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Oxyrhopus vandicus - Cordillera Escalera Conservation Area, Peru
Some of you may remember a photo I posted 3 months back of an Oxyrhopus vandicus. Well I came across what I believe is the same individual again, 3 months later! I compared photos and the unique banding and imperfections in the pattern make me think it must be the same snake. It was found approximately 100 ft from where I found it the first time. Snake movement in the jungle is not something I know much about. In temperate areas they are often tied to a den or overwintering area that they return to every year, however I am unsure of their site fidelity in the tropics. I found it on opposite banks of a small jungle stream so it could just be drawn back to an resource with plentiful food like frogs as opposed to a territory. One way or another it was excellent seeing it again, its a rare occasion that I see the same snake multiple times in the jungle.
A photo from the 1st encounter: www.flickr.com/photos/26500525@N08/27350415546/in/album-7...
Song Sparrow at Eagle Bluffs Conservation Area in Boone County, Missouri. Taken March 26, 2023.
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Male koala (Phascolarctos cinereus) called "Harrison" recently moved from Los Angeles to live at the San Diego Zoo. Conservation status: Vulnerable
The Fogg Dam Conservation Reserve is a protected area consisting of a wetland area approximately 70 km (43 mi) east of Darwin in the Northern Territory of Australia. It lies within the Adelaide and Mary River Floodplains, which is an Important Bird Area.
It attracts a wide range of local and migratory water birds and other wildlife, including a large population of agile wallabies and one of the largest populations of snakes within Australia (including the Water Python and Death Adder), and includes a several raised observation platforms.
Saltwater Crocodiles (Crocodylus porosus) and Freshwater Crocodiles (Crocodylus johnstoni) can be seen at Fogg Dam all year around.
Fogg Dam Conservation Reserve is only a 45-minute drive from Darwin. It is one of the most accessible places in the Northern Territory (NT) to experience spectacular wetlands and wildlife throughout the year.
Ngorongoro Conservation Area.
Un piccolo gruppo di zebre componenti una mandria di alcune decine di capi.
Ngorongoro Conservation Area.
A small group of zebras forming a herd of several dozen animals.
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The Fogg Dam Conservation Reserve is a protected area consisting of a wetland area approximately 70 km (43 mi) east of Darwin in the Northern Territory of Australia. It lies within the Adelaide and Mary River Floodplains, which is an Important Bird Area.
It attracts a wide range of local and migratory water birds and other wildlife, including a large population of agile wallabies and one of the largest populations of snakes within Australia (including the Water Python and Death Adder), and includes a several raised observation platforms.
Saltwater Crocodiles (Crocodylus porosus) and Freshwater Crocodiles (Crocodylus johnstoni) can be seen at Fogg Dam all year around.
Fogg Dam Conservation Reserve is only a 45-minute drive from Darwin. It is one of the most accessible places in the Northern Territory (NT) to experience spectacular wetlands and wildlife throughout the year.
Lancashire is not known for flatland but around Ormskirk, Blackpool and Leyland there are great tracts of cropland. In some points one could easy think they are actually down south!
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/West_Lancashire_Coastal_Plain
The West Lancashire Coastal Plain is a large area in the south west of Lancashire, England.
The plain stretches from the Rimrose Valley in Seaforth, near Liverpool on the Mersey, to the south, to Preston on the Ribble, to the north. To the east, the plain is bounded by the foothills of the Pennines, while the western edge of the plain is separated from the sea by sand dunes. It is very flat, and much of it is only a few metres above sea level.
The terrain is mostly glacial in origin. The area has been inhabited since neolithic times, though large areas would have been marshy. The WWT Martin Mere near the villages of Holmeswood and Tarlscough gives a glimpse of what this area was like before reclamation. The mere was, until reclamation, the second largest body of fresh water, behind Windermere[1]. The Rivers Mersey, Alt and Ribble feed into the plain and the flood plains add to the flatness.
Large areas have been reclaimed and have a distinctive pattern of rectangular fields of dark peaty soil with deep drainage ditches. It is common to find the suffix "Moss" in the names of local places. As is usual in these types of areas, the settlements tend to be on any available hill, many formed by sandstone outcrops. The land is fertile and agriculturally very productive. Vegetable crops include potatoes, carrots, cabbages, brussels sprouts and onions.
The main market town for this area was Ormskirk. The Leeds and Liverpool Canal crosses the plain and, in summer, is used for irrigation, bringing water from the Pennines.[citation needed] The Trans Pennine Trail starts in Southport and crosses the plain following the Southport & Cheshire Lines Extension Railway to Aintree, before continuing towards Manchester and Hull. The historic Lathom House was built upon the plain.
Eurasian Tree Sparrow taken May 22, 2020, at B.K. Leach Memorial Conservation Area in in northeastern Lincoln County, Missouri.
The Eurasian Tree Sparrow is native to temperate areas of Europe and Asia. However, in late April of 1870, in an effort to provide familiar bird species for newly settled European immigrants, a shipment of European birds from Germany was released in St. Louis, Missouri. The shipment included 12 Eurasian Tree Sparrows, which thrived in the hedgerows, lightly wooded areas, parks and farms in the area. Today, Eurasian Tree Sparrows are found in northeastern Missouri, west-central Illinois, and southeastern Iowa. Like its closest domestic relative, the House Sparrow, the Eurasian Tree Sparrow is in a different family (Passeridae) from all the rest of the sparrows in North America (Passerellidae), which are distinguished by very different body proportions and beak shapes. Because North America’s Eurasian Tree Sparrows are all descended from just 12 individuals and have remained isolated from their Eurasian ancestors, the North American birds are different in size, genetics, and even song from their ancestral population in Germany.
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What I think may be bullfrog at the Morris Island Conservation Area in Fitzroy Harbour (Ottawa), Ontario, Canada.
The conservation room at the Center for Missouri Studies at the State Historical Society of Missouri in Columbia, Missouri. Architectural design by Gould Evans of Kansas City, Missouri. Building construction by River City Construction of Ashland, Missouri. Photography by Notley Hawkins. Taken with a Sony ILCE-7RM2 camera with a Sony FE 16-35mm F2.8 GM lens at ƒ/8.0 with a 1/60-second exposure at ISO 100. Processed with Adobe Lightroom CC.
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Ngorongoro Conservation Area.
Panoramica sulla pianura interna del cratere di Ngorongoro.
Ngorongoro Conservation Area.
Overview of the inner plain of the Ngorongoro Crater.
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