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Main Entrance, Cartagena Cathedral

posted in Colombia, Pic du Jour on August 13, 2026 by Bob Ramsak 5 Comments

Thursday’s door.

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Lottery Ticket Vendors, Quito

posted in Ecuador, Pic du Jour on August 8, 2026 by Bob Ramsak 0 Comments

I bought one today, but not in Quito.

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Last Hope Rainbow, Chile

posted in Chile, Pic du Jour on August 7, 2026 by Bob Ramsak 3 Comments

The remnant of an early morning rainbow over the Seno Última Esperanza, or Last Hope Sound, not far from Puerto Natales, Chile, in southern Patagonia.

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Dark-bellied Cinclodes, in Patagonia

posted in Birds, Chile on August 4, 2026 by Bob Ramsak 1 Comment

Foraging at the edge of a glacier-fed lagoon.

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Doll Sellers, Potosi

posted in Bolivia, Pic du Jour on July 30, 2026 by Bob Ramsak 2 Comments

When shooting the streets, keep your eyes wide open for quiet moments in a crowd. They’re there if you look; if you look really hard and remain patient, they might even find themselves among your favorite images. And more importantly, among your most memorable travel moments.

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Calle Haiti, Quito

posted in Ecuador, Pic du Jour on July 29, 2026 by Bob Ramsak 0 Comments

This wasn’t really the apocalypse. It only looked like one.

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Imperial Cormorant, in Chilean Patagonia

posted in Birds, Chile on July 28, 2026 by Bob Ramsak 2 Comments

A dozen images of the Imperial Shag in the southernmost reaches of the Americas.

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Costco Triptych, Ohio

posted in Pic du Jour, USA on July 24, 2026 by Bob Ramsak 0 Comments

Christmas Eve, Mayfield Heights, Ohio, USA.

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Andean Avocet, in Bolivia

posted in Birds, Bolivia on July 21, 2026 by Bob Ramsak 2 Comments

Wading at 14,000 feet.

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Lago Acigami, Tierra del Fuego National Park, Argentina

posted in Argentina, Pic du Jour on July 8, 2026 by Bob Ramsak 2 Comments
Lago Acigami, Tierra del Fuego National Park, Argentina

Few lakes on the planet are situated further south.

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About that time I contracted cholera on the Pan-Am highway.

posted in In Transit, Nicaragua, Vignettes on July 6, 2026 by Bob Ramsak 0 Comments

A look back on the occasion of my 34th cholera-versary. Quite likely your most enjoyable five-minute read of the day.

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A Crab in its Shell, San Blas

posted in Panama, Pic du Jour on June 28, 2026 by Bob Ramsak 0 Comments

A snap of a Caribbean Land Hermit Crab in its shell just before it snapped at me.

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Beachcombing in the San Blas Islands

posted in Climate Change, Panama on June 26, 2026 by Bob Ramsak 0 Comments

Shells, trees and trash.

That’s primarily what you’ll find if you spend any time beachcombing on any of the 370 small islands that make up the San Blas Islands, or Guna Yala, the archipelago off of Panama’s Caribbean coast. Lots of the former and too much of the latter.

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The Cotacachi Volcano and the Promise of Love

posted in Ecuador, Photography, Pic du Jour on June 22, 2026 by Bob Ramsak 0 Comments

A tale, short and sweet, related to the mythology of this Ecuadorean volcano that pierces the sky nearly 5,000 meters above a village that bears its name.

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Strolling With Magellanic Penguins on Martillo Island

posted in Argentina, Birds, Hikes on June 17, 2026 by Bob Ramsak 9 Comments

A visit to an island colony that’s the seasonal home for more than 3,000 pairs of mating Magellanic Penguins.

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CTV: Woman who rescued injured crow keeps getting ‘thank-you gifts’ from other birds

posted in Birds, Canada on June 13, 2026 by Bob Ramsak 0 Comments

CTV: Woman who rescued injured crow keeps getting ‘thank-you gifts’ from other birds

Exactly what the headline says.

“When we are aware of what is happening around us there is so much potential to come together and beautiful things can happen.”

Link.

25 Photos From the Saturday Market in Otavalo, Ecuador

posted in Ecuador, Photography, Pic du Jour on June 11, 2026 by Bob Ramsak 1 Comment

Capturing the never-ending dialogue between the present and the past in South America largest indigenous market.

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Cleveland Lakefront Nature Preserve – an Introduction and May Birding Report

posted in Birds, Field Guides, USA on May 31, 2026 by Bob Ramsak 2 Comments

An introduction to one of Cleveland, Ohio’s best kept secrets.

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Cali Sunset

posted in Colombia, Pic du Jour on May 25, 2026 by Bob Ramsak 0 Comments

A long exposure from a rooftop at sunset.

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20 Cloud Forest Plants From Ecuador’s Mindo-Nambillo Reserve

posted in Ecuador, Field Guides on May 24, 2026 by Bob Ramsak 5 Comments

26 photos of at least 20 different forest plants taken at or near the Mindo-Nambillo Ecological Reserve, near Mindo, Ecuador, a town about 80km northwest of Quito.

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I’m a long-time journalist, photographer and researcher driven by passions for environmental, social and refugee justice. I’ve visited 62 countries and write something and make pictures (almost) every day. This site is a notebook and photolog where I track and (sometimes) comment on those interests, journal my travels and log my current obsessions. At the moment the most dominant ones are the global response to the climate crisis and a renewed passion for birding and bird photography.

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