The bridge at the end of our street at dusk with a full moon along with a white-breasted nuthatch, red crossbill and golden-crowned kinglet. We have now photographed 151 bird species within 1.5km of our front door. #WascanaCreek #Wascana #UrbanNature #birdwatching #birding

A jungle myna in the Pariyar Tiger Reserve, India. #BirdsSeenIn2026 #birdphotography #myna #birdwatching #birding #PariyarReserve #lifer

Monday mammal is a warthog in Arusha Park, Tanzania. #MondayMammal #warthog #TanzaniaSafari #ArushaPark #WildlifePhotography

An Asian green bee-eater perched along the Ganges River near Varanasi, India. #BirdsSeenIn2026 #birdphotography #BeeEaters #birdwatching #birding #Ganges #Varanasi

A red-wattled lapwing photographed in India earlier this year. We saw these birds in many places during our trip. This one happened to be in Delhi. #BirdsSeenIn2026 #birdphotography #lapwings #birdwatching #birding #Delhi #lifer

A Malabar whistling-thrush near Munnar, India earlier this year. They do have a wonderful song. #BirdsSeenIn2026 #birdwatching #thrushes #birdphotography #birding #Munnar #endemic #lifer

A gray-capped social weaver at first light in Serengeti Park, Tanzania. #BirdsSeenIn2026 #birdphotography #weavers #Birdwatching #birding #Serengeti #lifer

A winding cisticola in the Tarangire Park, Tanzania. #BirdsSeenIn2026 #birdphotography #cisticola #birdwatching #birding #Tarangire #lifer

A Bateleur in Tarangire Park, Tanzania. Unique member in the eagle family. #BirdsSeenIn2026 #birdphotography #Bateleur #birdwatching #birding #Tarangire

Monday mammal is a vervet monkey. We spotted these monkeys in most of the parks we visited. #NaturePhotography #VervetMonkey #monkeys #TanzaniaSafari #Tarangire

A bare-faced go-away-bird in Tarangire Park, Tanzania. #BirdsSeenIn2026 #birdphotography #GoAwayBird #birdwatching #birding #Tarangire #lifer

A gray-crowned crane in Tarangire Park, Tanzania. Beautiful bird. There’s a lot going on there. #BirdsSeenIn2026 #birdphotography #cranes #birdwatching #birding #Tarangire #lifer

A lone white stork in Tarangire Park, Tanzania. We took a long record shot thinking that we’d see more on our trip; we never saw any more. #BirdsSeenIn2026 #birdphotography #WhiteStork #birdwatching #birding #Tarangire

An Indian cormorant in the Pariyar Tiger Reserve spotted earlier this year. #BirdsSeenIn2026 #birdphotography #cormorants #birdwatching #birding #Pariyar #lifer

A female Malabar trogon in the Pariyar Tiger Reserve, India. This is the first and only trogon species we’ve seen, so far… #BirdsSeenIn2026 #birdphotography #trogons #birdwatching #birding #Periyar #lifer

A bar-winged flycatcher-shrike near Munnar, India. Quite the name. #BirdsSeenIn2026 #birdphotography #shrikes #birdwatching #birding #Munnar #lifer

Monday mammal is the African elephant in Lake Manyara Park. We encountered a herd travelling opposite us down a narrow road. With no possibility of avoiding them we stopped while they cautiously passed within a metre of our vehicle. #elephants #TanzaniaSafari #LakeManyara

A rosy starling spotted in Delhi, India earlier this year. #BirdsSeenIn2026 #birdphotography #starlings #birdwatching #birding #Delhi #lifer

Some chestnut-headed bee-eaters near Munnar, India earlier this year. #BirdsSeenIn2026 #birdphotography #BeeEaters #birdwatching #birding #Munnar #lifer

One of our top India bird photos. A white-bellied sholakili in Eravikulam Park. What makes this endemic bird special is its very limited range: we were fortunate to get a photo. #BirdsSeenIn2026 #birdphotography #sholakili #birdwatching #birding #Eravikulam #endemic #lifer