Alexander Lees

African Spoonbill (Platalea alba) Cape Town, South Africa, 2007

Wryneck (Jynx torquilla) El Gouna, Egypt, 2006                                                                                                              Common Redstart (Phoenicurus phoenicurus) North Ronaldsay, Orkney, 2008

Lapland Bunting (Calcarius lapponicus) Varanger, Norway, 2007

African Elephant (Loxodonta africana) Port Elizabeth, South Africa, 2007.

Violaceous Trogon (Trogon violaceus), Alta Floresta, Mato Grosso, Brazil, July 2006

Lesser Yellowlegs (Tringa flavipes) Alta Floresta, MT, Brazil, August 2006                                                             Jacaré Caiman (Caiman yacare) Pantanal, MT, Brazil, August 2005

Rufous-bellied Euphonia (Euphonia rufiventris) Rio Cristalino, MT, Brazil, August 2006                              White-breasted Cormorant (Phalacrocorax carbo lucidus) Dakhla, Western Sahara, March 2006 

Laysan Albatross (Phoebastria immutabilis) Pacific Ocean, 50km W of Point Conception, California, USA, April 2001

Siberian Stonechat (Saxicola torquata maura),  Nanaj, Maharashtra, India, February 2003   Greater Roadrunner (Geococcyx californianus), SJWS, Irvine, California, March 2003 

Semipalmated Sandpiper (Calidris pusilla) Bon Portage Island, Nova Scotia, Canada, September 2001

Common Monkey-lizard (Polychrus marmoratus), Rio Cristalino, MT, Brazil, May 2003. Aphrissa statira, Phoebis trite & P. argante Rio Cristalino, MT, Brazil, May 2003

Great Skua (Stercorarius skua) Handa, Sutherland, UK, July 1997.

Pasque Flower (Pulsatilla vulgaris)  Barnack, Cambs., UK, April 1999. Everglades, Florida, December 2001. Martagon Lilly (Lillum martagon), French Alps, July 2000 

Channel-billed Toucan (Ramphastos vitellinus) Rio Cristalino, MT, Brazil, May 2003

All Photos copyright Alexander C. Lees 2006

Blackish Nightjar (Caprimulgus nigrescens) Serra dos Caiabis, Mato Grosso, Brazil, September 2006.

A cheap Nikon Coolpix camera (5200) accompanied me on my 2005/2006 field campaigns to Amazonia, handholding this up to my Leica binoculars or Swarovski fieldscope proved invaluable in the documentation of many rare and little-known taxa. The digi-videoscoped movies below give a flavour for what is possible even in very poor light conditions, ok so it isn't Planet Earth, but it is better than nothing!

Slaty-backed Forest Falcon (Micrastur mirandollei)

Sunbittern (Eurypyga helias)

Crested Owl (Lophostrix cristata)

Great Potoo (Nyctibius grandis)

Reddish Hermit (Phaethornis ruber)

Pavonine Quetzal (Pharomachrus pavoninus)

Black-banded Woodcreeper (Dendrocolaptes picumnus)

Short-billed Leaftosser (Sclerurus rufigularis) 

Caatinga Antwren (Herpsilochmus sellowii)

Bare-eyed Antbird (Rhegmatorhina gymnops)

Black-spotted Bare-eye (Phlegopsis nigromaculata)

Lesser Elaenia (Elaenia chiriquensis) Serra do Cachimbo, Mato Grosso, Brazil, August 2006.