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The variable little lizard on Martinique that hides a geological miracle
Jan30
Only in Martinique – Anolis roquet (Martinique’s Anole)
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Jan26
Only in Martinique – the Lesser Antillean Iguana, Iguana delicatissima
Jan25
Martinique – Pseudosphinx tetrio a.k.a. the frangipani hornworm
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I was wandering around the hotel grounds in Saint’Anne, Martinique, when my gaze was captured by a humungous striped creature hanging in an elegant arc in a bush next to me. I froze: if there’s something I don’t like, it’s larvae. And this was one huge larva. Then I focused behind it… there were more […]
Jan25
Martinique – the Bananaquit, Coereba flaveola
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Apart from the great name (Bananaquit, are you serious?!), the banaquit is very common in Martinique. Loves hanging out in the same bushes as the hummingbirds or at the bar, sipping syrup directly from the bottle! Cute little critter, a pleasure to take photos of.
Jan25
Only in Martinique – the – White-breasted Thrasher, Ramphocinclus brachyurus
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During a random tour of the Martinique last December, we were walking back from the Chateau Dubuc when I heard a foraging noise coming from the forest to the left of the little path that takes from the castle to the parking. I froze – what could it be? I peeked into the dense undergrowth […]
Jan23
Martinique – Wine Throated Hummingbird, Atthis ellioti
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Whilst doing research for another painting (that’s still not finished) I found this amazing photo on the web It’s by José Antonio Yee, an otherwise obscure photographer. I stared, awe-struck, then picked up pen and canvas (by pure chance I had the perfect little square canvas that I had bought months before for an undeveloped […]
Jan22
Martinique – the Green Throated Carib, Eulampis holosericeus
Jan22
Beatrix, the genius
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Until the summer of this year, I knew Beatrix Potter only as a children’s book author: when I was young, my mother read me nearly all the “tale” books, from “The Tale of Peter Rabbit” to “The Tale of Mrs. Tittlemouse” – I loved every last one. That’s why last August, at the age of […]
Oct16
Remarkable Creatures by Tracy Chelavier
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When I read this book, I didn’t even know of the existence of Mary Anning, which was pretty much the same thing that had happened when I read Chevalier’s previous novel, “Girl with a Pearl Earring“, before which I knew nothing about Vermeer. Here, the author showcases a remarkable duo, composed of the afore-mentioned Mary […]
Oct8
Mary Anning
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This month’s Naturalist is Mary Anning, a self-made palaeontologist born to a poor family in 1799 in Lyme Regis, Dorset. Her father sold fossils as an aside to his main activity, cabinet-making, and raised his children (two survived out of ten that were born), Joseph and Mary, on the shores of Lyme Regis, looking for […]
Earth, Wind and Daisies 