Birding trip to Halmahera via Ternate. Guided by Nurlin Djuni of VacationIndonesiaTours.com. Travelling with Pete and Margaret Armstrong, and Hugh and Jerry Dingle. 21st April to 26 April 2011. Please report any corrections to maholyoak@ucdavis.edu.

Trip to northern Sulawesi with VacationIndonesiaTours.com. Nurlin Djuni was our main guide, assisted by Eddie Sunardi and various local guides. Travelling with Hugh and Jerry Dingle, and Pete and Margaret Armstrong. 18th April to 4th May 2011 inclusive, excluding time on Halmahera (separate album). Please let me know of any identification corrections or more specific identifications of wildlife.

Photos throughout 2011 in California

Trip to north coast of Jamaica, 12th December to 19th December 2010.

Fall colors and birds between Anchorage and Seward Alaska on 18th September 2010, and views, mammals and glaciers on boat trip to Kenai Fjords National Park from Seward, Alaska

Tour of New Britain and Papua New Guinea with Rockjumper Birding Tours 9th to 29th August 2010. Contact Marcel Holyoak, maholyoak@ucdavis.edu with identification comments or corrections.

Scattered localities in northern California during 2010. Includes pelagic trips from Monterey and Half Moon Bay. Newest photos are first.

5-day trip to Big Island of Hawaii for vacation and some birding

Various locations in Northern California, Fall 2009, comments welcome.

Birds and mammals on Monterey Sea Valley trip on 28 August 2009 and from Bodega Bay to deep water beyond Cordell Banks on 5 September 2009. Both with Shearwater Journeys.

Birding trip with Field Guides Inc. to Sabah, Borneo, led by Rose Ann Rowlett 21 June to 5 July 2009.

Sites visited include Kota Kinabalu City Bird Reserve, Sepilok Rainforest Discovery Center (and boardwalk), Gomantong Caves, the Kalimantangan River (Sukau Rainforest Lodge) and tributaries, Borneo Rainforest Lodge in the Danum Conservation Area, Tambunan Rafflesia Reserve, Mt Kinabalu Park, and Poring Hot Springs.

I was using a Canon EOS 50D (15.1 MP) camera with a Canon 300/2.8 image stabilized lens, and occassionally a 28-105mm lens or a 60mm macro lens. Note that many birds were photographed in closed forest using a flash and 400 ISO on the camera and in difficult conditions. I've included some lower quality images of things that are especially challenging to photograph, as well as nicer shots where available.

Send any image use requests to me at maholyoak@ucdavis.edu.

If you spot any misidentified species or are able to offer any more specific information on identifications of primary subjects please leave a comment or send me an email.

Deir Ezzor, Halabbiya ruins, Palmyra area including Sed Wadi Abied, Bald Ibis Reserve, and Talila Reserve. 27th and 28th May 2009, guided by Adeeb Al Asaad, http://www.palmyrasociety.org email: hellopalmyra@hotmail.com.

Photos mainly in Bay area down to Big Sur area, California

Mainly bird photos around Arasaki and Miike in Kyushu Prefecture, SW Japan, 13th to 18th December 2008.

Various San Francisco Bay area bird sitings

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Tenerife and La Gomera 26 April to 2nd May 2008. Some low quality bird shots are included as identification shots.

Birds, fish, mammals, and views from boat trips with Brian Patteson out from Wanchese Harbor in North Carolina. 25th and 26th August 2007.

20-29th December 2006, Peru: Pelagic trip from Lima and Iquitos area. Including Apalhuayo-Mishano Reserve (white sand forest), Explorama lodges, and Muyuna Lodge around Iquitos. With Mark Tasker and Mark Yates. Arrangements by Kolibri Expeditions.

Birds and wildlife at various localities in California during October and November 2006

Tour of southeast Brazil 3-18 September 2006

Birds and views at Glacier Point in Yosemite National Park. Blue (Sooty) Grouse were tame at Glacier Point visitors center.

