taste of nature #6

a new zealand striped skink or oligosoma striatum.

taste of nature #5

the trilobite scree slope of mount stephen. definitely the most fossil packed place i've EVER been. every piece of shale you see in this photo has at least one trilobite in it... but most have way more. you can also find anomalocaris claws on the odd slab!!!

taste of nature #5

the badlands of alberta

taste of nature #4

a lovely section of sandstone in the alberta badlands.

taste of nature #3 bison

a bison (aka american buffalo) on a farm on the prairies of alberta.

taste of nature #2 pronghorn

a pronghorn antelope i saw on the prairies around drumheller.

taste of nature #1

i've decided to rework my photos throughout the week. though you've seen taste of natures before this is the debut of the new format (as all my other pictures were of birds... which i've decided to turn into a totally different picture of the week category).

so i give you some of the badlands of drumheller as the first taste of nature! this hill is about a 2 minute drive down the dinosaur trail from the tyrrell heading out of drumheller.

taste of nature #2 a pukeko

a pukeko in auckland.

taste of nature #1 a penguin

the last of my photo of the week segments i'm adding (for now) is some of the amazing natural things and places i've been to and seen.

in honour of mo's current penguins of the world posts over at the dissillusioned taxonomist, a yellow crested penguin i managed to sneak up on here around dunedin. i mean literally sneak up on (you'll note the grass framing the pic...) as their quite shy.