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The Giant Swallowtail butterfly is one of North America's largest and most spectacular butterflies, C.Paxton photo and copyright.

Giant Swallowtail

Posted on 03/06/2016
Insect Photography, Recording wildlife sightings, wildlife photography

No thumbnail for Chang’s View: rats for dinner, beetles for lunch an egg for breakfast!

Chang’s View: rats for dinner, beetles for lunch an egg for breakfast!

Posted on 01/06/2016
Insect Photography, Recording wildlife sightings

Pack of young African Hunting Dogs at Laikipia Wilderness Camp, Kenya taken on Olympus digital camera image and copyright Steve Holroyd 2016.

East African Adventure With The Painted Hunting Dogs of Laikipia

Posted on 27/04/2016
Outdoor Photography Magazine, Recording wildlife sightings, Wild Places, wildlife photography

Happy World Wildlife Day from Wildopeneye! Taken on Lumix GX8 with 100-300mm zoom at 300mm setting equivalent to 600mm in 35mm format. C.Paxton photo.

Happy World Wildlife Day!

Posted on 03/03/2016
Macro, Recording wildlife sightings, Uncategorized

American Alligator cruising past Coots at about 3 miles per hour. These impressive, ante-diluvian reptiles are thrilling to see and photograph in the wild. Lumix DMC GX8 with 650-1300mm zoom. C.Paxton photo and copyright.

Update on Opteka 650mm-1300mm zoom performance

Posted on 24/02/2016
Gear, Outdoor Photography Magazine, Recording wildlife sightings, wildlife photography, Wildopeneye on birds

The Mississippi Brood emerged in Eros, Northeastern Louisiana on May 9th , 2015. Magicicada tredecim, the periodical cicada from Brood XXIII confounds predators by spending 13 years underground

Creature Feature: Periodical Cicadas in Eros, Louisiana.

Posted on 12/05/2015
Creature Feature, Insect Photography, Macro, Recording wildlife sightings

The same Green Anole, in both green and brown phases at Crawfish Springs. C. Paxton photo and copyright.

Creature Feature: Green Anoles, Anolis carolinensis

Posted on 11/04/2015
Recording wildlife sightings

Slender, graceful and harmless to people, this Ribbon Snake prefers to bite its dinner of small lizards and insects.

Creature Feature: The Blue Stripe Ribbon Snake

Posted on 09/04/2015
Macro, Recording wildlife sightings, Wild Places

Drip by drip, the slime mould pours itself onto the sticks and leaf litter on the ground below. C.Paxton photo and copyright.

Interview With A Blob – Face To Face With A Slimy Fungus

Posted on 01/04/2015
Recording wildlife sightings

Tales from the riverbank – Damsels, dragons, nymphs and the floods…

Posted on 19/05/2014
Equipment Test, Macro, Recording wildlife sightings, River Conservation, The World's Water, Wild Places