morten ross – photographs of the natural world

28 Jul 2016

Walrus (Odobenus rosmarus)

The walrus utilizes their tusks as ice picks when they haul themselves up onto an ice float, and sometimes they might break as is the case with this one. This…

by morten

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26 Jul 2016

Walrus (Odobenus rosmarus)

These clumsy and fat mammals on land are amazingly fast and agile in the ocean! This encounter by the Seven Islands (Sjuøyane), Svalbard is from a zodiac, and…

by morten

PeruParacasSternidaeBirds

17 Dec 2014

Sandwich Tern (Thalasseus sandvicensis)

There are many hotels very close to the nature reserve in Paracas, and here you will see many birds close to the hotels. As there are no trees here, many like…

by morten

PeruParacasSternidaeBirds

17 Dec 2014

Royal Tern (Thalasseus maximus)

The entire coastline of Peru is a desert, but the cold and nutrient rich ocean is rich with fish due to the cold Humbolt Current. Thus the coast was once…

by morten

PeruPucusanaSternidaeBirds

16 Dec 2014

Inca Tern (Larosterna inca)

In the harbor and waters around the fishing village of Pucusana in Peru I found lots of inca terns, and some places they were so tame that I could walk among…

by morten

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27 Nov 2014

Large-billed Tern (Phaetusa simplex)

Juveniles waiting for more free food, but are likely not getting much as they are old and strong enough to fly and get their own food. Soon the land they stand…

by morten