# Enchanted by the Wild: Thomas Bancroft \-\- Author \* Scientist \* Naturalist

> Thomas Bancroft explores what we discover when we slow down, look closely, and allow the lives around us to challenge how we understand the world\. Through stories, science, photography, and sound, he invites readers to experience the wonder of the natural world—and to look again\.

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## Pages
- [Beyond the Wonder](https://thomasbancroft.org/beyond-the-wonder/)
- [Sounds of the Wild Country](https://thomasbancroft.org/sounds-of-the-wild-country/)
- [Home 2026](https://thomasbancroft.org/)
- [About](https://thomasbancroft.org/about-page-2/)
- [Talks](https://thomasbancroft.org/talks/)

## Posts
- [Madagascar: The Eighth Continent](https://thomasbancroft.org/madagascar-the-eighth-continent/)
- [A Naturalist on the Katmai Peninsula of Alaska](https://thomasbancroft.org/a-naturalist-on-the-katmai-peninsula-of-alaska/)
- [Palouse Falls](https://thomasbancroft.org/palouse-falls/)
- [A Grand Ronde Feeder Dike](https://thomasbancroft.org/a-grand-ronde-feeder-dike/)
- [Tanzania \- Nile Crocodile](https://thomasbancroft.org/tanzania-nile-crocodile/)

## Media
- [Malachite Kingfisher](https://thomasbancroft.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/Malachite-Kingfisher-Mabamba-Swamp-Entebbe-9849.jpg): The bill of this Malachite Kingfisher is long and straight\. They dive into the water and catch small fish\. Mabamba Swamp, Uganda\.
- [Malachite Kingfisher](https://thomasbancroft.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/Malachite-Kingfisher-Mabamba-Swamp-Entebbe-9895.jpg): The blue head abd bacj feahers contrast with the scarlet bill and cinamon cheek feathers on this Malachite Kingfisher\.
- [Malachite Kingfisher](https://thomasbancroft.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/Malachite-Kingfisher-Mabamba-Swamp-Entebbe-9717.jpg): A pair of Malachite Kingfishers sit on the same papyrus stem in the Mabamba Swamp outisde of Entebbe, Uganda\.
- [Malachite Kingfisher](https://thomasbancroft.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/Malachite-Kingfisher-Mabamba-Swamp-Entebbe-9626.jpg): A Malachite Kingfisher stares into the waters along a small waterway in Mabamba Swamp\.
- [Malachite Kingfisher](https://thomasbancroft.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/Malachite-Kingfisher-Mabamba-Swamp-Entebbe-9780.jpg): A Malachite Kingfisher stands tall on a water hyacinth leaf in the Mabamba Swamp\. Note its bright red feet\.

## Categories
- [Wildlands](https://thomasbancroft.org/category/wildlands/)
- [Birds](https://thomasbancroft.org/category/birds/)
- [Wilderness Area](https://thomasbancroft.org/category/wildlands/wilderness-area/)
- [National Forest](https://thomasbancroft.org/category/wildlands/national-forest/)
- [Puget Sound](https://thomasbancroft.org/category/wildlands/puget-sound/)

## Tags
- [Birds](https://thomasbancroft.org/tag/birds/)
- [Birding](https://thomasbancroft.org/tag/birding/)
- [African Safari](https://thomasbancroft.org/tag/african-safari/)
- [Mammals](https://thomasbancroft.org/tag/mammals/)
- [Bird Songs](https://thomasbancroft.org/tag/bird-songs/)

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