Animal Photography

First you hear trumpet-like calls and then you see them, the small black dots in the sky above the Hanfbachtal in Hennef, which together form a large flock of cranes.

The courtship behavior of the redshank is very versatile. Their "3D dances" are particularly impressive, in which they try to impress their partners with sometimes strange performances.

In the butterfly house of Sayn Castle near Bendorf in Rhineland-Palatinate, the fluttering butterflies drive even professional cameras to despair.

Ekkerøy is one of the oldest fishing villages on the Varangerfjord and belongs to the municipality of Vadsø, whose capital is around 15 km away. It is a bird paradise and the suffix "øy" means that it was originally an island that offered shelter and therefore good chances of survival for the diverse bird life. Now the area is connected to the Varanger Peninsula by a narrow isthmus and migratory birds also like to winter here.

In Ålsjön there are many observation posts from which you can take photos of birdlife and horned grebes (Podiceps auritus).

The Crested Penguin, also known as Schleich penguin (Eudyptes schlegeli), is a species of penguin that lives on Macquarie Island.

The Adélie penguin (Pygoscelis adeliae) is a species of penguin common along the entire coast of the Antarctic continent, which is its only habitat.

The Chinstrap Penguin (Pygoscelis antarctica), also known as the throat stripe penguin, is a species of the long-tailed penguin genus.

Emperor penguins live in Antarctica. They are the largest species of penguins and belong to the genus of giant penguins.

We saw and photographed South American coatis (Nasua nasua) in Villahermosa. Their species belongs to the family of small bears.