Pelagic trip from Fort Bragg, California and birds on Virgin Beach just north of Fort Bragg. The juvenile jaeger identifications are possibly incorrect and please let me know if you disagree with my labels. The "Dark-rumped" Petrel is either a Hawaiian or Galapagos Petrel, which are not separable in the field based on current knowledge.

Butterflies photographed on Pacific Crest Trail from Donner Summit highway rest area on I-80, c 7000 feet above sea level. Please comment on any incorrect identifications and what makes them what they are. Estimates of identifications include cf. in the file name.

Butterflies at Leek Spring on Mormon Emigrant Trail, and around Frog Lake at Carson Pass, Alpine County, California. All identifications are approximate, please feel free to comment on species misidentifications.

Marine life seen on boat trips aboard the Stormy Petrel from Hatteras, North Carolina. Up to 35 miles SW of Hatteras.

Photos from travels around California with my brother, Robert Holyoak, 2nd to 14th May 2006.

Saint Lucia 19th to 27th December 2005

Overnight trip to Martinique

Trip around southeast Arizona birding with Richard Hall, 27 to 30 May 2005.

Mexico--Oaxaca, Veracruz and Mexico City area, 12th to 27th December 2004

December 16th to 25th inclusive were with Steve Greenfield of MN, USA.

Images of birds are often of lower quality but are here as a record as much as anything

Thailand 2nd to 15th September 2003

Pelagic trip from Callao near Lima and tour of Northwestern and Northern Peru with Kolibri Expeditions.

Various localities in California in 2003. Mostly low resolution digital camera pictures

10 day trip to Puerto Rico in December 2002

Central Peru and Manu, 1st to 22nd September 2002. Parts with Kolibri Expeditions (Eduardo as guide), parts with Louis from Amazonia Lodge, traveling with Peter and Margaret Armstrong, and Hugh and Jerry Dingle.

Trip to Baja, Mexico with Theresa and Drew Talley, July 2002

Ecuador with Scott Carroll and Hugh Dingle 24 August to 12 September 2001. Tony Nunnery as a guide around Tandayapa, then to Sacha Lodge on the Rio Napo, then flew to Guayaquil to bird southern Ecuador and return to Quito via mountains.

Costa Rica with Hugh Dingle, February 27th to March 6th 2001. Low resolution digital images.

Arizona trips in 2001

Various locations in California, low resolution digital images.

Ruby Mountains, Elko, Nevada, July 2000

Venezuela 3rd to 18th June 2000

Costa Rica 1999, slides scanned in (Kodak Ektachrome and Fuji Velvia). 1st to 23 November 1999.

Short trip to Vancouver and Vancouver Island, British Columbia, 28th to 30th March 1999.

Assorted photos scanned from slides from California in 1999.

Visit to Brisbane and inland areas from there, and to Cairns area (Atherton Plateau, Julatten, southern parts of Cape York, and Great Barrier Reef). 25 June to 12 July 1998.

Visit to Viti Levu for 2 days in June 1998

Travels in the 48 coterminous states of the USA in 1998. Part of an attempt to see as many bird species as possible. Photos are all from scanned slides, and hence the spotty image quality.

Mazatlan to Puerto Vallarta and Colima Mexico, 19 March to 25 March 1997

Various photos around California, USA during 1997

Trip to Mindo, Panacocha on Rio Napo, and Otovalo, Ecuador, 1st to 13th September 1996.

Uintas Mountains Camping with Hugh and Jeri Dingle

Assorted photos from California, USA in 1996. Scanned photographic slides on either Fujichrome Velvia or Kodak Ektachrome.

Loxahatchie NWR and Everglades, Florida

Various locations in California during 1995. Photos scanned from slides (Fujichrome Velvia and Kodak Ektachrome).

Webbs Mills Bog, New Jersey

Various photos from March through December 1994

Raven Run, Lexington, KY

Texas for the first time, January 1993

Various locations in UK in 1993. Scanned from slides in Kodachrome and Ektachrome.

North Wales and Surrey, UK. Scan from slides in Kodachrome.