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Kaziranga National Park is a national park in the Golaghat and Nagaon districts of the state of Assam, India. The park, which hosts two-thirds of the world's great one-horned rhinoceroses, is a UNESCO World Heritage Site.[2] According to the census held in March 2018 which was jointly conducted by the Forest Department of the Government of Assam and some recognized wildlife NGOs, the rhino population in Kaziranga National Park is 2,613. (Wikipedia)
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one of the many wetlands throughout the park that attracts rhinos and elephants.
Kaziranga National Park, Assam, India. March 2015.
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Wikipedia: The Asian barred owlet (Glaucidium cuculoides) is a species of true owl, resident in northern parts of the Indian Subcontinent and parts of Southeast Asia. It ranges across north central and northeast India, Nepal Bhutan, north Bangladesh, and southeast Asia (Myanmar, Thailand, Cambodia, Laos, Vietnam). Its natural habitat is temperate forest.
Conservation status: Least Concern
Kaziranga is a vast expanse of tall elephant grass, marshland, and dense tropical moist broadleaf forests, criss-crossed by four major rivers, including the Brahmaputra, and the park includes numerous small bodies of water. Kaziranga has been the theme of several books, songs, and documentaries. The park celebrated its centennial in 2005 after its establishment in 1905 as a reserve forest. (Wikipedia)
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One of the trails through the forests of Kaziranga. You never know what youll find around the bend - birds, wetlands or even rhinos and elephants. A most amazing place.
Kaziranga National Park, Assam, India. March 2016.
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Wikipedia: The red-wattled lapwing (Vanellus indicus) is an Asian lapwing or large plover, a wader in the family Charadriidae. Like other lapwings they are ground birds that are incapable of perching. Their characteristic loud alarm calls are indicators of human or animal movements and the sounds have been variously rendered as did he do it or pity to do it leading to the colloquial name of did-he-do-it bird. Usually seen in pairs or small groups and usually not far from water they sometimes form large aggregations in the non-breeding season (winter). They nest in a ground scrape laying three to four camouflaged eggs. Adults near the nest fly around, diving at potential predators while calling noisily. The cryptically patterned chicks hatch and immediately follow their parents to feed, hiding by lying low on the ground or in the grass when threatened.
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Conservation status: Least Concern
(Note: I was trying to get chick and parent in the same frame, but the parent tries to lead you away from the chicks as a strategy of defense. If you happen to get too close both parents will continuously dive bomb you.)
A common garden bird throughout much of Asia, found in open forests, fields, and parks; introduced to several regions around the world. Often tame and approachable. Brown overall with a rosy breast and a unique white-spotted black nape patch. Plumage shows slight regional variation: western birds have dark centers to wing feathers, lacking in eastern birds. Turtle-doves are larger, have black centers to wing feathers and stripes rather than spots on the neck. Coos loudly and often: “coo-a-roooo”. (eBird)
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A familiar bird to us but welcome nevertheless. We saw or heard this pretty dove most days during our time in Singapore, usually deep in the trees or on the ground.
Lorong Halus Wetland, Singapore. March 2024.
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Chinese tourist groups are easy to spot. Many, if not most have a unique baseball hat of bright colours. Our group from Canada included sizable percentage of Asian/Canadians, but none came from Hongkong, Taiwan or mainland China. I did not see people playing baseball, but many are wearing baseball hats. In fact, the only sports I have seen playing was badminton, tai-chi, sword swinging and also line-dancing is big. Given the fact that 90% of North American baseball hats are made in China and used for promoting anything from tooth paste to tractors, no wonder the Chinese adopted them.
There were several tourist groups, like this one from the far away Chinese provinces, at wide promenade of The Bund. The Bund, must see when in Shanghai, is actually collections of 50 historic buildings from the former British Concession on the west side of Huangpu River.
815. China 08, Shanghai. 2019-Apr 24, P1140214. Uploaded 2021-Oct-03. Lmx -ZS100.
Taken from the cottage in Point Roberts, I find this image very meaningful. The sun is setting on Roberts Bank Superport. If you follow the setting sun, you will end up in Asia, which Roberts Bank Superport owes its existence to. For more information: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roberts_Bank_Superport
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Clicked at the Ranganathittu Bird Sanctuary, this large wading bird in the Stork family is found mainly in the Indian subcontinent and Southeast Asia. Their name is derived from the distinctive gap formed between the recurved lower and arched upper mandible of the beak in adult birds. The cutting edges of the mandible have a fine brush like structure that is thought to give them better grip on the shells of snails. The usual foraging habitats are inland wetlands and are only rarely seen along river banks and tidal flats. On agricultural landscapes, birds forage in crop fields, irrigation canals, and in seasonal marshes. Groups may forage together in close proximity in shallow water or marshy ground on which they may walk with a slow and steady gait. They feed mainly on large molluscs separating the shell from the body of the snail using the tip of their beak.
(Paradoxurus hermaphroditus) 022A1712 Kinabatangan River - Sabah - Malaysia
Kopi luwak is traditionally made from the faeces of wild civets, however, due to it becoming a trendy drink, civets are being increasingly captured from the wild and fed coffee beans to mass-produce this blend. Many of these civets are housed in battery cage systems which have been criticised on animal welfare grounds. The impact of the demand for this fashionable coffee on wild palm civet populations is yet unknown but may constitute a significant threat. In Indonesia, the demand for Asian palm civets appears to be in violation of the quota set for pets.
Le Kopi Luwak est traditionnellement fabriqué à partir des excréments de civettes sauvages. Cependant, comme il est devenu une boisson à la mode, les civettes sont de plus en plus capturées dans la nature et nourries avec des grains de café pour produire en masse ce mélange. Beaucoup de ces civettes sont hébergées dans des systèmes de cages en batterie qui ont été critiquées pour des raisons de bien-être animal. L'impact de la demande de ce café à la mode sur les populations de civettes de palmiers sauvages est encore inconnu mais peut constituer une menace importante. En Indonésie, la demande de civettes asiatiques semble violer les quotas fixés pour les animaux de compagnie.
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The Asian Barred Owlet (Glaucidium cuculoides) also known as the Cuckoo owlet is a species of pygmy owl native to the forests and shrublands of mainland Southeast Asia to the foothills of the Himalayas of northern Pakistan. It is a smaller owl, measuring 22–25 cm (8.7–9.8 in) making it one of the larger pygmy owls. They are primarily insectivorous but will eat lizards, small rodents and birds as well.
taken around sunset from a small boat with a local fisherman as guide on the beautiful Ken River in Panna Tiger Reserve, Madhya Pradesh, India
Just like its cousin, the African Openbill, the Asian Openbill is a medium-sized stork that has a large bill with a gap between the upper and lower mandible.
It is also called Asian Openbill Stork
anastomus oscitans
Indische gaper
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