Photos From the Field
Dr. Douglas J. Long: Binge Traveler,
World Drinker, Jetsetting Scientist.
Contributing
to the delinquency of a Pachyderm, Elephant range, Arakan Yoma,
Myanmar, November 2000.
Bat
Hipposideros ruber, Praia das Plancas, Sao Tome, Gulf of
Guinea, west Africa, May 2001.
The
joys of a Brushtail Possum roadkill, now only 70
million more to go. Plus, media evidence of their
inherent evil. Northland, New Zealand, January 2003.
Left:
catching Piranhas; Below Right, Ramon the Shaman; both Peruvian
Amazon Jungle, June 2003.
Left:
bird watching at Macchu Picchu; Right: gordo gringo with well-dressed
Quechuan girl. Peruvian Andes, June 2003.
A
typical day at work, removing the head of a rare Bairds Beaked Whale
on
Ocean Beach, San Francisco, July 21, 2003.
Mist-netting
birds in the Gaoligon Shan Mountains, Yunnan Province,
China, October 2003.
Auckland
Cemetary, Auckland, New
Zealand,
January 2004, in Morrissey-like repose.
Left:
Thirsty Galapagos Mockingbirds; Right: I hear they taste like chicken;
Galapagos Islands, July 2004.
Left: Just prior to the tragic Caracal mauling incident; Right:
Another work-related hazard.
Eastern Cape Province, South Africa, December 2004.
Left:
Scoffing at aliens on the Nazca Plain, southern Peru; Right: befriending
the majestic Viringo, the hairless dog of
ancient Peru, Moche Huaca de Luna archaeological site, northern
Peru, January 2005.
Left:
Looking for a frosty cocktail atop Diamond Head; Right, stalking
McGarrett outside his
Five-0 headquaters at the Iolani Palace; Oahu, Hawai'i August 2005.
Left:
Kickin' it Irrawaddy style with my Shan State Posse; Right: My preferred
mode
of transportation; both northern Myanmar, September 2005.
Left: Seeking protection under the Naga; Right,
looking way too pensive, or perhaps,
thinking of beer; both Pagan Archaeological Zone, Myanmar, September
2005.
Left:
Getting ahead in Angkor Tom; Right: window shopping in Angkor Wat;
both Siem Riep, Cambodia, October 2005.
Left:
Cheetah at rest, NOT dead; Cango Wildlife Conservation Center, Oudtshoorn;
Right: having survived
the 2004 Caracal mauling incident, I decided to try again, and almost
died from cuteness overload, Thornhill;
both Western Cape Province, South Africa, January 2006.
Left:
Pondering the Hyrax, Table Mountain, Western Cape Province; Right:
You just know it won't be your ordinary trip
when your driver packs a Wetherby .457 rifle; Kruger National Park,
Mpumalanga Province, both South Africa, January 2006.
My
previous life as Collections Manager (1998-2005) and
Chariman (2000-2003) of the Department of Ornithology &
Mammalogy, California Academy of Sciences.
'Friendly', The World's Best One-Winged Turkey Vulture.
The
Lovely
Scientist-In-Training Wife and I enjoying the good life (bird
watching & a
cold lager) at sunset; Bluffs of the Olifants River,
Kruger National Park, Mpumalanga
Province, South Africa, January 2006.
Me and the Lovely
Scientist-In-Training Wife amid basking Marine Iguanas;
Galapagos Islands, July 2004.
The Lovely
Scientist-In-Training Wife and I at Tiki
Oasis IV in
Palm Springs, before the onslaught of Mai Tais,
Singapore Slings, Kama Ainas, and Suffering Bastards.
New photos added as my schedule allows.
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