w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01649697-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01649697-510x340.jpg 510w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01649697-320x213.jpg 320w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01649697-375x250.jpg 375w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01649697-900x600.jpg 900w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01649697-159x106.jpg 159w\" sizes=\"100vw\" title=\"Bluespotted cornetfish (Fistularia commersonii), Hawaii.\" \/><\/div><div class=\"gallery-overview-caption\"><strong>Bluespotted cornetfish (Fistularia commersonii), Hawaii.<\/strong> by David Fleetham<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure><figure class='gallery-item col-0'><div class='gallery-icon landscape'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01649699.jpg\" class=\"attachment-gallery-strip-thumb size-gallery-strip-thumb\" alt=\"Whitemouth moray eel (Gymnothorax meleagris), Hawaii\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01649699.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01649699-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01649699-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01649699-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01649699-360x240.jpg 360w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01649699-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01649699-510x340.jpg 510w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01649699-320x213.jpg 320w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01649699-375x250.jpg 375w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01649699-900x600.jpg 900w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01649699-159x106.jpg 159w\" sizes=\"100vw\" title=\"Whitemouth moray eel (Gymnothorax meleagris), Hawaii\" \/><\/div><div class=\"gallery-overview-caption\"><strong>Whitemouth moray eel (Gymnothorax meleagris), Hawaii<\/strong> by David Fleetham<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t<\/div><!-- .gallery -->\n\n<h2>View the full gallery and read Lockdown Part 1&#8230;<\/h2>\n<p>To view a wider range of our photographers&#8217; lockdown images, including the UK and European perspective, check out the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/-stories\/feature-stories\/photographer-lockdown.html\">Photographer Lockdown gallery<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>And you might also want to read the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/2020\/05\/21\/photographers-get-creative-in-lockdown\/\">Lockdown Blog part 1<\/a>. This now includes new images by Tracey Rich and Bernard Castelein. Here is a little taster&#8230;<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-20' class='gallery gallery-7661 style-standard'><figure class='gallery-item col-0'><div class='gallery-icon landscape'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"360\" height=\"240\" src=\"https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01650676-360x240.jpg\" class=\"attachment-three-two size-three-two\" alt=\"Bluebells (Hyacinthoides non-scripta) in woodland copse, Wiltshire, UK, April\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01650676-360x240.jpg 360w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01650676-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01650676-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01650676-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01650676.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01650676-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01650676-510x340.jpg 510w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01650676-320x213.jpg 320w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01650676-375x250.jpg 375w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01650676-900x600.jpg 900w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01650676-159x106.jpg 159w\" sizes=\"100vw\" title=\"Bluebells (Hyacinthoides non-scripta) in woodland copse, Wiltshire, UK, April\" \/><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure><figure class='gallery-item col-0'><div class='gallery-icon landscape'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"360\" height=\"240\" src=\"https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01650774-360x240.jpg\" class=\"attachment-three-two size-three-two\" alt=\"Two Black woodpeckers (Dryocopus martius) males on tree trunk in territorial dispute, Peerdsbos, Braschaat, Belgium. April\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01650774-360x240.jpg 360w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01650774-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01650774-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01650774-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01650774.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01650774-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01650774-510x340.jpg 510w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01650774-320x213.jpg 320w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01650774-375x250.jpg 375w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01650774-900x600.jpg 900w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/01650774-159x106.jpg 159w\" sizes=\"100vw\" title=\"Two Black woodpeckers (Dryocopus martius) males on tree trunk in territorial dispute, Peerdsbos, Braschaat, Belgium. April\" \/><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t<\/div><!-- .gallery -->\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Epiphany and Experimentation We&#8217;ve received some amazing images and stories from our photographers over the last few months of the worldwide coronavirus lockdown. So here, as promised, is part two of our blog on how they got creative in lockdown &#8211; around the world. Comfort in a Galapagos garden Tui De Roy experiences the severe&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/2020\/06\/04\/photographers-during-lockdown-around-the-world\/\" rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"button\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[3,4,6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7661","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","category-stories","category-photographers"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7661"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7661"}],"version-history":[{"count":48,"href":"https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7661\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7818,"href":"https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7661\/revisions\/7818"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7661"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7661"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7661"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}