Author Archives: lembrechtsjonas

On the fly

Posted on August 28, 2014 by lembrechtsjonas

Ladies and gentlemen, this is your captain speaking. We welcome you aboard just another flight. I have been flying a lot this summer, and yesterday brought three more flights in a row. Brussels-Copenhagen, Copenhagen-Stockholm and Stockholm-Kiruna. Three more times the safety … Continue reading →

Posted in General, Sweden | Tagged Airplane, Clouds, Denmark, flying, Nature, Photography, Scandinavia, Summer, Travel | Leave a comment

Chasing Europe’s Big 5

Posted on August 26, 2014 by lembrechtsjonas

This is a guest post from Sofie Lembrechts, about a nature photography trip to Spain. While I am mainly a photographing ecologist, she had to become an ecological photographer in order to catch the big mammals of Europe with her camera. The … Continue reading →

Posted in Spain, Uncategorized | Tagged Bears, Big 5, Birds, Ecology, Europe, Mammals, Nature, Photography, Spain, Travel, Travelling, Wildlife | 2 Comments

Marshing on

Posted on August 25, 2014 by lembrechtsjonas

My playtime is limited on my international working trips. If I want to see a little bit of the environment, I have to be inventive and time-efficient. My forced visit to Philadelphia airport while waiting for a connection flight provided an … Continue reading →

Posted in USA | Tagged Airport, America, Birds, Coast, John Heinz, Marsh, Nature, Philadelphia, Photography, Plants, Refuge, Summer, Travel, USA, Wildlife | 4 Comments

Airport ecology

Posted on August 20, 2014 by lembrechtsjonas

I was happy that I could lay hands on a textbook on Urban Ecology with 50 percent reduction at the conference in California. This urban ecology is a big fascination of mine: with large portions of the earth surface changed into … Continue reading →

Posted in USA | Tagged Airport, Birds, butterfly, City, Ecology, Flowers, flying, Garden, Nature, Philadelphia, Travel, Traveling, Urban ecology, USA | 2 Comments

Drought in the lake

Posted on August 18, 2014 by lembrechtsjonas

California currently experiences the most extreme drought in the history of the state. It is so dry that they started desalinating the water of the ocean on a large scale (an interesting newsflash I learned from CNN at the airport). … Continue reading →

Posted in USA | Tagged America, California, Climate, climate change, Drought, Lake, Lake Jenkinson, Photography, Summer, Travel, USA | Leave a comment

Goodbye to America

Posted on August 16, 2014 by lembrechtsjonas

It was an exciting chance to finally visit America and get to know this country that almost had mythical proportions in my head. And I must say, a lot of that just got confirmed in real life! It is just the true, … Continue reading →