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I spent a lot of time at this nest watching this baby sit there and do nothing except yawn. No wing stretching, no nothing. Then, one day I go back and it's gone. Go figure!
Thanks so much for the visit!
On my down off the mountain I came across this fella. I laid down near him & watched him - he was so comfortable with me being there he just cleaned himself & was content.....but never taking his eye off me
The Gibraltar Barbary macaques are considered by many to be the top tourist attraction in Gibraltar. The most popular troop is that of Queen's Gate at the Apes' Den, where people can get especially close to the monkeys. They will often approach and sometimes climb onto people, as they are used to human interaction. Nevertheless, they are still wild animals and will bite if frightened or annoyed.
The macaques' contact with large numbers of tourists was causing the integrity of their social groups to break down, as they began to become dependent on humans. This induced the monkeys to forage in the town, resulting in damage to buildings, clothing, and vehicles. Close contact with humans has also led to the macaques learning how to open pockets and unzip handbags and rucksacks in order to steal food from humans. For these reasons, deliberately feeding the macaques in Gibraltar is now an offence punishable by law. Not that anybody seemed to care the day I was they, visitors came well supplied with treats for the hungry macaques.
Piercing calls and distinctive wing markings make the otherwise subdued Willet one of our most conspicuous large shorebirds. Whether in mottled brown breeding plumage or gray winter colors, Willets in flight reveal a bold white and black stripe running the length of each wing. These long-legged, straight-billed shorebirds feed along beaches, mudflats, and rocky shores. Willets are common on most of our coastline—learn to recognize them and they’ll make a useful stepping-stone to identifying other shorebirds.
This bird seemed to have something in its bill and I couldn't figure it out until I saw it in my camera and saw that the bill was defective. Must be handling okay since it looks healthy to me.
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Rab C checking we're catching the sun set
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I don't consider this to be a macro shot, it's just the lens model has macro in it's title & can be used to take macro shots if I wish to :-))
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Pika (Ochotona princeps) or "Rock Rabbit" resting and soaking up the sun's warmth after a busy period of storing foray for the upcoming winter season. This little creature was in an old rock slide in Jasper National Park, Alberta, Canada.
11 October, 2010.
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