All Greek Creatures Great And Small

Some of my favourites snapped on Evia....

Friendly horse

Noble steads

There were cats everywhere!

Haughty feline

Cute kitten

This pup loved the beach!

Tortoise spotted in the Styra Valley 

Curious sheep

Basking lizard

Beautiful butterfly - I was so thrilled I caught her (on camera)

All South African Creatures, Great And Small

Part 2


More photos from Mountain Zebra Park, and a few from Cape Town...

Ostriches

Cape Buffalo

Cape Buffalo

Steenbok

Vervet Monkey

Vervet Monkey... yes, that blue and red bit is his - er - bits!

Agama lizard

Tortoise

Guinea fowl

Egyptian Goose with goslings

Double-banded Courser

African Penguin

All South African Creatures, Great And Small

Part 1

In keeping with what's becoming a post-travel photo tradition of mine, here is the first installment of the South African edition.

The majority of these were taken in Mountain Zebra Park in the Eastern Cape, and were often a case of "Stop the car! Quick.... camera... shoot!". Animals are best viewed in their natural habitat... but boy they can be elusive  (and distant!) characters. Twice we spotted back rhino, but both times they were way too far away to even think about capturing. Sadly the cheetah remained well hidden in the long grass, probably waiting to pounce on one of these....

Springbok - South Africa's national animal

Many springbok

Cape Mountain Zebra

Ground Squirrel

Ground Squirrel

Red Hartebeest

Red Hartebeest

Kudu bull

Kudu

Black Wildebeest

All Andalusian Creatures, Great And Small

I'm a great one for recycling... glass, cardboard, paper, cans... ideas for blog posts!

So, here's the Spanish version of my earlier All Other Canadian Creatures, Great and Small....

He who rules the roost

You lookin' at me?

This little piggy came to say hello...

These little piggies went for walkies...

These little piggies were wee, wee, wee...

And this little piggy was very interested in our picnic lunch!

It's one way to get around...

Mom and foal (and another on the way?)

Bollocks....I mean, a bullock

Top dog

Bit alarming to have vultures circling overhead!

Wonder if this grasshopper sang all summer?

All Other Canadian Creatures, Great and Small

Apart from the thrill of seeing several bears in Canada, I did come across an assortment of other interesting animals. In no particular order, here are a few of them....

Prairie dog

Golden-mantled ground squirrel

Black squirrel

Tiger slug

Rocky Mountain sheep

Elk

Racoon

Friendly cat

Overly friendly dog

Horses

More horses, plus humans

Unfortunately, I didn't get a photograph of a moose - although we caught glimpses of them, they are fairly elusive and don't hang around to pose!