Jeremy Kerr 🇨🇦
jetkerr.bsky.social
Jeremy Kerr 🇨🇦
@jetkerr.bsky.social
Biology Prof, uOttawa, Fellow of Royal Society of Canada, Royal Society of Biology, American Association for Advancement of Science, and Sigma Xi. I study biodiversity to save more of it. Inclusion. Nature photography, running, sailing. Photos (c) JK.
Wonderful Royal Society of Canada @src-rsc.bsky.social meeting in @villedemontreal.montreal.ca, with motivated, exceptionally accomplished leaders in all fields of scholarship looking hopefully for ways to support colleagues and Canadians.

Next year’s Celebration is in Ottawa! @uottawa.ca
November 16, 2025 at 3:09 PM
I never ever get tired of bee eaters, and I trust I never will. A pair of little bee eaters, hanging out in Lake Manyara National Park, #Tanzania.

#democracy #birds #africa #wildlife #nature #naturephotography #wildlifephotography #nikon
November 4, 2025 at 7:45 PM
Fledgling American robin having just left the nest over my back door, and hanging out on the patio where I found the wee fellow.

#birds #wildlife #nature #wildlifephotography #naturephotography #iphone
October 20, 2025 at 8:30 PM
HELLO THERE, from this white-browed coucal in #Serengeti. And happy #flyday.

#birds #naturephotography #wildlifephotography #nature #wildlife #nikon
October 17, 2025 at 2:31 PM
This one is not a happy looking sort at all. Other stork species can be a lot more charismatic! Here is a saddle-billed stork as a charisma-cleanser.
October 16, 2025 at 1:20 PM
Marabou stork, hanging out with the humans in our Serengeti campground. Truly massive #birds and not all that lovely up close. Adapted for digging into carcasses but pretty good at food containers also.

#nature #wildlife #photography #naturephotography #wildlifephotography #nikon
October 15, 2025 at 2:45 PM
African wild dog in Tarangire National Park. One of the world’s rarest species, Tanzania has had success reintroducing this amazing predator to its national parks. There is hope for, and to be found in, conservation.
#nikon #predator #wildlife #nature #naturephotography #wildlifephotography #dogs
October 2, 2025 at 12:54 PM
African grey-billed hornbill having a hoot, #tanzania, August 2025. More than 1000 #bird species to discover there. Especially nice seeing birds doing something cool.

#wildlifephotography #naturephotography #nature #wildlife #nikon #africa
September 30, 2025 at 12:31 PM
Male ostrich having a morning look around, #Serengeti, August 2025. While flightless, they run faster - at need or when courting - than many other bird species fly.

#birds #nature #naturephotography #wildlife #photography #wildlifephotography #africa #nikon
September 27, 2025 at 11:42 AM
Male (right) and female red-bellied parrots, _Poicephalus rufiventrus_, perched in a tree overlooking the Tarangire river, #tanzania.

#birds #nikon #africa #wildlifephotography #wildlife #photography #nature #naturephotography
September 26, 2025 at 6:27 PM
Tango the Rescue Parrot in part of his native habitat. He has lots of personality and loves hanging with his humans. I am not sure why feet drive him into a velociraptor-like frenzy, but it’s weird and freaky being chased slowly by a 120g bird.
#birds #pets #parrots #photography
September 25, 2025 at 8:10 PM
Red and yellow barbet, showing off wonderful colours. This bird is on the cover of my East African bird book for a good reason! Barbets are woodpecker relatives with spiky feathers.
#birds #wildlifephotography #nature #nikon #africa #safari #photography #naturephotography
September 23, 2025 at 2:22 PM
African grey hornbill, perched in a relatively green tree in the midst of the #Serengeti dry season. These birds have some serious PERSONALITY!

Hildebrandt’s starling in the background.

#birds #wildlife #photography #wildlifephotography #africa #tanzania #nikon
September 22, 2025 at 5:24 PM
Black-headed heron perched on a scary thorn in #Serengeti National park, #tanzania. August, 2025. There were so many herons in Serengeti - some recent rains led to lots of standing water. And a lot of happy herons.

#birds #wildlifephotography #nature #safari #africa #nikon
September 21, 2025 at 12:56 AM
Never get tired of seeing white-browed coucals. They’re a kind of cuckoo with a long claw on a hind toe. These are some seriously handsome, big birds. Serengeti NP, Aug 2025.

#birds #wildlifephotography #nature #serengeti #africa #teaching #tanzania
September 17, 2025 at 4:31 AM
The world’s heaviest flier, Kori Bustard, who mostly walks around savannahs munching whatever it can find. Males can be very large indeed, almost 20kg. This fellow was strolling around Ngorongoro Crater, August 2025.
#birds #wildlifephotography #nikon #safari #nature #tanzania
September 14, 2025 at 12:20 PM
Large numbers of Grey-crowned cranes at Ngorongoro Crater this year. Never seen so many - 200+. Some juveniles too, a lovely sight for this endangered species. The chance to observe social behaviours in this group was wonderful for my students and I.
#birds #ecology #science #conservation
September 1, 2025 at 12:34 PM
Moments from Tanzania field course 2025, focusing for a day on breeding & reintroduction programs for wild dogs & black rhinos in Tanzania at Mkomazi NP. Hoping for inspiring, life changing experiences for students to provide lifelong memories.
#ecology #teaching #africa 🧪 @uottawa.ca
August 21, 2025 at 7:01 AM
American redstart pausing briefly to check out a birder with a big camera. Otherwise, singing up a storm and hoping to defend his territory. Mud lake, #ottawa.

#birds #nikon #wildlife #photography #nature #hobbies
July 15, 2025 at 8:28 PM
Brilliant wood duck providing some of the only colour to be seen on a very cold winter day in #ottawa, #canada.

#birds #nature #wildlife #photography #nikon
July 8, 2025 at 11:44 AM
Black headed heron, having a majestic moment. This species is common across sub-Saharan Africa and is a master fisher, like herons in general.

#birds #nature #wildlife #photography #africa #tanzania
July 4, 2025 at 12:47 PM
Northern white crowned shrike (also known as white rumped shrike) at Silale wetland in Tarangire National Park, #Tanzania. Shrikes are terrifying monsters that impale their prey on thorns for later snacks. Sort of cute though.

#birds #photography #wildlife #nature #nikon #africa
July 3, 2025 at 1:34 PM
One of Tango the Rescue Parrot’s perches. Weird when he flies into the shades, but Tango is an innovative little Senegal Parrot.

#birds #parrots #wildlife #photography #nikon #pets
June 19, 2025 at 11:00 PM
Lions mate frequently over several hours when females are receptive. They are not at all fussy about such public shows of “affection”, and this pair engaged in repeated x-rated behaviour before a group of students from @uottawa.ca

#mammals #wildlife #serengeti #africa #nikon #photography #ecology
June 19, 2025 at 3:54 PM
A southern yellow billed hornbill in Kruger National Park, South Africa.

Hornbills seems like drama birds. Striking and always looking very out of sorts. Happily, this species is doing well.

#birds #nikon #africa #wildlife #photography #nature #conservation #parks
June 13, 2025 at 11:38 AM